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

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Women's high jump; at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 7 (final)
Competitors	19
Medalists
	← 1936 1952 →

The women's high jump event was part of the athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 7 August 1948. The final was won by Alice Coachman of the United States who became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.^[1]

Records edit

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 edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 7 August 1948	15:35	Finals

Results edit

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