Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification round mark was set at 1.58 metres. Just one athlete, Ann Marie Flynn from the United States, did not surpass that height in the morning qualification round.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	HEIGHT
	Mildred McDaniel (USA)	1.76 m
	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	1.67 m
	Mariya Pisareva (URS)	1.67 m
4.	Gunhild Larking (SWE)	1.67 m
5.	Iolanda Balaș (ROU)	1.67 m
6.	Michele Mason (AUS)	1.67 m
7.	Mary Donaghy (NZL)	1.67 m
8=.	Hermina Geyser (RSA)	1.64 m
8=.	Jirina Voborilova (TCH)	1.64 m
10.	Olga Modrachova (TCH)	1.64 m
11.	Valentina Ballod (URS)	1.60 m
12=.	Reinelde Knapp (AUT)	1.60 m
12=.	Dorothy Tyler (GBR)	1.60 m
14.	Carole Bernoth (AUS)	1.60 m
15.	Janice Cooper (AUS)	1.55 m
16=.	Audrey Bennett (GBR)	1.55 m
16=.	Alice Whitty (CAN)	1.55 m
18.	Inge Kilian (EUA)	1.55 m
19(DNQ).	Ann Marie Flynn (USA)	1.50 m

References

• Official Report
• Results