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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date15 October
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning height1.90 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Iolanda Balaș
 Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michele Brown
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Taisia Chenchik
 Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →

The women's high jump was one of two women's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. Both qualification and the final were held on 15 October 1964. 27 athletes from 18 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.[1]

Results

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Qualification

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Jumpers had to clear 1.70 metres to qualify for the final or be in the top 12 (with all those tying for a place in the top 12 qualifying). Since only 11 jumpers cleared 1.70 metres, all those clearing 1.68 advanced. The bar started at 1.55 metres, increasing gradually to 1.70 metres. Each jumper had three attempts at each height or could skip any lower height (but could not return to a lower height if he determined that he could not succeed).

Place Athlete Nation Best mark 1.55 1.60 1.65 1.68 1.70
1 Iolanda Balaș  Romania 1.70 metres 1st 1st
Michele Brown  Australia 1.70 metres 1st 1st
Dianne Gerace  Canada 1.70 metres 1st 1st
4 Frances Slaap  Great Britain 1.70 metres 1st 1st 1st
5 Jarosława Bieda  Poland 1.70 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st
Aída dos Santos  Brazil 1.70 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st
7 Robyn Woodhouse  Australia 1.70 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
8 Olga Pulic  Yugoslavia 1.70 metres 2nd 2nd 1st 1st
9 Eleanor Montgomery  United States 1.70 metres 1st 3rd 1st
10 Taisia Chenchik  Soviet Union 1.70 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd
11 Gerda Kupferschmied  United Team of Germany 1.70 metres 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
12 Terri Brown  United States 1.68 metres 1st 2nd Fail
13 Ulla Flegel  Austria 1.68 metres 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd Fail
14 Leena Kaarna  Finland 1.68 metres 1st 1st 2nd 3rd Fail
15 Karin Rüger  United Team of Germany 1.68 metres 1st 1st 2nd 1st Fail
16 Galina Kostenko  Soviet Union 1.65 metres 1st 1st 1st Fail
Gwenda Matthews  Great Britain 1.65 metres 1st 1st 1st Fail
18 Amelia Okoli  Nigeria 1.65 metres 2nd 1st Fail
19 Estelle Baskerville  United States 1.65 metres 1st 1st 2nd Fail
Michel Lamdani  Israel 1.65 metres 1st 1st 2nd Fail
21 Liese Sykora  Austria 1.65 metres 2nd 3rd 3rd Fail
22 Linda Knowles  Great Britain 1.60 metres 1st 1st Fail
23 Mitsuko Torii  Japan 1.60 metres 1st 2nd Fail
24 Lolita Lagrosas  Philippines 1.55 metres 1st Fail
25 Nazli Bayat Makou  Iran No mark Fail
Tipapan Leenasen  Thailand No mark Fail
Doris Langer  United Team of Germany Did not start

Final

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Each jumper again had three attempts at each height.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark 1.55 1.60 1.65 1.68 1.71 1.74 1.76 1.78 1.80 1.82 1.86 1.90 1.92
1 Iolanda Balaş  Romania 1.90 metres OR o o o o o o o o xxx
2 Michele Brown  Australia 1.80 metres o o o xo xo xxx
3 Taisia Chenchik  Soviet Union 1.78 metres o o xo o xxo o xxx
4 Aida dos Santos  Brazil 1.74 metres o o o o o xxx
5 Dianne Gerace  Canada 1.71 metres o o xxx
6 Frances Slaap  Great Britain 1.71 metres o o o xxx
7 Olga Pulic  Yugoslavia 1.71 metres o o o o xxx
8 Eleanor Montgomery  United States 1.71 metres xo xo o xxx
9 Karin Rüger  United Team of Germany 1.71 metres o xo xo xo xxx
10 Jarosława Bieda  Poland 1.71 metres o o xo xxo xxx
11 Robyn Woodhouse  Australia 1.71 metres o o o xo xxo xxx
12 Gerda Kupferschmied  United Team of Germany 1.68 metres o o o xxx
13 Leena Kaarna  Finland 1.65 metres o xo xo xxx
14 Terrezene Brown  United States No mark xxx
Ulla Flegel  Austria No mark xxx

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.