| Event: | Women's high jump |
| Games: | 1948 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | August 7 (final) |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 1.68 |
| Win Label: | Winning height |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Alice Coachman |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Dorothy Tyler |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Micheline Ostermeyer |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Prev: | 1936 |
| Next: | 1952 |
The women's high jump event was part of the athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 7 August 1948. The final was won by Alice Coachman of the United States who became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 1.71 m | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 30 May 1943 | ||
| Olympic record | 1.65 m | Los Angeles, United States | 7 August 1932 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.61 | 1.64 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.70 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Coachman | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.68 | OR | |||
| o | xxo | o | xo | xxx | 1.68 | OR | ||||
| xo | xxx | 1.61 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1.58 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1.58 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1.58 | |||||||||
| 7 | 1.55 | |||||||||
| 8 | 1.55 | |||||||||
| 9 | 1.50 | |||||||||
| 9 | 1.50 | |||||||||
| 11 | 1.50 | |||||||||
| 11 | 1.50 | |||||||||
| 11 | 1.50 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1.40 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1.40 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1.40 | |||||||||
| 17 | 1.40 | |||||||||
| 17 | 1.40 | |||||||||
| 19 | 1.40 |
Key: OR = Olympic record