Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
| Women's high jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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| Dates | August 7 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 19 | |||||||||
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Alice Coachman United States
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Dorothy Tyler Great Britain
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Micheline Ostermeyer France
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The women's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 7, 1948. The final was won by American Alice Coachman.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Key: OR = Olympic record
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