1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
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
20 km walk men
50 km walk 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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's high jump at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 14 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Iolanda Balaș
 Romania
Silver Olga Gere
 Yugoslavia
Bronze Linda Knowles
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Iolanda Balaș  Romania 1.83 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Olga Gere  Yugoslavia 1.76 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Linda Knowles  United Kingdom 1.73
4 Dorothy Shirley  United Kingdom 1.67
5 Doris Walther  East Germany 1.67
6 Taisiya Chenchik  Soviet Union 1.64
7 Jarosława Bieda  Poland 1.64
8 Heidi Hummel  West Germany 1.64
9 Frances Slaap  United Kingdom 1.64
10 Leena Kaarna  Finland 1.61
10 Nel Zwier  Netherlands 1.61
12 Éva Mihályfi  Hungary 1.61

Qualification

13 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Iolanda Balaș  Romania 1.67 Q
2 Olga Gere  Yugoslavia 1.67 Q
3 Taisiya Chenchik  Soviet Union 1.67 Q
4 Linda Knowles  United Kingdom 1.67 Q
5 Dorothy Shirley  United Kingdom 1.64 Q
6 Leena Kaarna  Finland 1.64 Q
7 Jarosława Bieda  Poland 1.64 Q
8 Heidi Hummel  West Germany 1.64 Q
9 Frances Slaap  United Kingdom 1.64 Q
10 Doris Walther  East Germany 1.61 Q
11 Nel Zwier  Netherlands 1.61 Q
12 Éva Mihályfi  Hungary 1.61 Q
13 Erika Strössenreuther  West Germany 1.61
14 Canel Konvur  Turkey 1.50

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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