SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
 
OLYMPIC GAMES. HISTORY 
WOMEN'S High Jump
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1928
1. Ethel Catherwood (Can) ............. 5-2 1/2 ........... 1.59
2. Carolina Gisolf (Hol) ................... 5-1 1/4 ........... 1.56
3. Mildred Wiley (US) ..................... 5-1 1/4 .......... 1.56
1932
1. Jean Shiley (US) ......................... 5-5 ............. 1.65 WR
2. Babe Didrikson (US) .................... 5-5 ............. 1.65 =WR
3. Eva Dawes (Can) ......................... 5-3 ............. 1.60
1936
1. Ibolya Csak (Hun) ....................... 5-3 ............. 1.60
2. Dorothy Tyler (GB) ...................... 5-3 ............. 1.60
3. Elfriede Kaun (Ger) ..................... 5-3 ............. 1.60
1948
1. Alice Coachman (US) .................. 5-6 ............. 1.68
2. Dorothy Tyler (GB) ...................... 5-6 ............. 1.68
3. Micheline Ostermeyer (Fra) .......... 5-3 1/4 ....... 1.61
1952
1. Esther Brand (SA) ....................... 5-5 3/4 ........ 1.67
2. Sheila Lerwill (GB) ....................... 5-5 ............. 1.65
3. Aleksandra Chudina (SU) ............. 5-4 1/4 ........ 1.63
1956
1. Mildred McDaniel (US) ................ 5-9 1/4 .......... 1.76 WR
=2. Thelma Hopkins (GB) ................ 5-5 3/4 .......... 1.67
=2. Maria Pisaryeva (SU) ................ 5-5 3/4 .......... 1.67
1960
1. Iolanda Balas (Rom) ................... 6-3/4 ............ 1.85
=2. Jaroslawa Jazwiakowska (Pol) .. 5-7 1/4 .......... 1.71
=2. Dorothy Shirley (GB) ................ 5-7 1/4 .......... 1.71
1964
1. Iolanda Balas (Rom) .................... 6-2 3/4 .......... 1.90
2. Michele Brown (Aus) ................... 5-10 3/4 ........ 1.80
3. Taisiya Chenchik (SU) ................. 5-10 ............. 1.78
1968
1. Miloslava Hubnerova (Cze) ........... 5-11 1/2 ........ 1.82(A)
2. Antonina Okorokova (SU) ............ 5-10 3/4 ........ 1.80
3. Valentina Kozyr (SU) .................. 5-10 3/4 ........ 1.80
1972
1. Ulrike Meyfarth (WG) .................. 6-3 1/ 2 ..........1.92 =WR
2. Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bul) ........... 6-2 ................ 1.88
3. Ilona Gusenbauer (Aut) ............... 6-2 ................ 1.88
1976
1. Rosi Ackermann (EG) ................. 6-4 ................ 1.93
2. Sara Simeoni (Ita) ....................... 6-3 1/4 .......... 1.91
3. Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bul) ............ 6-3 1/4 .......... 1.91
1980
1. Sara Simeoni (Ita) ........................ 6-5 1/2 .......... 1.97
2. Urszula Kielan (Pol) ..................... 6-4 1/4 .......... 1.94
3. Jutta Kirst (EG) ........................... 6-4 1/4 .......... 1.94
1984
1. Ulrike Meyfarth (WG) ................... 6-7 1/2 .......... 2.02
2. Sara Simeoni (Ita) ........................ 6-6 ............... 2.00
3. Joni Huntley (US) ......................... 6-5 1/2 ......... 1.97
1988
1. Louise Ritter (US) ....................... 6-8 ............... 2.03
2. Stefka Kostadinova (Bul) ............. 6-7 ................ 2.01
3. Tamara Bykova (SU) ................... 6-6 1/4 .......... 1.99
1992
1. Heike Henkel (Ger) ..................... 6-7 1/2 .......... 2.02
2. Galina Astafei (Rom) ................... 6-6 3/4 .......... 2.00
3. Ioamnet Quintero (Cub) ............... 6-5 1/2 ........... 1.97
1996
1. Stefka Kostadinova (Bul) .............. 6-8 3/4 ........ 2.05
2. Niki Bakogianni (Gre) ................... 6-8 ............. 2.03
3. Inga Babakova (Ukr) ..................... 6-7 ............. 2.01
2000
1. Yelena Yelesina (RUS) .................................... 2.01
2. Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete (RSA) ......................... 2.01
3. Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) .................................... 1.99 

Medals 
4 - 1 - 2  USA
2 - 1 - 0  Romania
2 - 0 - 0  West Germany
1 - 2 - 5  Soviet Union
1 - 2 - 1  Bulgaria
1 - 2 - 0  Italy
1 - 1 - 0  South Africa
1 - 0 - 1  Canada
1 - 0 - 1  Germany
1 - 0 - 0  Hungary
1 - 0 - 0  Czech
1 - 0 - 0  East Germany
1 - 0 - 1  Russia
0 - 6 - 0  Great Britain
0 - 2 - 0  Poland
0 - 1 - 0  Holland
0 - 1 - 0  Greece
0 - 1 - 0  Australia
0 - 0 - 1  France
0 - 0 - 1  Cuba
0 - 0 - 1  Austria
0 - 0 - 1  Ukraine
0 - 0 - 1  Sweden

More Gold Medals: Jolanda Balas, Ulrike Meyfarth (2)
More Medals: Jolanda Balas (2-0-0), Urlike Meyfarth (2-0-0), Sara Simeoni (1-1-0), Stefka Kostadinova (1-1-0), Dorothy Tyler (0-2-0), Yordanka Blagoeva (0-1-1)