| | Event type
High Jump, Women
| Date | 27 July 1952 — 15:20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki | |
| Participants | 17 from 10 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
The favorite was Sheila Lerwill, who as Sheila Alexander, had won the 1950 European Championships, and in 1951 had broken the world record with 1.72 metres (5-7½) at the WAAA Championships. There were three jumpers left at 1.63 (5-4) – Lerwill, Esther Brand (RSA), and Aleksandra Chudina (URS) – and all three cleared that height, but Chudina took the lead with a first-attempt clearance. She went out at 1.65 (5-5), and Brand took the lead by clearing on her second attempt, Lerwill needing three jumps at that height. That decided the medals, although Brand also went over 1.67 (5-5¾), Lerwill missing that height.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Height | Misses | Total Misses | Total Attempts | 1.35 m | 1.40 m | 1.45 m | 1.50 m | 1.55 m | 1.58 m | 1.61 m | 1.63 m | 1.65 m | 1.67 m | 1.69 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 116 | Esther Brand |  RSA | 1.67 | 2 | 4 | 13 | - | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | Gold | ||
| 2 | 226 | Sheila Lerwill |  GBR | 1.65 | 2 | 5 | 12 | - | o | - | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | 489 | Aleksandra Chudina |  URS | 1.63 | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 225 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 1.58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | 910 | Olga Modrachová |  TCH | 1.58 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | 287 | Feodora, Gräfin Schenk |  AUT | 1.58 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | o | o | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | |||
| =7 | 482 | Nina Kossova | URS | 1.58 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | – | |||
| =7 | 227 | Dorothy Tyler | GBR | 1.58 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | 717 | Gunhild Larking |  SWE | 1.55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | o | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 367 | Alice Whitty |  CAN | 1.55 | 1 | 1 | 6 | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 483 | Galina Ganeker | URS | 1.55 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | o | xo | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | 66 | Deise de Castro |  BRA | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | 366 | Dawn Josephs | CAN | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | o | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 14 | 718 | Solveig Ericsson | SWE | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | o | xo | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 15 | 831 | Seija Pöntinen |  FIN | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 16 | 834 | Sisko Heikkilä | FIN | 1.40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | 237 | Tamar Metal |  ISR | 1.40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 288 | Berta Sablatnig | AUT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 299 | Kathleen Russell |  JAM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |