Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump explained

Event:Women's high jump
Games:1932 Summer
Venue:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates:August 7
Competitors:10
Nations:6
Longnames:yes
Gold:Jean Shiley
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Babe Didrikson
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Eva Dawes
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:1928
Next:1936

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 on their first attempt and then missed at . A jump-off was ordered at 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

Rank Name Nationality Height Notes
1.65 WR
1.65
1.60
4 1.58
5 1.58
6 1.58
7 1.55
8 1.50
9 1.50
10 1.41

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's High Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/ATH/womens-high-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: High Jump, Women. Olympedia.