Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Women's high jump; at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 7
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Medalists
	← 1928 1936 →

The women's

Babe Didrikson jumped evenly through the rest of the competition. Both cleared a new world record of 1.65 m (5 ft 43⁄4 in) on their first attempt and then missed at 1.67 m (5 ft 51⁄2 in). A jump-off was ordered at 1.67 m (5 ft 51⁄2 in) and both Americans had successful clearances on their first attempt. But after Didrikson’s jump, the officials convened and ruled that she had jumped head-first, which was then illegal, and was termed diving. This gave the gold medal to Jean Shiley. Didrikson later noted that she had jumped in the same style throughout the competition.^[2]

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
	Jean Shiley	United States	1.65	WR
	Babe Didrikson	United States	1.65
	Eva Dawes	Canada	1.60
4	Lien Gisolf	Netherlands	1.58
5	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	1.58
6	Annette Rogers	United States	1.58
7	Helma Notte	Germany	1.55
8	Yuriko Hirohashi	Japan	1.50
9	Yae Sagara	Japan	1.50
10	Ellen Braumüller	Germany	1.41

Key: WR = World record

References

^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ "High Jump, Women". Olympedia.

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[2] "High Jump, Women". Olympedia.

[2]

v t e High jump at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020