Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November 1962.

Women's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	26 November 1962
Competitors	11 from 4 nations
Winning height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GR CR Aust.R WA. R
Medalists
Robyn Woodhouse    Australia   Helen Frith    Australia   Michele Mason    Australia

The event was won by 19-year-old Australian Robyn Woodhouse in her first international competition. Woodhouse won by two inches ahead of her fellow countrywomen Helen Frith and Michele Mason, the defending champion. Woodhouse's jump of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) set four new records. It broke the British Empire and Commonwealth record by one inch, Mason's Games record set in Cardiff by three inches, the Australian open (all-comers) record of American Mildred McDaniel by ​³⁄₄ of an inch and Mason's Australian national record by one inch. The jump placed Woodhouse only behind the world record holder, Romania's Iolanda Balaș, who had cleared 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).[1]

This was one five events at the 1962 Games where Australia won the clean sweep of medals. The others were the women's long jump, the men's 440 yard freestyle, men's 1650 yard freestyle and the men's 220 yard butterfly.

Records

World record	Iolanda Balaș (ROM)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sofia, Bulgaria	16 July 1961
Commonwealth record
Games record	Michele Mason (AUS)  Mary Donaghy (NZL)	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	Cardiff, Wales	23 July 1958	[2]

Final

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Robyn Woodhouse	Australia	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GR, CR[1]
	Helen Frith	Australia	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
	Michele Mason	Australia	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
4	Linda Knowles	England	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
5	Frances Slaap	England	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
6	Carolyn Wright	Australia	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
7	Dorothy Shirley	England	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
8	Lorraine Curtis	New Zealand	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
9	Thelma Hopkins	Northern Ireland	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
10	Pamela Burnett	New Zealand	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland		DNS

References

1. Webster, Jim (27 November 1962). "Records in high jump". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
2. "Fifth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 24 July 1958. p. 11.
3. "Results of the women's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.