| Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | 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 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Iolanda Balaș | Klara Pushkaryeva | Thelma Hopkins |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iolanda Balaș | 1.85 | |||
| Klara Pushkaryeva | 1.67 | |||
| Thelma Hopkins | 1.65 | |||
| 4 | Jarosława Jóźwiakowska | 1.65 | ||
| 5 | Liese Sykora | 1.59 | ||
| 6 | Barbara Schlurmann | 1.56 | ||
| 7 | Barbara Owczarek | 1.56 | ||
| 8 | Adelinde Weig | 1.53 |