Women High Jump Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal: Mildred McDaniel, United States
FinalHeight 155160164167170176180
1. Mildred McDanielUSA United States1.76mWROXOOOXOXOXXX
2. Thelma HopkinsGBR Great Britain1.67m OOOOXXX
2. Maria PisarevaURS Soviet Union1.67m OOOOXXX
4. Gunhild LarkingSWE Sweden1.67m OXXOXOOXXX
5. Iolanda BalasROU Romania1.67m OOOXOXXX
6. Micheline MasonAUT Austria1.67m OOOXXOXXX
7. Jessie Mary DonaghyNZL New Zealand1.67m OOXOXXOXXX
8. Hermina Lategan GeyserZAF South Africa1.64m OOOXXX
8. Jirina VoborilovaTCH Czechoslovakia1.64m OOOXXX
10.Olga ModrachovaTCH Czechoslovakia1.64m O-
11.Valentina BallodURS Soviet Union1.60m O-
12.Reinelde KnappAUT Austria1.60m O-
12.Dorothy Jenny TylerGBR Great Britain1.60m O-
14.Carole Estelle BernothAUS Australia1.60m O-
15.Janice CooperAUS Australia1.60m O-
16.Audrey Ethel BennettGBR Great Britain1.55m O-
16.Alice Ann WhittyCAN Canada1.55m O-
18.Inge KilianGER Germany1.55m O-

world Women High Jump History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000. 19 competitors from -- nations.
Hopkins and the 19 year-old Balaș had both set world records during the year and were favoured to battle for the gold medal, as they had for the European title two years earlier where Hopkins won. Balaș was the first of the favourites to have a failure, as she missed once at 1.67. In all seven athletes attempted to beat Coachman’s Olympic record, but only one athlete succeeded. McDaniel, whose best was 1.69, set a US record, and thus became the first straddler to win the women’s title. She then went straight to 1.76 and cleared the world record height on her second attempt, before having three misses at 1.80. Allegedly, she had cleared six feet (1.83) in practice during the summer, and looked capa- ble of such heights in Melbourne.

Qualification

mark 1.58m
Not Qualified
-. Ann Marie FlynnUSA United States
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