1926 Women's World Games – high jump

High jump
at the 1926 Women's World Games
VenueSlottsskogsvallen
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Dates27 August 1926
Winning score1.50 m
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Czechoslovakia

The high jump event at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen was the second time the high jump was held at Women's World Games. The event took place in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen during the first day of the Games on 27 August 1926.[1]

French Hélène Bons won the event ahead of British Hilda Hatt finished second and Swedish Inga Broman.[2]

Records

This was the standing world record (in metres) prior to the 1926 Women's World Games.[3]

World record Phyllis Green (GBR)1.552 London, United Kingdom2 August 1926[3]

Results

RankNameNationalityDistance (m)Notes
1Hélène Bons France1.50
2 Hilda Hatt Great Britain1.45
3 Inga Broman Sweden1.40
4Ann-Margret Ahlstrand Sweden1.40
5Évelyne Cloupet France1.40[4]
6Antonina Taborowicz Poland1.40NR [5]
7??1.40
8Halina Konopacka Poland1.35[6]
?Léontine Stevens Belgium1.35[7]

Source:[2][8][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Les Jeux Mondiaux féminins de Gothebourg". La Dernière Heure (in French). 29 August 1926. p. 4.
  2. 1 2 Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
  3. 1 2 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 644–5. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ "EVELYNE CLOUPET". French Athletics (in French).
  5. ↑ Women's World Games (1922–1934)
  6. ↑ Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym
  7. ↑ "De vrouwegelijke Spelen te Gothemburg". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 29 August 1926. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "De vrouwenspelen van Ghotemburg" (in Dutch). Sportwereld. 31 August 1926. p. 4 – via uurl.kbr.be.