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

Women's high jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	July 27
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Esther Brand 23x15px South Africa Sheila Lerwill  Great Britain Aleksandra Chudina 23x15px Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

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.

Records

Prior to this 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	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
	22x20px 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
	22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px Alice Whitty (CAN)	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx						1.55
11	22x20px Galina Ganeker (URS)	–	–	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.55
12	Deyse de Castro (BRA)	–	–	–	o	xxx							1.50
13	22x20px 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	Tamar Metal (ISR)	o	xo	xxx									1.40

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.