Melbourne 1956 - Athletics - Women: High Jump

Date: 1 December 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Mildred McDaniel	USA	1.76m [5' 9 ¼"]
2	Thelma Hopkins	GBR	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
2	Maria Pissareva	URS	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
4	Gunhild Larking	SWE	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
5	Iolanda Balas	ROU	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
6	Michele Mason	AUS	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
7	Jessie Donaghy	NZL	1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
8	Hermina Geyser	RSA	1.64m [5' 4 ½"]
8	Jirina Voborilova	TCH	1.64m [5' 4 ½"]
10	Olga Modrachova	TCH	1.64m [5' 4 ½"]
11	Valentina Ballod	URS	1.60m [5' 3"]
12	Reinelde Knapp	AUT	1.60m [5' 3"]
12	Dorothy Tyler	GBR	1.60m [5' 3"]
14	Carole Bernoth	AUS	1.60m [5' 3"]
15	Janice Cooper	AUS	1.55m [5' 1"]
16	Audrey Bennett	GBR	1.55m [5' 1"]
16	Alice Whitty	CAN	1.55m [5' 1"]
18	Inge Kilian	GER	1.55m [5' 1"]
Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown)
	Ann Marie Flynn	USA

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