Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
| Women's high jump at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 8 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning height | 1.85 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's high jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 8.[1]
Results
[edit]Top 12 jumpers and ties and all jumpers clearing 1.65 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.
Qualifying
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Final
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1.55 | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 1.73 | 1.75 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 1.85 | 1.87 | Notes |
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Iolanda Balaș |  Romania |
1.85 | p | o | p | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxp | OR |
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Jarosława Jóźwiakowska |  Poland |
1.71 | p | o | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||
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Dorothy Shirley |  Great Britain |
1.71 | p | o | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||
| 4 | Galina Dolya |  Soviet Union |
1.71 | o | o | xo | o | xxo | |||||||
| 5 | Taisiya Chenchik | Soviet Union |
1.68 | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||||||
| 6T | Helen Frith |  Australia |
1.65 | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||||
| 6T | Inga-Britt Lorentzon |  Sweden |
1.65 | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||||
| 6T | Frances Slaap | Great Britain |
1.65 | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||||
| 9T | Ingrid Becker |  United Team of Germany |
1.65 | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||||||
| 9T | Nel Zwier |  Netherlands |
1.65 | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||||||
| 9T | Florence Pétry |  France |
1.65 | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||||||
| 9T | Marlene Schmitz | United Team of Germany |
1.65 | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||||||
| 9T | Olga Gere |  Yugoslavia |
1.65 | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||||||
| 14 | Neomia Rogers |  United States |
1.65 | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | ||||||||
| 15 | Valentina Ballod | Soviet Union |
1.65 | o | xo | xxo | xxx |
Key: OR = Olympic record; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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