Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Winning height	1.76 WR
Medalists
Mildred McDaniel  United States Thelma Hopkins  Great Britain Mariya Pisareva  Soviet Union

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.

Final classification

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

External links

• Official Report
• Results