Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The Women's high jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 27 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. South African athlete Esther Brand won the gold medal.[1]

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DateJuly 27
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Esther Brand  South Africa
Sheila Lerwill  Great Britain
Aleksandra Chudina  Soviet Union

Records

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

World record Sheila Lerwill (GBR)1.72 mLondon, England7 July 1951
Olympic record Alice Coachman (USA)1.68 mLondon, United Kingdom7 August 1948

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

Competition consisted of a final round with all 17 contestants.

RankAthlete1.351.401.451.501.551.581.611.631.651.671.69Result
 Esther Brand (RSA) ooooooxoxoxxoxxx1.67
 Sheila Lerwill (GBR) oxooooxxxoxxoxxx1.65
 Aleksandra Chudina (URS) ooooxooxxx1.63
4 Thelma Hopkins (GBR) oooxxx1.58
5 Olga Modrachová (TCH) oooooxxx1.58
6 Fedora Schenk (AUT) oooxoxxx1.58
7 Nina Kossova (URS) oooxxoxxx1.58
7 Dorothy Tyler (GBR) oooxxoxxx1.58
9 Gunhild Larking (SWE) ooooxxx1.55
10 Alice Whitty (CAN) ooooxoxxx1.55
11 Galina Ganeker (URS) oxoxoxxx1.55
12 Deyse de Castro (BRA) oxxx1.50
13 Dawn Josephs (CAN) ooooxxx1.50
14 Solveig Ericsson (SWE) oxooxxx1.50
15 Seija Pöntinen (FIN) ooxxoxxx1.50
16 Sisko Heikkilä (FIN) ooxxx1.40
17 Tamara Metal (ISR) oxoxxx1.40

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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