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

Women's high jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 7 (final)
Competitors	19
Medalists
Alice Coachman United States   Dorothy Tyler Great Britain   Micheline Ostermeyer France

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
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
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 7, 1948. The final was won by American Alice Coachman.

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)

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.61	1.64	1.66	1.68	1.70	Result	Notes
01 !	Alice Coachman	United States	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	1.68	OR
02 !	Dorothy Tyler	Great Britain	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx	1.68	OR
03 !	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

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Women's high jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-09-27.
• 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.