Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
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
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on Friday August 10, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany (FRG)
Silver	Sara Simeoni Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Joni Huntley United States (USA)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Lyudmila Andonova (BUL)	2.07 m	July 20, 1984	Berlin, East Germany
Olympic Record	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.97 m	July 26, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	2.00 m	August 9, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Olympic Record	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	2.02 m	August 9, 1984	Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

• Held on Thursday August 9, 1984

RANK	QUALIFICATION GROUP	HEIGHT
1.	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.90 m
	Heike Redetzky (FRG)
	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA)
	Sara Simeoni (ITA)
	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
6.	Pam Spencer (USA)	1.90 m
7.	Joni Huntley (USA)	1.90 m
8.	Diana Elliott (GBR)	1.90 m
9.	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.90 m
	Yang Wenqin (CHN)
11.	Louise Ritter (USA)	1.90 m
12.	Vanessa Browne (AUS)	1.90 m
13.	Zheng Dazhen (CHN)	1.90 m
	Niculina Vasile (ROU)
15.	Brigitte Holzapfel (FRG)	1.90 m
16.	Lidija Lapajne (YUG)	1.87 m
17.	Hisayo Fukumitsu (JPN)	1.87 m
18.	Megumi Sato (JPN)	1.84 m
19.	Judy Simpson (GBR)	1.84 m
20.	Brigitte Rougeron (FRA)	1.84 m
21.	Ge Ping (CHN)	1.84 m
22.	Laura Agront (PUR)	1.80 m
	Chris Soetewey (BEL)
24.	Liliana Arigoni (ARG)	1.80 m
	Thórdís Gísladóttir (ISL)
26.	Isabel Mozún (ESP)	1.75 m
27.	Brigitte Reid (CAN)	1.70 m
	Constance Senghor (SEN)
29.	Liu Yen-Chiu (TPE)	1.70 m
—	Marjon Wijnsma (NED)	DNS

Final

• Held on August 10, 1984

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	2.02 m OR
	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	2.00 m
	Joni Huntley (USA)	1.97 m
4.	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA)	1.94 m
5.	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.94 m
6.	Vanessa Browne (AUS)	1.94 m
7.	Zheng Dazhen (CHN)	1.91 m
8.	Louise Ritter (USA)	1.91 m
9.	Diana Elliott (GBR)	1.88 m
	Yang Wenqin (CHN)
11.	Heike Redetzky (FRG)	1.85 m
	Pam Spencer (USA)
	Christine Stanton (AUS)
	Niculina Vasile (ROU)
	Brigitte Holzapfel (FRG)

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome)

References

• Results