| Women's high jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad |
|||||||
| Dates | August 7 (final) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitors | 19 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
|
|||||||
| «1936 | 1952» | ||||||
| Athletics at the 1948 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 event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 7, 1948. The final was won by American Alice Coachman.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Height | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Coachman | United States | 1.68 | OR | |
| Dorothy Tyler-Odam | Great Britain | 1.68 | OR | |
| Micheline Ostermeyer | France | 1.61 | ||
| 4 | Vinton Beckett | Jamaica | 1.58 | |
| 4 | Doreen Dredge | Canada | 1.58 | |
| 6 | Bertha Crowther | Great Britain | 1.58 | |
| 7 | Ilse Steinegger | Austria | 1.55 | |
| 8 | Dora Gardner | Great Britain | 1.55 | |
| 9 | Anne Iversen | Denmark | 1.50 | |
| 9 | Simone Ruas | France | 1.50 | |
| 11 | Carmen Phipps | Jamaica | 1.50 | |
| 11 | Bernice Robinson | United States | 1.50 | |
| 11 | Shirley Gordon | Canada | 1.50 | |
| 14 | Anne-Marie Colchen | France | 1.40 | |
| 14 | Emma Reed | United States | 1.40 | |
| 14 | Triny Bourkel | Luxembourg | 1.40 | |
| 17 | Elisabeth Müller | Brazil | 1.40 | |
| 17 | Olga Gyarmati | Hungary | 1.40 | |
| 19 | Elaine Silburn | Canada | 1.40 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
|
||||||||