1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's high jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25 and 28 August 1954.^[1]

Gold	Thelma Hopkins  Great Britain
Silver	Iolanda Balaș  Romania
Bronze	Olga Modrachová  Czechoslovakia

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Thelma Hopkins	Great Britain	1.67	CR
	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.65	NR
	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia	1.63
4	Gunhild Larking	Sweden	1.63	NR
5	Sheila Lerwill	Great Britain	1.60
6	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	1.60
7	Liduska Ajglova	Czechoslovakia	1.55
8	Renate Kramer	West Germany	1.55
9	Ursula Schmückle	West Germany	1.55
10	Lyudmila Mochilina	Soviet Union	1.55
10	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	1.55
12	Simone Peirone	France	1.55
13	Berta Sablatnig	Austria	1.50
14	Anka Abadzhiyeva	Bulgaria	1.50

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Sheila Lerwill	Great Britain	1.50	Q
	Anka Abadzhiyeva	Bulgaria	1.50	Q
	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	1.50	Q
	Reinelde Knapp	Austria	1.50	Q
	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.50	Q
	Berta Sablatnig	Austria	1.50	Q
	Gunhild Larking	Sweden	1.50	Q
	Lyudmila Mochilina	Soviet Union	1.50	Q
	Ursula Schmückle	West Germany	1.50	Q
	Olga Modrachová	Czechoslovakia	1.50	Q
	Simone Peirone	France	1.50	Q
	Liduska Ajglova	Czechoslovakia	1.50	Q
	Thelma Hopkins	Great Britain	1.50	Q
	Renate Kramer	West Germany	1.50	Q

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.