Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	1.71 m	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30 May 1943
Olympic record	Jean Shiley (USA)  Babe Didrikson (USA)	1.65 m	Los Angeles, United States	7 August 1932

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
7 August	Final	Alice Coachman (USA)  Dorothy Tyler (GBR)	1.68 m	OR

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.61	1.64	1.66	1.68	1.70	Result	Notes
	Alice Coachman	United States	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	1.68	OR
	Dorothy Tyler	Great Britain	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx	1.68	OR
	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	xo	xxx				1.61
4	Vinton Beckett	Jamaica						1.58
4	Doreen Dredge	Canada						1.58
6	Bertha Crowther	Great Britain						1.58
7	Ilse Steinegger	Austria						1.55
8	Dora Gardner	Great Britain						1.55
9	Anne Iversen	Denmark						1.50
9	Simone Ruas	France						1.50
11	Carmen Phipps	Jamaica						1.50
11	Bernice Robinson	United States						1.50
11	Shirley Gordon	Canada						1.50
14	Anne-Marie Colchen	France						1.40
14	Emma Reed	United States						1.40
14	Triny Bourkel	Luxembourg						1.40
17	Elizabeth Müller	Brazil						1.40
17	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary						1.40
19	Elaine Silburn	Canada						1.40

Key: OR = Olympic record

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2016.