Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
The Women's high jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 27 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. South African athlete Esther Brand won the gold medal.[1]
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| Date | July 27 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 | |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  | 1.71 m | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 30 May 1943 |
| Olympic record | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.68 m | London, United Kingdom | 7 August 1948 |
No new records were set during this competition.
Results
Competition consisted of a final round with all 17 contestants.
| Rank | Athlete | 1.35 | 1.40 | 1.45 | 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.58 | 1.61 | 1.63 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.69 | Result |
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– | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.67 |
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– | o | – | xo | o | o | o | xxxo | xxo | xxx | 1.65 | |
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– | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.63 | ||
| 4 | |
– | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.58 | ||||
| 5 |  |
– | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.58 | ||||
| 6 |  |
– | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.58 | ||||
| 7 | |
– | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.58 | ||||
| 7 | |
– | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.58 | ||||
| 9 |  |
– | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.55 | |||||
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o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.55 | |||||
| 11 | |
– | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.55 | |||||
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
– | – | – | o | xxx | 1.50 | ||||||
| 13 | |
o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.50 | ||||||
| 14 | |
– | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.50 | ||||||
| 15 |  |
– | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.50 | ||||||
| 16 | |
o | o | xxx | 1.40 | ||||||||
| 17 |  |
o | xo | xxx | 1.40 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.
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