High Jump Women's Olympic Medalists

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the women’s high jump from the Summer Olympic games.

• 1928
  GOLD Ethel Catherwood, CAN 1.59
  SILVER Carolina Gisolf, NED 1.56
  BRONZE Mildred Wiley, USA 1.56

• 1932
  GOLD Jean Shiley, USA 1.65
  SILVER Babe Didrikson, USA 1.65
  BRONZE Eva Dawes, CAN 1.60

• 1936
  GOLD Ibolya Csák, HUN 1.60
  SILVER Dorothy Odam, GBR 1.60
  BRONZE Elfriede Kaun, GER 1.60

• 1948
  GOLD Alice Coachman, USA 1.68
  SILVER Dorothy Tyler, GBR 1.68
  BRONZE Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA 1.61

• 1952
  GOLD Esther Brand, RSA 1.67
  SILVER Sheila Lerwill, GBR 1.65
  BRONZE Aleksandra Chudina, URS 1.63

• 1956
  GOLD Mildred McDaniel, USA 1.76
  SILVER Maria Pisareva, URS 1.67
  SILVER Thelma Hopkins, GBR 1.67

• 1960
  GOLD Iolanda Balas, ROM 1.85
  SILVER Jaroslawa Jόzwiakowska, POL 1.71
  SILVER Dorothy Shirley, GBR 1.71

• 1964
  GOLD ] Iolanda Balas, ROM 1.90
  SILVER Michele Brown, AUS 1.80
  BRONZE Taisiya Chenchik, URS 1.78

• 1968
  GOLD Miloslava Rezková, CZE 1.82
  SILVER Antonina Okorokova, URS 1.80
  BRONZE Valentina Kozyr, AUS 1.80

• 1972
  GOLD Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG 1.92
  SILVER Yordanka Blagoeva, BUL 1.88
  BRONZE Ilona Gusenbauer, AUT 1.88

• 1976
  GOLD Rosemarie Ackermann, GDR 1.93
  SILVER Sara Simeoni, ITA 1.91
  BRONZE Yordanka Blagoeva, BUL 1.91

• 1980
  GOLD Sara Simeoni, ITA 1.97
  SILVER Urszula Kielan, POL 1.94
  BRONZE Jutta Kirst, GDR 1.94

• 1984
  GOLD Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG 2.02
  SILVER Sara Simeoni, ITA 2.00
  BRONZE Joni Huntley, USA 1.97

• 1988
  GOLD Louise Ritter, USA 2.03
  SILVER Stefka Kostadinova, BUL 2.01
  BRONZE Tamara Bykova, URS 1.99

• 1992
  GOLD Heike Henkel, GER 2.02
  SILVER Alina Astafei, ROM 2.00
  BRONZE Ioamnet Quintero, CUB 1.97

• 1996
  GOLD Stefka Kostadinova, BUL 2.05
  SILVER Niki Bakoyianni, GRE 2.03
  BRONZE Inga Babakova, UKR 2.01

• 2000
  GOLD Yelena Yelesina, RUS 2.01
  SILVER Hestrie Cloete, RSA 2.01
  BRONZE Oana Pantelimon, ROM 1.99
  BRONZE Kajsa Bergqvist, SWE 1.99

• 2004
  GOLD Yelena Slesarenko, RUS 2.06
  SILVER Hestrie Cloete, RSA 2.02
  BRONZE Viktoriya Styopina, UKR 2.02

• 2008
  GOLD Tia Hellebaut, BEL 2.05
  SILVER Blanka Vlašic, CRO 2.05
  BRONZE Anna Chicherova, RUS 2.03



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