Women High Jump Athletics XIV Olympic Games London 1948 - Saturday 07.08 - Gold Medal: Alice Coachman, United States
Final RankingHeight Y170m
1. Alice CoachmanUSAUSA1.68mOR24XXX
2. Dorothy Odam-TylerGBRGBR1.68mOR28XXX
3. Micheline OstermeyerFRAFRA1.61m 25
4. Vinton BeckettJAMJAM1.58m 25
4. Doreen DredgeCANCAN1.58m 17
6. Bertha CrowtherGBRGBR1.58m 26
7. Ilse SteineggerAUTAUT1.55m 22
8. Dora GardnerGBRGBR1.55m 36
9. Anne IversenDENDEN1.50m 24
9. Simone RuasFRAFRA1.50m 29
11.Carmen PhippsJAMJAM1.50m 20
11.Bernice RobinsonUSAUSA1.50m 21
11.Shirley GordonCANCAN1.50m 21
14.Anne-Marie ColchenFRAFRA1.40m 22
14.Emma ReedUSAUSA1.40m 23
14.Triny BourkelLUXLUX1.40m 21
17.Elisabeth MüllerBRABRA1.40m 22
17.Olga GyarmatiHUNHUN1.40m 23
19.Elaine SilburnCANCAN1.40m

world Women High Jump History

Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley.
Blankers-Koen was the world record holder, but her coach/husband advised her against competing in the high jump, particularly as it clashed with the relay. As she had not jumped higher than 1.65 in the previous four years it was probably a wise move. Coachman topped the world list with 1.644, while the next highest jumpers (Aleksandra Chudina and Galina Ganeker) were ineligible as the USSR was not a member of the IOC. Coachman was led at 1.61 by the veteran Tyler, but took the lead with a second time clearance at 1.64. The lead changed hands twice more, as Tyler cleared 1.66 first time, while Coachman western rolled over 1.68 at her first attempt to win the first ever gold medal by a black American woman. Ostermeyer had already won the shot and discus before taking bronze in the high jump.
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Men Decathlon
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