Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Medalists
Miloslava Rezková   Czechoslovakia   Antonina Lazareva   Soviet Union   Valentyna Kozyr   Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's high jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City was held on 16–17 October.

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Best mark		1.60	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.76	1.78	1.80	1.82	1.84
	Miloslava Rezková (TCH)	1.82 m		-	o	-	xo	xo	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx
	Antonina Lazareva (URS)	1.80 m		-	-	o	-	o	-	xo	o	xxx
	Valentyna Kozyr (URS)	1.80 m		-	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx
4	Jaroslava Valentová (TCH)	1.78 m		-	o	-	o	-	xo	o	xxx
5	Rita Kirst (GDR)	1.78 m		-	o	-	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx
6	Mária Faithová-Mračnová (TCH)	1.78 m		-	xo	-	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx
7	Karin Rüger-Schulze (GDR)	1.76 m		-	o	-	xo	o	o	xxx
8	Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)	1.76 m		-	-	o	xo	o	xo	xxx
9	Ghislaine Barnay (FRA)	1.71 m		-	o	o	o	xxx
9	Magdolna Komka (HUN)	1.71 m		-	o	o	o	xxx
11	Maria Cipriano (BRA)	1.71 m		o	o	o	xxo	xxx
12	Vera Grushkina (URS)	1.71 m		-	o	xo	xxo	xxx
13	Barbara Inkpen (GBR)	1.68 m		-	o	o	xxx
14	Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG)	1.68 m		-	xo	xo	xxx

References

• Sports-Reference