High Jump

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

High Jump

Year Height
1928 Ethel Catherwood, CAN 5- 21/2
1932 Jean Shiley, USA 5- 51/4 WR
1936 Ibolya Csäk, HUN 5- 3
1948 Alice Coachman, USA 5- 6 OR
1952 Esther Brand, RSA5- 53/4
1956 Mildred McDaniel, USA 5- 91/4 WR
1960 Iolanda Balas, ROM 6- 03/4 OR
1964 Iolanda Balas, ROM 6- 23/4 OR
1968 Miloslava Rezkova, CZE 5-111/2
1972 Ulrike Meyfarth, W. Ger 6- 31/2 WR
1976 Rosemarie Ackermann, E. Ger 6- 4 OR
1980 Sara Simeoni, ITA 6- 51/2 OR
1984 Ulrike Meyfarth, W. Ger 6- 71/2 OR
1988 Louise Ritter, USA 6- 8 OR
1992 Heike Henkel, GER 6- 71/2
1996Stefka Kostadinova, BUL6- 83/4
2000Yelena Yelesina, RUS6- 7
2004 Yelena Slesarenko, RUS6- 9 OR
2008 Tia Hellebaut, BEL6- 7
2012 Anna Chicherova, RUS6- 71/4

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