Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date 26 November 1962 (1962-11-26)
Competitors 11 from 4 nations
Winning height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GR CR Aust.R WA. R
Medalists
 Robyn Woodhouse   Australia
 Helen Frith   Australia
 Michele Mason   Australia

The women's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November 1962.

The event was won by 19-year-old Australian Robyn Woodhouse in her first international competition. Woodhouse won by two inches ahead of her fellow countrywomen Helen Frith and Michele Mason, the defending champion. Woodhouse's jump of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) set four new records. It broke the British Empire and Commonwealth record by one inch, Mason's Games record set in Cardiff by three inches, the Australian open (all-comers) record of American Mildred McDaniel by ​3⁄4 of an inch and Mason's Australian national record by one inch. The jump placed Woodhouse only behind the world record holder, Romania's Iolanda Balaș, who had cleared 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).[1]

This was one five events at the 1962 Games where Australia won the clean sweep of medals. The others were the women's long jump, the men's 440 yard freestyle, men's 1650 yard freestyle and the men's 220 yard butterfly.

Records

World record Iolanda Balaș (ROM)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)Sofia, Bulgaria16 July 1961
Commonwealth record'
Games record Michele Mason (AUS)
 Mary Donaghy (NZL)		5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)Cardiff, Wales23 July 1958[2]

Final

[3]

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Robyn Woodhouse Australia5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)GR, CR[1]
2nd, silver medalist(s)Helen Frith Australia5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Michele Mason Australia5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
4Linda Knowles England5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
5Frances Slaap England5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
6Carolyn Wright Australia5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
7Dorothy Shirley England5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
8Lorraine Curtis New Zealand5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
9Thelma Hopkins Northern Ireland5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
10Pamela Burnett New Zealand5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Mary Peters Northern IrelandDNS

References

  1. 1 2 Webster, Jim (27 November 1962). "Records in high jump". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
  2. ↑ "Fifth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 24 July 1958. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Results of the women's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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