Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's high jump

|games = 1952 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue =

|date = July 27

|competitors = 17

|nations = 10

|win_value = 1.67

|win_label = Winning height

|gold = Esther Brand

|goldNOC = RSA

|silver = Sheila Lerwill

|silverNOC = GBR

|bronze = Aleksandra Chudina

|bronzeNOC = URS

|prev = 1948

|next = 1956

}}{{AthleticsAt1952SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-high-jump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-high-jump.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's High Jump |access-date=28 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagicon|GBR}} Sheila Lerwill (GBR)

| world_mark = 1.72 m

| world_place = London, England

| world_date = 7 July 1951

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Alice Coachman|USA|1948 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 1.68 m

| olympic_place = London, United Kingdom

| olympic_date = 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
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{Gold01}}	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Esther Brand\|RSA\|1952 Summer}} \|–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx	1.67
{{Silver02}}	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Sheila Lerwill\|GBR\|1952 Summer}} \|–	o	–	xo	o	o	o	xxxo	xxo	xxx		1.65
{{Bronze03}}	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Aleksandra Chudina\|URS\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.63
4	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Thelma Hopkins\|GBR\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx					1.58
5	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Olga Modrachová\|TCH\|1952 Summer}} \|–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.58
6	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Fedora Schenk\|AUT\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.58
7	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Nina Kossova\|URS\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.58
7	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Dorothy Tyler\|GBR\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.58
9	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Gunhild Larking\|SWE\|1952 Summer}} \|–	o	o	o	o	xxx						1.55
10	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Alice Whitty\|CAN\|1952 Summer}} \|o	o	o	o	xo	xxx						1.55
11	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Galina Ganeker\|URS\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.55
12	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Deyse de Castro\|BRA\|1952 Summer}} \|–	–	–	o	xxx							1.50
13	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Dawn Josephs\|CAN\|1952 Summer}} \|o	o	o	o	xxx							1.50
14	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Solveig Ericsson\|SWE\|1952 Summer}} \|–	o	xo	o	xxx							1.50
15	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Seija Pöntinen\|FIN\|1952 Summer}} \|–	o	o	xxo	xxx							1.50
16	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Sisko Heikkilä\|FIN\|1952 Summer}} \|o	o	xxx									1.40
17	align="left"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Tamara Metal\|ISR\|1952 Summer}} \|o	xo	xxx									1.40

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Official Olympic Report], la84.org.

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Category:Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Category:High jump at the Olympics

Category:1952 in women's athletics

Category:Women's events at the 1952 Summer Olympics