Polemonium Reptans

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
10 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The Women's high jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 27 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. South African athlete Esther Brand won the gold medal.^[1]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Sheila Lerwill (GBR)	1.72 m	London, England	7 July 1951
Olympic record	Alice Coachman (USA)	1.68 m	London, United Kingdom	7 August 1948

No new records were set during this competition.

Competition consisted of a final round with all 17 contestants.

Rank	Athlete	1.35	1.40	1.45	1.50	1.55	1.58	1.61	1.63	1.65	1.67	1.69	Result
	Esther Brand (RSA)	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx	1.67
	Sheila Lerwill (GBR)	–	o	–	xo	o	o	o	xxxo	xxo	xxx		1.65
	Aleksandra Chudina (URS)	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.63
4	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx					1.58
5	Olga Modrachová (TCH)	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.58
6	Fedora Schenk (AUT)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.58
7	Nina Kossova (URS)	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.58
7	Dorothy Tyler (GBR)	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.58
9	Gunhild Larking (SWE)	–	o	o	o	o	xxx						1.55
10	Alice Whitty (CAN)	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx						1.55
11	Galina Ganeker (URS)	–	–	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.55
12	Deyse de Castro (BRA)	–	–	–	o	xxx							1.50
13	Dawn Josephs (CAN)	o	o	o	o	xxx							1.50
14	Solveig Ericsson (SWE)	–	o	xo	o	xxx							1.50
15	Seija Pöntinen (FIN)	–	o	o	xxo	xxx							1.50
16	Sisko Heikkilä (FIN)	o	o	xxx									1.40
17	Tamara Metal (ISR)	o	xo	xxx									1.40

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.