Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The women's high jump event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 12 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2][3][4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Dorothy Odam	England	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)	GR
	Dora Gardner	England	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
	Betty Forbes	New Zealand	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
4	Margaret Bell	Canada	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
5	Doris Carter	Australia	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
6	Elsie Poore	Australia	4 ft 8 in (1.42 m)
7	Isabel Miller	Canada	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
	Decima Norman	Australia	DNS
	Yvonne Dingley	Canada	DNS