1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The women's high jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25 and 28 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Thelma Hopkins  United Kingdom
Silver	Iolanda Balaș  Romania
Bronze	Olga Modrachová  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Thelma Hopkins	United Kingdom	1.67	CR
02 !	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.65	NR
03 !	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia	1.63
4	Gunhild Larking	Sweden	1.63	NR
5	Sheila Lerwill	United Kingdom	1.60
6	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	1.60
7	Liduska Ajglova	Czechoslovakia	1.55
8	Renate Kramer	West Germany	1.55
9	Ursula Schmückle	West Germany	1.55
10	Lyudmila Mochilina	Soviet Union	1.55
10	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	1.55
12	Simone Peironne	France	1.55
13	Berta Sablatnig	Austria	1.50
14	Anka Abadzhiyeva	Bulgaria	1.50

Qualification

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Sheila Lerwill	United Kingdom	1.50	Q
2	Anka Abadzhiyeva	Bulgaria	1.50	Q
3	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	1.50	Q
4	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	1.50	Q
5	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.50	Q
6	Berta Sablatnig	Austria	1.50	Q
7	Gunhild Larking	Sweden	1.50	Q
8	Lyudmila Mochilina	Soviet Union	1.50	Q
9	Ursula Schmückle	West Germany	1.50	Q
10	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia	1.50	Q
11	Simone Peironne	France	1.50	Q
12	Liduska Ajglova	Czechoslovakia	1.50	Q
13	Thelma Hopkins	United Kingdom	1.50	Q
14	Renate Kramer	West Germany	1.50	Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References