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

The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on August 7, 1948. The final was won by American

United States

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Alice Coachman.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
	Alice Coachman Alice Coachman Alice Marie Coachman is an American former athlete. She specialized in high jump, and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal...	align=left	\| 1.68	OR
	Dorothy Tyler-Odam Dorothy Tyler-Odam Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler nee Odam MBE is a British athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She was born in Stockwell, London....		1.68	OR
	Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist.A great-niece of the French author Victor Hugo, and a niece of the composer Lucien Paroche, Ostermeyer, who was Jewish, was born in Rang-du-Fliers, Pas-de-Calais...		1.61
4	Vinton Beckett		1.58
4	Doreen Dredge		1.58
6	Bertha Crowther		1.58
7	Ilse Steinegger		1.55
8	Dora Gardner Dora Gardner Dora Kathleen Gardner was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games.She died in Bournemouth.In 1948 she finished eighth in the Olympic high jump contest....		1.55
9	Anne Iversen		1.50
9	Simone Ruas		1.50
11	Carmen Phipps		1.50
11	Bernice Robinson		1.50
11	Shirley Gordon		1.50
14	Anne-Marie Colchen		1.40
14	Emma Reed		1.40
14	Triny Bourkel		1.40
17	Elisabeth Müller Elisabeth Müller -Selected filmography:* Morgengrauen * André und Ursula * The Power and the Prize * Ballerina * Doctor Crippen lives * The Angry Hills...		1.40
17	Olga Gyarmati Olga Gyarmati Olga Gyarmati is a retired Hungarian athlete who competed at three Olympic Games in four different events...		1.40
19	Elaine Silburn		1.40

Key: OR = Olympic record

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