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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateAugust 5
Competitors20 from 9 nations
Winning height1.595 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ethel Catherwood  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lien Gisolf  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mildred Wiley  United States
1932 →
Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of the event, one of five events that marked the debut of women's Olympic athletics in 1928. The competition was held on Sunday, August 5, 1928. Twenty high jumpers from nine nations competed.[1]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1.58 Canada Ethel Catherwood Regina (CAN) September 6, 1926
1.58 Netherlands Lien Gisolf Brussels (BEL) July 3, 1928
1.60(*) South Africa Marjorie Clark London (GBR) June 23, 1928
1.60(*) Canada Ethel Catherwood Halifax (CAN) July 2, 1928
Olympic Record -

(*) unofficial

In the final Ethel Catherwood set a new official world record with 1.595 metres.

Results

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The qualification started at 1.15 p.m. The top 12 and ties and all those clearing the qualification height of 1.40 metres qualified for the final. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available. Only the Romanian Irina Orendi was unable to clear 1.40 metres, which means that nineteen high jumpers competed in the final. The final started at 2.30 p.m. on the same day. The jumping order is not available and the jumping series are only known for the medalists.

Rank Athlete Nation Qual. Final Notes
Result 1.45 1.48 1.51 1.54 1.56 1.58 1.60[2] Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ethel Catherwood  Canada 1.40 O O O O O O XXO 1.595[2] WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lien Gisolf  Netherlands 1.40 O O O XO XO XXX 1.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mildred Wiley  United States 1.40 O O O XO XO XXX 1.56
4 Jean Shiley  United States 1.40 1.51
5 Marjorie Clark  South Africa 1.40 1.48
6 Helma Notte  Germany 1.40 1.48
7 Inge Braumüller  Germany 1.40 1.48
8 Catherine Maguire  United States 1.40 1.48
9 Marion Holley  United States 1.40 1.48
10 Léontine Stevens  Belgium 1.40 1.48
11 Hélène Bons  France 1.40 1.45
12 Lucienne Laudré  France 1.40 1.45
13 Bride Adams-Ray  Sweden 1.40 1.45
14 Évelyne Cloupet  France 1.40 1.40
15 Ann-Margret Ahlstrand  Sweden 1.40 1.40
16 Sidonie Verschueren  Belgium 1.40 1.40
17 Elise Van Truyen  Belgium 1.40 1.40
18 Elisabeth Bonetsmüller  Germany 1.40 1.40
19 IJke Buisma  Netherlands 1.40 NM
20 Irina Orendi  Romania 1.35 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b After Catherwood's world record jump, the height was remeasured to the new world record height of 1.595 metres.
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