1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - High Jump (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	high jump
gender	Women
Attendees	20 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	August 5, 1928
Medalists Ethel Catherwood ( CAN )   Lien Gisolf ( NED )   Mildred Wiley ( USA )

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

space	Surname	nation	height	annotation
1	Bride Adams-Ray	Sweden	1.40 m
	Ann-Margret Ahlstrand	Sweden
	Elisabeth Bonetsmüller	German Empire
	Hélène Bons	France
	Inge Braumüller	German Empire
	Ijke Buisma	Netherlands
	Ethel Catherwood	Canada
	Marjorie Clark	South African Union
	Évelyne Cloupet	France
	Lien Gisolf	Netherlands
	Marion Holley	United States
	Lucienne Laudré	France
	Catherine Maguire	United States
	Helma Notte	German Empire
	Jean Shiley	United States
	Léontine Stevens	Belgium
	Elise van Truyen	Belgium
	Sidonie Verschueren	Belgium
	Mildred Wiley	United States
20th	Irina Orendi	Romania	1.35 m

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
1	Ethel Catherwood	Canada	1,595 m	OR
2	Lien Gisolf	Netherlands	1.56 m
3	Mildred Wiley	United States	1.56 m
4th	Jean Shiley	United States	1.51 m
5	Marjorie Clark	South African Union	1.48 m
6th	Helma Notte	German Empire	1.48 m
7th	Inge Braumüller	German Empire	1.48 m
8th	Catherine Maguire	United States	1.48 m
9	Marion Holley	United States	1.48 m
10	Léontine Stevens	Belgium	1.48 m
11	Hélène Bons	France	1.45 m
12	Lucienne Laudré	France	1.45 m
13	Bride Adams-Ray	Sweden	1.45 m
14th	Évelyne Cloupet	France	1.40 m
15th	Ann-Margret Ahlstrand	Sweden	1.40 m
16	Sidonie Verschueren	Belgium	1.40 m
17th	Elise van Truyen	Belgium	1.40 m
18th	Elisabeth Bonetsmüller	German Empire	1.40 m
ogV	Ijke Buisma	Netherlands

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

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  Olympic champion Ethel Catherwood (CAN)

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  Lien Gisolf (NED) receives her silver medal from Prince Hendrik .

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  Mildred Wiley (USA), bronze medal winner

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  The fourth-placed American Jean Shiley in a photo from 1932

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

1. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 216
2. ^ Official report p. 473 engl. (PDF)
3. ^ Official report p. 475 engl. (PDF)