1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 21 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold Iolanda Balaș
 Romania
Silver Taisiya Chenchik
 Soviet Union
Bronze Dorothy Shirley
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

21 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Iolanda Balaș  Romania 1.77 CR
2nd Taisiya Chenchik  Soviet Union 1.70
3rd Dorothy Shirley  United Kingdom 1.67
4 Inge Kilian  West Germany 1.67
5 Galina Dolya  Soviet Union 1.64
6 Maj-Lena Lundström  Sweden 1.61
7 Reinelde Knapp  Austria 1.61
8 Olga Gere  Yugoslavia 1.61
9 Inga Söderlind  Sweden 1.61
10 Anka Abadzhiyeva  Bulgaria 1.58
11 Margareta Samuelsson  Sweden 1.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References