Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
# Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event was part of the athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 7 August 1948. The final was won by Alice Coachman of the United States who became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

## Records

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

| World record | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 1.71 m | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 30 May 1943 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Jean Shiley (USA) Babe Didrikson (USA) | 1.65 m | Los Angeles, United States | 7 August 1932 |

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 August | Final | Alice Coachman (USA) Dorothy Tyler (GBR) | 1.68 m | OR |

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 7 August 1948 | 15:35 | Finals |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.61 | 1.64 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.70 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alice Coachman | United States | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.68 | OR |
| | Dorothy Tyler | Great Britain | o | xxo | o | xo | xxx | 1.68 | OR |
| | Micheline Ostermeyer | France | xo | xxx | | | | 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 | Elizabeth Müller | Brazil | | | | | | 1.40 | |
| 17 | Olga Gyarmati | Hungary | | | | | | 1.40 | |
| 19 | Elaine Silburn | Canada | | | | | | 1.40 | |

Key: OR = Olympic record

