Women High Jump Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Sunday 27 July - Gold Medal: Esther Brand, South Africa
Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. world Women High Jump History. 17 competitors from 10 nations.
Final 15:20
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1. Esther Brand
SAF
1.67m
30
9/16
O
O
O
O
O
O
XO
XO
XXO
XXX
2. Sheila Lerwill
GBR
1.65m
24
7/15
O
XO
O
O
O
XXO
XXO
XXX
3. Aleksandra Tshudina
URS
1.63m
29
6/10
O
O
O
O
XO
O
XXX
4. Thelma Hopkins
GBR
1.58m
16
3/6
O
O
O
XXX
5. Olga Modrachova
TCH
1.58m
22
5/8
O
O
O
O
O
XXX
6. Feodora Schenk
AUT
1.58m
32
4/8
O
O
O
XO
XXX
7. Nina Kosova
URS
1.58m
17
4/9
O
O
O
XXO
XXX
7. Dorothy Tyler
GBR
1.58m
32
4/9
O
O
O
XXO
XXX
9. Gunhild Larking
SWE
1.55m
16
4/7
O
O
O
O
XXX
10.Alice Whitty
CAN
1.55m
18
5/9
O
O
O
O
XO
XXX
11.Galina Ganeker
URS
1.55m
35
3/8
O
XO
XO
XXX
12.Deise Jurdelina de Castro
BRA
1.50m
19
1/4
O
XXX
13.Dawn Josephs
CAN
1.50m
20
4/7
O
O
O
O
XXX
14.Solveig Ericsson
SWE
1.50m
20
3/7
O
XO
O
XXX
15.Seija Pontinen
FIN
1.50m
18
3/8
O
O
XXO
XXX
16.Sisko Heikkila
FIN
1.40m
31
2/5
O
O
XXX
17.Tamar Mettal
ISR
1.40m
19
2/6
O
XO
XXX
World Record: Sheila Lerwill, Great Britain 1.72m 07.07.1951 London (GBR).
Olympic Record: Alice Coachman, United States and Dorothy Tyler, Great Britain 1.68m 07.08.1948 Lonndon (GBR).
Season 1952 Best: Aleksandra Tshudina (URS) 1.66m.
European Champion Lerwill and veteran Tyler were considered the
best in the field. By 1.63 Tyler, the silver medallist from Berlin and
London had gone, and only Lerwill and scissors jumpers Chudina and
Brand remained. Chudina, the 1.88m tall Russian, cleared 1.63 first
time to lead from Brand and Lerwill. At 1.65 the position changed, as
Chudina failed and Brand took the lead with a second-time clearance.
Brand – who had topped the world list in 1941 with 1.66 when aged 16
under her maiden name of van Heerden – then went over 1.67 at her
last attempt without touching the bar to make sure of gold. Lerwill
failed, and South Africa had its only woman’s gold medal in Olympic
athletics history.
SAF
GBR
URS
TCH
AUT
SWE
CAN
BRA
FIN
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