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.[1]
| Women's high jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |