1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

1962 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
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
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
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
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The women's high jump at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 14 September 1962.^[1]

Gold	Iolanda Balaș  Romania
Silver	Olga Gere  Yugoslavia
Bronze	Linda Knowles  Great Britain

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.83	CR
	Olga Gere	Yugoslavia	1.76	NR
	Linda Knowles	Great Britain	1.73
4	Dorothy Shirley	Great Britain	1.67
5	Doris Walther	East Germany	1.67
6	Taisiya Chenchik	Soviet Union	1.64
7	Jarosława Bieda	Poland	1.64
8	Heidi Hummel	West Germany	1.64
9	Frances Slaap	Great Britain	1.64
10	Leena Kaarna	Finland	1.61
10	Nel Zwier	Netherlands	1.61
12	Éva Mihályfi	Hungary	1.61

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Iolanda Balaș	Romania	1.67	Q
	Olga Gere	Yugoslavia	1.67	Q
	Taisiya Chenchik	Soviet Union	1.67	Q
	Linda Knowles	Great Britain	1.67	Q
	Dorothy Shirley	Great Britain	1.64	Q
	Leena Kaarna	Finland	1.64	Q
	Jarosława Bieda	Poland	1.64	Q
	Heidi Hummel	West Germany	1.64	Q
	Frances Slaap	Great Britain	1.64	Q
	Doris Walther	East Germany	1.61	Q
	Nel Zwier	Netherlands	1.61	Q
	Éva Mihályfi	Hungary	1.61	Q
	Erika Strössenreuther	West Germany	1.61
	Canel Konvur	Turkey	1.50

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.