1948 London Olympics HIGH JUMP (Amateur Footage)

"The high jump produced one of the most thrilling duels imaginable. Both the winner,
Alice Coachman and Dorothy Tyler of Great Britain,
who as Dorothy Odam had been runner-up in Berlin while still a schoolgirl, cleared 5 ft.
61/8 in. (1.68 m.) for a new Olympic best performance. The fact that Coachman cleared
this height at her first attempt while Tyler required a second jump decided the tie in
Coachman's favour. So close was this contest throughout that had Tyler also cleared this
height at her first attempt she would have been the winner by reason of having fewer
failures throughout the whole competition."

Official Report of the XIV OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948

GOLD: Alice Coachman (USA) 1.68 m
SILVER:Dorothy Tyler(GBR) 1.68 m
BRONZE: Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) 1.61 m

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[Karen Bcz]

Oh! And BTW, Alice Coachman was from the U.S., not GB.



[Karen Bcz]

"Both the winner" ... ? Uhh hello?  Wrong!

There are NO "ties" in the high jump at the Olympics.

Alice Coachman was THE winner, and won the Gold medal.

[el caco]

Yep, that's true, once they went black and they never went back...

[BeLicious87]

Coloured? No one refers to black people as being "coloured" anymore.

[DzaveD]

they never thought guys will jump 2,30 m

[DerBabaj]

keep it real

[ThinkOnerandProdigy]

"The high jump produced one of the most thrilling duels imaginable. Both the winner, Alice Coachman, a coloured athlete from the U.S.A., and Dorothy Tyler of Great Britain, who as Dorothy Odam had........dude its 2009 im pretty sure u could change the coloured part of the description

[Shrubb1879]

Ostermeyer was also a concert pianist.

Another silver medal for Dorothy Tyler, who was runner-up at the 1936 Games in Berlin.

[merciibeme]

that looks painfulllll owie. i thought landing on the bar hurt lol.... \

YAY high jump!!!