Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
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 event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 20 competitors. The final was held on Saturday 1980-07-26.

Medalists

Gold	Sara Simeoni Italy (ITA)
Silver	Urszula Kielan Poland (POL)
Bronze	Jutta Kirst East Germany (GDR)

Qualification

• Held on Friday July 25, 1980

RANK	GROUP	Athlete	HEIGHT
1.	A	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	1.88 m
	A	Urszula Kielan (POL)	1.88 m
	A	Andrea Mátay (HUN)	1.88 m
	A	Marina Sysoyeva (URS)	1.88 m
5.	A	Louise Miller (GBR)	1.88 m
	B	Chris Soetewey (BEL)	1.88 m
7.	A	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.88 m
	A	Jutta Kirst (GDR)	1.88 m
	A	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.88 m
10.	B	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.88 m
11.	B	Cornelia Popa (ROM)	1.88 m
12.	A	Andrea Reichstein (GDR)	1.88 m
13.	A	Elzbieta Krawczuk (POL)	1.85 m
14.	B	Danuta Bulkowska (POL)	1.85 m
15.	B	Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)	1.85 m
16.	B	Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)	1.80 m
	B	Marina Serkova (URS)	1.80 m
18.	B	Ann-Ewa Karlsson (SWE)	1.80 m
19.	B	Lidija Benedetic (YUG)	1.80 m
—	B	Dia Toutounji (SYR)	NM

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.97 m
	Urszula Kielan (POL)	1.94 m
	Jutta Kirst (GDR)	1.94 m
4.	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	1.91 m
5.	Marina Sysoeva (URS)	1.91 m
6.=	Andrea Reichstein (GDR)	1.91 m
6.=	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.91 m
8.	Cornelia Popa (ROU)	1.88 m
9.	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.88 m
10.	Andrea Mátay (HUN)	1.85 m
11.	Louise Miller (GBR)	1.85 m
12.	Chris Soetewey (BEL)	1.85 m

See also

• 1976 Women's Olympic High Jump (Montreal)
• 1978 Women's European Championships High Jump (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome)

References

• Results