Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 7, 1932
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jean Shiley
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Babe Didrikson
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Dawes
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
  1928
1936  

The women's high jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 7. [1] When world record holder and returning silver medalist Lien Gisolf failed at 1.60, the medalists were determined. Eva Dawes made the next height but was unable to make 1.62m leaving her with the bronze medal. The two American jumpers Jean Shiley and Babe Didrikson jumped evenly through the rest of the competition. Both cleared a new world record of 1.65 m (5 ft 4+34 in) on their first attempt and then missed at 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in). A jump-off was ordered at 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in) and both Americans had successful clearances on their first attempt. But after Didrikson’s jump, the officials convened and ruled that she had jumped head-first, which was then illegal, and was termed diving. This gave the gold medal to Jean Shiley. Didrikson later noted that she had jumped in the same style throughout the competition. [2]

Results

Final standings

RankNameNationalityHeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jean Shiley US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1.65 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Babe Didrikson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1.65
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Dawes Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 1.60
4 Lien Gisolf Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1.58
5 Marjorie Clark Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 1.58
6 Annette Rogers US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1.58
7 Helma Notte Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 1.55
8 Yuriko Hirohashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1.50
9 Yae Sagara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1.50
10 Ellen Braumüller Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 1.41

Key: WR = World record

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