Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of the event, one of five events that marked the debut of women's Olympic athletics in 1928. The competition was held on Sunday, August 5, 1928. Twenty high jumpers from nine nations competed.^[1]

Women's high jump at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	August 5, 1928
Competitors	20 from 9 nations
Winning height	1.595 m
Medalists
Ethel Catherwood  Canada Lien Gisolf  Netherlands Mildred Wiley  United States
1932 →

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1.58	Ethel Catherwood	Regina (CAN)	September 6, 1926
	1.58	Lien Gisolf	Brussels (BEL)	July 3, 1928
	1.60(*)	Marjorie Clark	London (GBR)	June 23, 1928
	1.60(*)	Ethel Catherwood	Halifax (CAN)	July 2, 1928
Olympic Record		-

(*) unofficial

In the final Ethel Catherwood set a new official world record with 1.595 metres.

Results

The qualification started at 1.15 p.m. The top 12 and ties and all those clearing the qualification height of 1.40 metres qualified for the final. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available. Only the Romanian Irina Orendi was unable to clear 1.40 metres, which means that nineteen high jumpers competed in the final. The final started at 2.30 p.m. on the same day. The jumping order is not available and the jumping series are only known for the medalists.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qual.	Final								Notes
			Result	1.45	1.48	1.51	1.54	1.56	1.58	1.60[2]	Result
	Ethel Catherwood	Canada	1.40	O	O	O	O	O	O	XXO	1.595[2]	WR
	Lien Gisolf	Netherlands	1.40	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX		1.56
	Mildred Wiley	United States	1.40	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX		1.56
4	Jean Shiley	United States	1.40								1.51
5	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	1.40								1.48
6	Helma Notte	Germany	1.40								1.48
7	Inge Braumüller	Germany	1.40								1.48
8	Catherine Maguire	United States	1.40								1.48
9	Marion Holley	United States	1.40								1.48
10	Léontine Stevens	Belgium	1.40								1.48
11	Hélène Bons	France	1.40								1.45
12	Lucienne Laudré	France	1.40								1.45
13	Bride Adams-Ray	Sweden	1.40								1.45
14	Évelyne Cloupet	France	1.40								1.40
15	Ann-Margret Ahlstrand	Sweden	1.40								1.40
16	Sidonie Verschueren	Belgium	1.40								1.40
17	Elise Van Truyen	Belgium	1.40								1.40
18	Elisabeth Bonetsmüller	Germany	1.40								1.40
19	IJke Buisma	Netherlands	1.40								NM
20	Irina Orendi	Romania	1.35	did not advance