Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Games:	1936 Summer
Dates:	August 9
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Ibolya Csák
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Dorothy Odam
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Elfriede Kaun
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1932
Next:	1948

The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 9, 1936. The final was won by Ibolya Csák of Hungary.^[1] Gretel Bergmann, a German Jewish athlete, was prevented from competing by the Nazis.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
			1.60
			1.60
			1.60
4			1.58	DQ
5			1.58
6			1.55
6			1.55
6			1.55
9			1.50
9			1.50
9			1.50
9			1.50
9			1.50
14			1.40
14			1.40
14			1.40
17			1.30

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's High Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ATH/womens-high-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.