Event: | Women's high jump |
Games: | 1956 Summer |
Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
Competitors: | 19 |
Nations: | 12 |
Win Value: | 1.76 |
Win Label: | Winning height |
Longnames: | yes |
Gold: | Mildred McDaniel |
Goldnoc: | USA |
Silver: | Thelma Hopkins |
Silvernoc: | GBR |
Silver2: | Mariya Pisareva |
Silvernoc2: | URS |
Prev: | 1952 |
Next: | 1960 |
The women's high jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification round mark was set at 1.58 metres. Just one athlete, Ann Marie Flynn from the United States, did not surpass that height in the morning qualification round.[1]
RANK | NAME ATHLETE | HEIGHT | |
---|---|---|---|
1.76 m | |||
1.67 m | |||
1.67 m | |||
4. | 1.67 m | ||
5. | 1.67 m | ||
6. | 1.67 m | ||
7. | 1.67 m | ||
8=. | 1.64 m | ||
8=. | 1.64 m | ||
10. | 1.64 m | ||
11. | 1.60 m | ||
12=. | 1.60 m | ||
12=. | 1.60 m | ||
14. | 1.60 m | ||
15. | 1.55 m | ||
16=. | 1.55 m | ||
16=. | 1.55 m | ||
18. | 1.55 m | ||
19(DNQ). | 1.50 m |