| Women's high jump at the Pan American Games |
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| Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's high jump event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 1 September. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Marie Flynn | 1.61 | |||
| Renata Friedrichs | 1.50 | |||
| Alice Whitty | 1.50 | |||
| 4 | Ann Roniger | 1.50 | ||
| 5 | Nelly Gómez | 1.45 | ||
| 5 | Maria de Lima | 1.45 | ||
| 7 | Naomi Rogers | 1.45 | ||
| 8 | Alejandrina Herrera | 1.45 | ||
| 9 | Valerie Jerome | 1.40 | ||
| 10 | Benilda Ascanio | 1.40 | ||
| 11 | Alicia Cárdenas | 1.35 | ||
| Marlene Ahrens | DNS | |||
| Lorraine Dunn | DNS | |||
| Silvia Hunte | DNS | |||
| Patricia Power | DNS |