Women Athletics High Jump IX Olympic Games Amsterdam 1928 Sunday, 5th August - Gold Medal: Ethel Catherwood, Canada
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1. Ethel CatherwoodCAn Canada1.595WR1.40OOOOOOXXO
2. Lien GisolfNED Netherlands1.56m 1.40OOOXOXOXXXO
3. Mildred WileyUSA United States1.56m 1.40OOOXOXOXXXX
4. Jean ShileyUSA United States1.51m 1.40 O-
5. Marjorie ClarkZAFZAF South Africa1.48m 1.40 O-
6. Helma NotteGeR Germany1.48m 1.40 O-
7. Inge BraumüllerGeR Germany1.48m 1.40 O-
8. Kay MaguireUSA United States1.48m 1.40 O-
9. Marion HolleyUSA United States1.48m 1.40 O-
10.Léontine StevensBEL Belgium1.48m 1.40 O-
11.Hélène BonsFRA France1.45m 1.40O-
12.Lucienne LaudréFRA France1.45m 1.40O-
13.Bride Adams-RaySWE Sweden1.45m 1.40O-
14.Évelyne CloupetFRA France1.40m 1.40O-
15.Ann-Margret AhlstrandSWE Sweden1.40m 1.40O-
16.Sidonie VerschuerenBEL Belgium1.40m 1.40O-
17.Elise Van TruyenBEL Belgium1.40m 1.40O-
18.Elisabeth BonetsmüllerGeR Germany1.40m 1.40O-
-. Ijke BuismaNED NetherlandsNM 1.40
not qualified to the Final.
-. Irina OrendiROU Romania 1.35

world Women High Jump History.

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam. Capp.: 31,600. First ever Event.
World Record: Ethel Catherwood (Canada) 1.58m Regina, Canada, September 6, 1926 and Lien Gisolf (Netherlands), Brussels, Belgium, July 3, 1928
Unofficial World Record: Marjorie Clark (South Africa) 1.60m, London, Great Britain, June 23, 1928 and Ethel Catherwood (Canada), Halifax, Canada, July 2, 1928
Catherwood, a tall and slim (1.78/58kg) woman who had topped the 1926 world list as a 16 year-old (1.58), was the favourite to win, having set an unratified world record of 1.60 at the beginning of July in the Canadian Championships. She was by no means a certainty, as Gisolf set an accepted record of 1.585 that same weekend, and Clark had jumped 1.60 in an exhibition six weeks before the Amsterdam event. The final took place on the last day of competition, a cold and gloomy day, and Catherwood, the sole Canadian was taken under the wing of the Belgian competitiors who let her use a large blanket to keep warm in between jumps. A Toronto journalist eulogised as follows: “The fans fell for her. A flower-like face of rare beauty. Simply clad in pure white, she looked like a tall, strange lily – and was immediately christened by the crowd ’the Saskatoon Lily’.” With Clark eliminated at 1.51, the field had dwindled to three by the time 1.60 was reached, though the height was remeasured at 1.595. Only Catherwood could scissor over, leaving Gisolf to outjump Wiley for silver in a jump-off.
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