Women's high jump
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 7
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean Shiley
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Babe Didrikson
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eva Dawes
 Canada

The women's high jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 7.[1] When world record holder and returning silver medalist Lien Gisolf failed at 1.60, the medalists were determined. Eva Dawes made the next height but was unable to make 1.62m leaving her with the bronze medal. The two American jumpers Jean Shiley and Babe Didrikson jumped evenly through the rest of the competition. Both cleared a new world record of 1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in) on their first attempt and then missed at 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in). A jump-off was ordered at 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and both Americans had successful clearances on their first attempt. But after Didrikson’s jump, the officials convened and ruled that she had jumped head-first, which was then illegal, and was termed diving. This gave the gold medal to Jean Shiley. Didrikson later noted that she had jumped in the same style throughout the competition.[2]

Results

Final standings

RankNameNationalityHeightNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jean Shiley United States1.65WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Babe Didrikson United States1.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eva Dawes Canada1.60
4Lien Gisolf Netherlands1.58
5Marjorie Clark South Africa1.58
6Annette Rogers United States1.58
7Helma Notte Germany1.55
8Yuriko Hirohashi Japan1.50
9Yae Sagara Japan1.50
10Ellen Braumüller Germany1.41

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "High Jump, Women". Olympedia.
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