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{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Women's high jump |games = 1948 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = |dates = August 7 (final) |competitors = 19 |nations = |longnames = yes |gold = Alice Coachman |goldNOC = USA |silver = Dorothy Tyler |silverNOC = GBR |bronze = Micheline Ostermeyer |bronzeNOC = FRA |prev=1936 |next=1952 }}{{AthleticsAt1948SummerOlympics}}The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 7, 1948. The final was won by Alice Coachman of the United States.[1] RecordsPrior to the 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 | Jean Shiley|USA}} {{flagathlete|Babe Didrikson|USA}} | 1.65 m | Los Angeles, United States | 7 August 1932 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition: Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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7 August | Final | {{flagIOCathlete|Alice Coachman|USA|1948 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete|Dorothy Tyler|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 1.68 m | OR |
ScheduleAll times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date | Time | Round | Saturday, 7 August 1948 | 15:35 | Finals | |
Results Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.61 | 1.64 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.70 | Result | Notes |
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{{gold01}} | Alice Coachman | {{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.68 | OR | {{silver02}} | Dorothy Tyler | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | o | xxo | o | xo | xxx | 1.68 | OR | {{Bronze03}} | Micheline Ostermeyer | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | xo | xxx | 1.61 | 4 | Vinton Beckett | {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} | 1.58 | 4 | Doreen Dredge | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 1.58 | 6 | Bertha Crowther | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 1.58 | 7 | Ilse Steinegger | {{FlagIOC|AUT|1948 Summer}} | 1.55 | 8 | Dora Gardner | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 1.55 | 9 | Anne Iversen | {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 1.50 | 9 | Simone Ruas | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | 1.50 | 11 | Carmen Phipps | {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} | 1.50 | 11 | Bernice Robinson | {{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | 1.50 | 11 | Shirley Gordon | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 1.50 | 14 | Anne-Marie Colchen | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | 1.40 | 14 | Emma Reed | {{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | 1.40 | 14 | Triny Bourkel | {{FlagIOC|LUX|1948 Summer}} | 1.40 | 17 | Elizabeth Müller | {{FlagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | 1.40 | 17 | Olga Gyarmati | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer}} | 1.40 | 19 | Elaine Silburn | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 1.40 |
Key: OR = Olympic record References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/womens-high-jump.html |title=Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's High Jump |accessdate=27 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Sources- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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