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.

Results

Qualification

Qualifying height: 1.58 metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1.40	1.50	1.55	1.58	Result	Notes
1	Thelma Hopkins	Great Britain	–	–	o	o	1.58	Q
1	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	–	–	o	o	1.58	Q
1	Gunhild Larking	Sweden	–	o	–	o	1.58	Q
4	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	–	o	o	o	1.58	Q
4	Dorothy Tyler	Great Britain	–	o	o	o	1.58	Q
4	Hermina Geyser	South Africa	–	o	o	o	1.58	Q
7	Michele Mason	Australia	o	o	o	o	1.58	Q
7	Jessie Donaghy	New Zealand	o	o	o	o	1.58	Q
7	Jiřina Vobořilová	Czechoslovakia	o	o	o	o	1.58	Q
7	Mariya Pisareva	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	1.58	Q
7	Mildred McDaniel	United States	o	o	o	o	1.58	Q
12	Audrey Bennett	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	1.58	Q
13	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia	–	o	o	xo	1.58	Q
14	Carol Bernoth	Australia	o	o	o	xo	1.58	Q
14	Valentina Ballod	Soviet Union	o	o	o	xo	1.58	Q
16	Alice Whitty	Canada	o	xo	o	xo	1.58	Q
17	Inge Kilian	United Team of Germany	–	xo	o	xxo	1.58	Q
18	Janice Cooper	Australia	o	o	xxo	xxo	1.58	Q
19	Ann Marie Flynn	United States	o	xo	xxx		1.50
	Paola Paternoster	Italy					DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1.40	1.50	1.55	1.60	1.64	1.67	1.70	1.76	1.80	Result	Notes
	Mildred McDaniel	United States	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.76	WR
	Thelma Hopkins	Great Britain	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.67
	Mariya Pisareva	Soviet Union	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.67
4	Gunhild Larking	Sweden	–	–	o	xxo	xo	o	xxx			1.67
5	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.67
6	Michele Mason	Australia	o	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.67
7	Jessie Donaghy	New Zealand	–	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.67
8	Hermina Geyser	South Africa	–	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.64
8	Jiřina Vobořilová	Czechoslovakia	–	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.64
10	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia	–	–	o	o	xo	xxx				1.64
11	Valentina Ballod	Soviet Union	–	–	o	o	xxx					1.60
12	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	–	o	o	o	xxx					1.60
12	Dorothy Tyler	Great Britain	–	o	o	o	xxx					1.60
14	Carol Bernoth	Australia	–	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.60
15	Janice Cooper	Australia	–	–	o	xxx						1.55
16	Audrey Bennett	Great Britain	–	o	o	xxx						1.55
16	Alice Whitty	Canada	–	o	o	xxx						1.55
18	Inge Kilian	United Team of Germany	–	o	xxo	xxx						1.55

External links

• Official Report
• Results