Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
| Women's high jump at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning height | 1.76 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
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]
Final classification
[edit]| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|
 |  Mildred McDaniel (USA) | 1.76 m |
 |  Thelma Hopkins (GBR) | 1.67 m |
| |  Mariya Pisareva (URS) | 1.67 m |
| 4. |  Gunhild Larking (SWE) | 1.67 m |
| 5. |  Iolanda Balaș (ROU) | 1.67 m |
| 6. |  Michele Mason (AUS) | 1.67 m |
| 7. |  Mary Donaghy (NZL) | 1.67 m |
| 8=. |  Hermina Geyser (RSA) | 1.64 m |
| 8=. |  Jiřina Vobořilová (TCH) | 1.64 m |
| 10. | Olga Modrachová (TCH) | 1.64 m |
| 11. | Valentina Ballod (URS) | 1.60 m |
| 12=. |  Reinelde Knapp (AUT) | 1.60 m |
| 12=. | Dorothy Tyler (GBR) | 1.60 m |
| 14. | Carole Bernoth (AUS) | 1.60 m |
| 15. | Janice Cooper (AUS) | 1.55 m |
| 16=. | Audrey Bennett (GBR) | 1.55 m |
| 16=. |  Alice Whitty (CAN) | 1.55 m |
| 18. |  Inge Kilian (EUA) | 1.55 m |
| 19(DNQ). | Ann Marie Flynn (USA) | 1.50 m |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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