The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of the event, one of five events that marked the debut of women's Olympic athletics in 1928. The competition was held on Sunday, August 5, 1928. Twenty high jumpers from nine nations competed.[1]
| Women's high jump at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 5 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning height | 1.595 m | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records edit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1.58 |  Ethel Catherwood
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Regina (CAN) | September 6, 1926 |
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| 1.58 |  Lien Gisolf
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Brussels (BEL) | July 3, 1928 | |
| 1.60(*) |  Marjorie Clark
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London (GBR) | June 23, 1928 | |
| 1.60(*) | Ethel Catherwood
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Halifax (CAN) | July 2, 1928 | |
| Olympic Record | - |
(*) unofficial
In the final Ethel Catherwood set a new official world record with 1.595 metres.
Results edit
The qualification started at 1.15 p.m. The top 12 and ties and all those clearing the qualification height of 1.40 metres qualified for the final. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available. Only the Romanian Irina Orendi was unable to clear 1.40 metres, which means that nineteen high jumpers competed in the final. The final started at 2.30 p.m. on the same day. The jumping order is not available and the jumping series are only known for the medalists.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Qual. | Final | Notes | |||||||
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| Result | 1.45 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.54 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.60[2] | Result | ||||
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Ethel Catherwood |  Canada |
1.40 | O | O | O | O | O | O | XXO | 1.595[2] | WR |
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Lien Gisolf |  Netherlands |
1.40 | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | 1.56 | ||
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Mildred Wiley |  United States |
1.40 | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | 1.56 | ||
| 4 | Jean Shiley | United States |
1.40 | 1.51 | ||||||||
| 5 | Marjorie Clark |  South Africa |
1.40 | 1.48 | ||||||||
| 6 | Helma Notte |  Germany |
1.40 | 1.48 | ||||||||
| 7 | Inge Braumüller | Germany |
1.40 | 1.48 | ||||||||
| 8 | Catherine Maguire | United States |
1.40 | 1.48 | ||||||||
| 9 | Marion Holley | United States |
1.40 | 1.48 | ||||||||
| 10 | Léontine Stevens |  Belgium |
1.40 | 1.48 | ||||||||
| 11 | Hélène Bons |  France |
1.40 | 1.45 | ||||||||
| 12 | Lucienne Laudré | France |
1.40 | 1.45 | ||||||||
| 13 | Bride Adams-Ray |  Sweden |
1.40 | 1.45 | ||||||||
| 14 | Évelyne Cloupet | France |
1.40 | 1.40 | ||||||||
| 15 | Ann-Margret Ahlstrand | Sweden |
1.40 | 1.40 | ||||||||
| 16 | Sidonie Verschueren | Belgium |
1.40 | 1.40 | ||||||||
| 17 | Elise Van Truyen | Belgium |
1.40 | 1.40 | ||||||||
| 18 | Elisabeth Bonetsmüller | Germany |
1.40 | 1.40 | ||||||||
| 19 | IJke Buisma | Netherlands |
1.40 | NM | ||||||||
| 20 | Irina Orendi |  Romania |
1.35 | did not advance | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ a b After Catherwood's world record jump, the height was remeasured to the new world record height of 1.595 metres.
External links edit
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 December 2008.