1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - High Jump (Women)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | high jump | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 20 athletes from 9 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 5, 1928 | ||||||||
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The women's high jump at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on August 5, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. Twenty athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Canadian Ethel Catherwood with a new world record, ahead of the Dutchwoman Lien Gisolf and the American Mildred Wiley .
Existing records
- World record : 1.607 s - Lien Gisolf ( Netherlands ), Maastricht , July 17, 1928
- The discipline was on the Olympic program for the first time. That is why there was no Olympic record yet .
Conducting the competition
On August 5, 1928, there was a qualifying round. The qualification height was 1.40 meters. The final for the qualified participants took place on the same day.
Note: The qualified jumpers are highlighted in light blue.
qualification
Date: August 5, 1928
The jump attempts of the individual athletes are not recorded. The jumpers had to complete the following heights: 1.20 m - 1.25 m - 1.30 m - 1.35 m and 1.40 m.
Only one of the high jumpers who competed was eliminated.
final
space | Surname | nation | height | annotation |
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1 | Ethel Catherwood |
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1,595 m | OR |
2 | Lien Gisolf |
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1.56 m | |
3 | Mildred Wiley |
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1.56 m | |
4th | Jean Shiley |
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1.51 m | |
5 | Marjorie Clark |
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1.48 m | |
6th | Helma Notte |
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1.48 m | |
7th | Inge Braumüller |
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1.48 m | |
8th | Catherine Maguire |
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1.48 m | |
9 | Marion Holley |
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1.48 m | |
10 | Léontine Stevens |
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1.48 m | |
11 | Hélène Bons |
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1.45 m | |
12 | Lucienne Laudré |
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1.45 m | |
13 | Bride Adams-Ray |
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1.45 m | |
14th | Évelyne Cloupet |
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1.40 m | |
15th | Ann-Margret Ahlstrand |
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1.40 m | |
16 | Sidonie Verschueren |
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1.40 m | |
17th | Elise van Truyen |
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1.40 m | |
18th | Elisabeth Bonetsmüller |
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1.40 m | |
ogV | Ijke Buisma |
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Date: August 5, 1928
As in the qualification, the jump attempts of the individual athletes are not recorded in the final either. The jumpers had to complete the following heights: 1.30 m - 1.40 m - 1.45 m - 1.48 m - 1.51 m - 1.54 m - 1.56 m etc. in 3-centimeter steps . The amount of victory was then obtained from a re-measurement after the successful attempt by the gold medalist.
Carolina Gisolf secured the only athletics medal for the host country. Like the American Mildred Wiley, she crossed 1.56 m and won silver in front of Wiley. The gold medal went to the Canadian Ethel Catherwood with 1,595 m. She was an athlete who valued her appearance and always had a lipstick with her when she competed.
Picture gallery
Lien Gisolf (NED) receives her silver medal from Prince Hendrik .
literature
Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 216f
Web links
- SportsReference high jump , accessed September 14, 2017
- Official report pp. 473–476, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 14, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 216
- ^ Official report p. 473 engl. (PDF)
- ^ Official report p. 475 engl. (PDF)