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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. The following new Olympic record was set during this competition: Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Key: OR = Olympic record References Sources *Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948)The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad ''LA84 Foundation''. Retrieved 7 September 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Women's high jump Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics High jump at the Olympics 1948 in women's athletics Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Helsinki)
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (; ), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finland, Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics. During those games, it hosted Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics, athletics, Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics, equestrian show jumping, and the Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics, football finals. The stadium was also the venue for 1957 Bandy World Championship, the first Bandy World Championship in 1957, the first and tenth World Athletics Championships, in 1983 World Championships in Athletics, 1983 and 2005 World Championships in Athletics, 2005. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971 European Athletics Championships, 1971, 1994 European Athletics Championships, 1994 and 2012 European Athletics Championships, 2012. It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team. The stadium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Olympic Records In Athletics
The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War, and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event. The athletics events, which take place at each Games, are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, shot put, pole vault, high, long and triple jumps), road events (such as walks and the marathon) and combined events (the heptathlon and the decathlon). Women compete in 23 athletics events during the Games, and men compete in 24; while 21 of the events are the same for both men and women, men exclusively compete in the 50 km walk, the women's combined event is the heptathlon while the men compete in the decathlon, and the short distance hurdles fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie Colchen
Anne-Marie Colchen-Maillet (8 December 1925 – 26 January 2017) was a French track and field athlete and women's basketball player. She became France's first high jump champion at the 1946 European Athletics Championships and held the French record for the event for ten years. She represented France in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In basketball she was the highest scorer at the 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women, helping France to third place. She was a member of the French national team for the European Women's Basketball Championship in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1956. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. Career Born in Le Havre, she joined up with the local sports club, the Association Sportive Augustin Normand (ASAN). Standing at a height of – unusually tall for a woman in that era – she found she had a natural talent for high jump and basketball. Athletics Colchen first emerged as a high jumper in the mid-1940s and she ranked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Gordon (athlete)
Shirley Gordon Olafsson (born Shirley Gordon; 10 April 1927 – 23 November 2019) was a Canadian athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics tying for 11th place. Gordon was born with a deformed left foot. She walked with a limp and used crutches until she was 13. Unable to compete in team sports, she taught herself the high jump. She joined a track club after a friend who was invited insisted that they admit Shirley as well. She married Herbert Olafsson, who was a member of the Canadian National Basketball team. References External links * Shirley Olaffsonon the BC Sports Hall of Fame The BC Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in the BC Place stadium, at Gate A, the main entrance to the stadium, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It collects, preserves, studies and interprets materials that relate to British Columbia' ... 1927 births 2019 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canadian female high ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice Robinson (athlete)
Claudealia Bernice Robinson (February 28, 1927 – October 14, 2019) was an American hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics she moved to Cleveland. She continued to compete in Masters athletics under her married name of Bernice Robinson Holland as a thrower. In 1986, she was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Hall of Fame. Bernice was voted to the USATF Masters Hall of Fame The USATF Masters Hall of Fame is the Masters section of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. It is intended to select worthy athletes from the various divisions of Masters athletics involved in the sports of track and field, road running an ... in 2001.National Masters News, Jan 2002Retrieved Mar 5, 2021 References External links * 1927 births 2019 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics American female hurdlers American female high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Phipps
Carmen Phipps (born 9 October 1927) is a Jamaican athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References External links * 1927 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Jamaican female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Jamaican sportswomen 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Ruas
Simone Marie Ruas (10 June 1919 – 14 January 2001) was a French athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References 1919 births 2001 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics French female high jumpers Olympic athletes for France 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-highjump-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Iversen
Anne Iversen (12 August 1923 – 6 July 2015) was a Danish athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References 1923 births 2015 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Danish female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Denmark Place of birth missing {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Gardner
Dora Kathleen Gardner (6 May 1912 – June 1994) was an English track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games. Biography She was born in Croydon, South London. Gardner finished second behind Dorothy Odam in the high jump event at the 1937 WAAA Championships and the 1938 WAAA Championships. At the 1938 British Empire Games, she won the silver medal for England in the high jump event. In the long jump competition she finished seventh. Also in the 1938 European Athletics Championships she finished fifth in the high jump contest and in the 1946 European Championships in Athletics she finished seventh in the high jump event. Gardner became the national high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1945 WAAA Championships and 1946 WAAA Championships. In 1948 she finished eighth in the Olympic high jump contest. She died in Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Steinegger
Ilse Steinegger (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2023) was an Austrian high and long jumper who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... She died on 19 October 2023, at the age of 98. References 1925 births 2023 deaths Austrian female high jumpers Austrian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertha Crowther
Bertha Crowther (9 December 1921 – 8 August 2007) was a British athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Biography Crowther became the national 80 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1946 WAAA Championships. She also finished third behind Dora Gardner in the high jump event. Crowther finished second behind Dorothy Tyler in the high jump event and third behind Maureen Gardner in the 80 metres hurdles event at the 1948 WAAA Championships. Shortly afterwards, representing Great Britain at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, she competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles competition. Crowther showcased her all round ability by becoming the inaugural national pentathlon champion at the 1949 WAAA Championships. She successfully retained her title the following year at the 1950 WAAA Championships. She represented England and won a silver medal in the high jump at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland Auckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Dredge
Doreen M. Dredge (born 14 July 1931) is a Canadian athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References External links * 1931 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canadian female high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Sportspeople from Saskatchewan People from Kelvington, Saskatchewan Canadian Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-highjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
