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

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DateJuly 27
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Winning height1.67
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Esther Brand Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Sheila Lerwill Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Aleksandra Chudina Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
  1948
1956  

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]

Records

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

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheila Lerwill (GBR) 1.72 m London, England7 July 1951
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  Alice Coachman  (USA)1.68 m London, 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
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Esther Brand  (RSA)ooooooxoxoxxoxxx1.67
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sheila Lerwill  (GBR)oxooooxxxoxxoxxx1.65
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Aleksandra Chudina  (URS)ooooxooxxx1.63
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Thelma Hopkins  (GBR)oooxxx1.58
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Olga Modrachová  (TCH)oooooxxx1.58
6Flag of Austria.svg  Fedora Schenk  (AUT)oooxoxxx1.58
7Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Nina Kossova  (URS)oooxxoxxx1.58
7Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Dorothy Tyler  (GBR)oooxxoxxx1.58
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunhild Larking  (SWE)ooooxxx1.55
10Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Alice Whitty  (CAN)ooooxoxxx1.55
11Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Galina Ganeker  (URS)oxoxoxxx1.55
12Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Deyse de Castro  (BRA)oxxx1.50
13Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Dawn Josephs  (CAN)ooooxxx1.50
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Solveig Ericsson  (SWE)oxooxxx1.50
15Flag of Finland.svg  Seija Pöntinen  (FIN)ooxxoxxx1.50
16Flag of Finland.svg  Sisko Heikkilä  (FIN)ooxxx1.40
17Flag of Israel.svg  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.