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.

Women's high jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	July 27
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Esther Brand  South Africa Sheila Lerwill  Great Britain Aleksandra Chudina  Soviet Union

Records

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

World record	Sheila Lerwill (GBR)	1.72 m	London, England	7 July 1951
Olympic record	Alice Coachman (USA)	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
	Esther Brand (RSA)	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx	1.67
	Sheila Lerwill (GBR)	–	o	–	xo	o	o	o	xxxo	xxo	xxx		1.65
	Aleksandra Chudina (URS)	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.63
4	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx					1.58
5	Olga Modrachová (TCH)	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.58
6	Fedora Schenk (AUT)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.58
7	Nina Kossova (URS)	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.58
7	Dorothy Tyler (GBR)	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.58
9	Gunhild Larking (SWE)	–	o	o	o	o	xxx						1.55
10	Alice Whitty (CAN)	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx						1.55
11	Galina Ganeker (URS)	–	–	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.55
12	Deyse de Castro (BRA)	–	–	–	o	xxx							1.50
13	Dawn Josephs (CAN)	o	o	o	o	xxx							1.50
14	Solveig Ericsson (SWE)	–	o	xo	o	xxx							1.50
15	Seija Pöntinen (FIN)	–	o	o	xxo	xxx							1.50
16	Sisko Heikkilä (FIN)	o	o	xxx									1.40
17	Tamara Metal (ISR)	o	xo	xxx									1.40

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.