The women's high jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification round mark was set at 1.58 metres. Just one athlete, Ann Marie Flynn from the United States, did not surpass that height in the morning qualification round.
Results Qualification Qualifying height: 1.58 metres Rank Athlete Nation 1.40 1.50 1.55 1.58 Result Notes 1 Thelma Hopkins – – o o 1.58 Q 1 Iolanda Balaș – – o o 1.58 Q 1 Gunhild Larking – o – o 1.58 Q 4 Reinelde Knapp – o o o 1.58 Q 4 Dorothy Tyler – o o o 1.58 Q 4 Hermina Geyser – o o o 1.58 Q 7 Michele Mason o o o o 1.58 Q 7 Jessie Donaghy o o o o 1.58 Q 7 Jiřina Vobořilová o o o o 1.58 Q 7 Mariya Pisareva o o o o 1.58 Q 7 Mildred McDaniel o o o o 1.58 Q 12 Audrey Bennett – o xo o 1.58 Q 13 Olga Modrachová – o o xo 1.58 Q 14 Carol Bernoth o o o xo 1.58 Q 14 Valentina Ballod o o o xo 1.58 Q 16 Alice Whitty o xo o xo 1.58 Q 17 Inge Kilian – xo o xxo 1.58 Q 18 Janice Cooper o o xxo xxo 1.58 Q 19 Ann Marie Flynn o xo xxx 1.50 Paola Paternoster
Final Rank Athlete Nation 1.40 1.50 1.55 1.60 1.64 1.67 1.70 1.76 1.80 Result Notes Mildred McDaniel o o o xo o o xo xo xxx 1.76 Thelma Hopkins – – o o o o xxx 1.67 Mariya Pisareva – – o o o o xxx 1.67 4 Gunhild Larking – – o xxo xo o xxx 1.67 5 Iolanda Balaș – – o o o xo xxx 1.67 6 Michele Mason o – o o o xxo xxx 1.67 7 Jessie Donaghy – o o o xo xxo xxx 1.67 8 Hermina Geyser – o o o o xxx 1.64 8 Jiřina Vobořilová – o o o o xxx 1.64 10 Olga Modrachová – – o o xo xxx 1.64 11 Valentina Ballod – – o o xxx 1.60 12 Reinelde Knapp – o o o xxx 1.60 12 Dorothy Tyler – o o o xxx 1.60 14 Carol Bernoth – o o xxo xxx 1.60 15 Janice Cooper – – o xxx 1.55 16 Audrey Bennett – o o xxx 1.55 16 Alice Whitty – o o xxx 1.55 18 Inge Kilian – o xxo xxx 1.55
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