Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Running High Jump

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1928	Ethel Catherwood, Canada	5 ft 3 in
1932	Jean Shiley, United States	5 ft 5.25 in
1936	Ibolya Csak, Hungary	5 ft 3 in
1948	Alice Coachman, United States	5 ft 6.125 in
1952	Ester Brand, South Africa	5 ft 5.75 in
1956	Mildred McDaniel, United States	5 ft 9.25 in
1960	Iolanda Balas, Romania	6 ft 0.75 in
1964	Iolanda Balas, Romania	6 ft 2.75 in
1968	Miloslava Rezkova, Czechoslovakia	5 ft 11.75 in
1972	Ulrike Meyfarth, West Germany	6 ft 3.625 in
1976	Rosemarie Ackerman, E. Germany	6 ft 4 in
1980	Sara Simeoni, Italy	6 ft 5.5 in
1984	Ulrike Meyfarth, West Germany	6 ft 7.5 in
1988	Louise Ritter, United States	6 ft 8 in
1992	Heike Henkel, Germany	6 ft 7.5 in
1996	Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria	6 ft 8.75 in
2000	Yelena Yelesina, Russia	6 ft 7 in
2004	Yelena Slesarenko, Russia	6 ft 9.1 in
2008	Tia Hellebaut, Belgium	6 ft 8.7 in