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

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
1st Thelma Hopkins  United Kingdom 1.67 CR
2nd Iolanda Balaș  Romania 1.65 NR
3rd 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

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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