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

Women's high jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 7, 1948 (final)
Competitors	19 from 10 nations
Winning height	1.68 OR
Medalists
Alice Coachman   United States Dorothy Tyler   Great Britain Micheline Ostermeyer   France
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The women's high jump event was part of the athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 7 August 1948. The final was won by Alice Coachman of the United States who became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. ^[1]

Records

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

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 7 August 1948	15:35	Finals

Results

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

References

1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

Sources

• 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.