Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	15 October
Competitors	27 from 18 nations
Winning height	1.90 OR
Medalists
Iolanda Balaș  Romania Michele Brown  Australia Taisia Chenchik  Soviet Union

The women's high jump was one of two women's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. Both qualification and the final were held on 15 October 1964. 27 athletes from 18 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

Results

Qualification

Jumpers had to clear 1.70 metres to qualify for the final or be in the top 12 (with all those tying for a place in the top 12 qualifying). Since only 11 jumpers cleared 1.70 metres, all those clearing 1.68 advanced. The bar started at 1.55 metres, increasing gradually to 1.70 metres. Each jumper had three attempts at each height or could skip any lower height (but could not return to a lower height if he determined that he could not succeed).

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		1.55	1.60	1.65	1.68	1.70
1	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.70 metres				1st		1st
	Michele Brown	Australia	1.70 metres				1st		1st
	Dianne Gerace	Canada	1.70 metres				1st		1st
4	Frances Slaap	Great Britain	1.70 metres			1st	1st		1st
5	Jarosława Bieda	Poland	1.70 metres			1st	1st	1st	1st
	Aída dos Santos	Brazil	1.70 metres			1st	1st	1st	1st
7	Robyn Woodhouse	Australia	1.70 metres		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
8	Olga Pulic	Yugoslavia	1.70 metres			2nd	2nd	1st	1st
9	Eleanor Montgomery	United States	1.70 metres				1st	3rd	1st
10	Taisia Chenchik	Soviet Union	1.70 metres			1st	1st	1st	2nd
11	Gerda Kupferschmied	United Team of Germany	1.70 metres		1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd
12	Terri Brown	United States	1.68 metres				1st	2nd	Fail
13	Ulla Flegel	Austria	1.68 metres		2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	Fail
14	Leena Kaarna	Finland	1.68 metres		1st	1st	2nd	3rd	Fail
15	Karin Rüger	United Team of Germany	1.68 metres		1st	1st	2nd	1st	Fail
16	Galina Kostenko	Soviet Union	1.65 metres		1st	1st	1st	Fail
	Gwenda Matthews	Great Britain	1.65 metres		1st	1st	1st	Fail
18	Amelia Okoli	Nigeria	1.65 metres			2nd	1st	Fail
19	Estelle Baskerville	United States	1.65 metres		1st	1st	2nd	Fail
	Michel Lamdani	Israel	1.65 metres		1st	1st	2nd	Fail
21	Liese Sykora	Austria	1.65 metres		2nd	3rd	3rd	Fail
22	Linda Knowles	Great Britain	1.60 metres		1st	1st	Fail
23	Mitsuko Torii	Japan	1.60 metres		1st	2nd	Fail
24	Lolita Lagrosas	Philippines	1.55 metres		1st	Fail
25	Nazli Bayat Makou	Iran	No mark		Fail
	Tipapan Leenasen	Thailand	No mark		Fail
—	Doris Langer	United Team of Germany	Did not start

Final

Each jumper again had three attempts at each height.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		1.55	1.60	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.76	1.78	1.80	1.82	1.86	1.90	1.92
1	Iolanda Balaş	Romania	1.90 metres OR		–	–	o	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx
2	Michele Brown	Australia	1.80 metres		–	–	o	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	xxx
3	Taisia Chenchik	Soviet Union	1.78 metres		–	–	o	o	xo	o	xxo	o	xxx
4	Aida dos Santos	Brazil	1.74 metres		–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx
5	Dianne Gerace	Canada	1.71 metres		–	–	o	–	o	xxx
6	Frances Slaap	Great Britain	1.71 metres		–	–	o	o	o	xxx
7	Olga Pulic	Yugoslavia	1.71 metres		–	o	o	o	o	xxx
8	Eleanor Montgomery	United States	1.71 metres		–	–	xo	xo	o	xxx
9	Karin Rüger	United Team of Germany	1.71 metres		–	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx
10	Jarosława Bieda	Poland	1.71 metres		–	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx
11	Robyn Woodhouse	Australia	1.71 metres		o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx
12	Gerda Kupferschmied	United Team of Germany	1.68 metres		–	o	o	o	xxx
13	Leena Kaarna	Finland	1.65 metres		o	xo	xo	–	xxx
14	Terrezene Brown	United States	No mark		–	–	xxx
	Ulla Flegel	Austria	No mark		–	–	xxx