Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
# Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The Women's high jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 27 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. South African athlete Esther Brand won the gold medal.

## Records

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

| World record | Sheila Lerwill (GBR) | 1.72 m | London, England | 7 July 1951 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Alice Coachman (USA) | 1.68 m | London, United Kingdom | 7 August 1948 |

No new records were set during this competition.

## Results

Competition consisted of a final round with all 17 contestants.

| Rank | Athlete | 1.35 | 1.40 | 1.45 | 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.58 | 1.61 | 1.63 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.69 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Esther Brand (RSA) | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.67 |
| | Sheila Lerwill (GBR) | – | o | – | xo | o | o | o | xxxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.65 |
| | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.63 |
| 4 | Thelma Hopkins (GBR) | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.58 |
| 5 | Olga Modrachová (TCH) | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.58 |
| 6 | Fedora Schenk (AUT) | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.58 |
| 7 | Nina Kossova (URS) | – | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.58 |
| 7 | Dorothy Tyler (GBR) | – | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.58 |
| 9 | Gunhild Larking (SWE) | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.55 |
| 10 | Alice Whitty (CAN) | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.55 |
| 11 | Galina Ganeker (URS) | – | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.55 |
| 12 | Deyse de Castro (BRA) | – | – | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.50 |
| 13 | Dawn Josephs (CAN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.50 |
| 14 | Solveig Ericsson (SWE) | – | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.50 |
| 15 | Seija Pöntinen (FIN) | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.50 |
| 16 | Sisko Heikkilä (FIN) | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | 1.40 |
| 17 | Tamara Metal (ISR) | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 1.40 |
