Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Medalists
Louise Ritter   United States   Stefka Kostadinova   Bulgaria   Tamara Bykova   Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1988 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		women
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

The Women's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 24 competitors, with two qualifying groups (24 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.09	Stefka Kostadinova	Rome (ITA)	August 30, 1987
Olympic Record	2.02	Ulrike Meyfarth	Los Angeles (USA)	August 10, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Height	OR	WR
September 30, 1988	Final	Louise Ritter (USA)	2.03m	OR

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Louise Ritter (USA)	2.03m (OR)
	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.01m
	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.99m
4.	Olga Turchak (URS)	1.96m
5.	Galina Astafei (ROM)	1.93m
	Lyudmila Andonova (BUL)	1.93m
7.	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.93m
8.	Diana Davies (GBR)	1.90m
	Kim Hee-sun (KOR)	1.90m
10.	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA)	1.90m
11.	Megumi Sato (JPN)	1.90m
12.	Janet Boyle (GBR)	1.90m

Qualifying

RANK	GROUP	ATHLETE	HEIGHT
1	A	Kim Hee-sun (KOR)	1.92m
	B	Megumi Sato (JPN)
	B	Tamara Bykova (URS)
4	A	Janet Boyle (GBR)
	A	Olga Turchak (URS)
	B	Galina Astafei (ROM)
7	A	Maryse Ewanje-Epee (FRA)
8	A	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
	B	Lyudmila Andonova (BUL)
	B	Diana Davies (GBR)
11	B	Louise Ritter (USA)
	B	Christine Stanton (AUS)

Non-qualifiers

RANK	GROUP	ATHLETE	HEIGHT
13.	A	Heike Redetzky (FRG)	1.90m
14.	A	Vanessa Browne (AUS)
15.	A	Ling In (CHN)
16.	B	Jo Jennings (GBR)
17.	B	Lyudmila Avdeyenko (URS)	1.87m
18.	B	Coleen Sommer (USA)
19.	A	Patricia King (USA)	1.84m
20.	A	Christina Fink (MEX)
21.	B	Madely Beaugendre (FRA)
22.	A	Biljana Petrović (YUG)	1.80m
23.	B	Chun-Yueh Su (TPE)
24.	A	Lucienne N'Da (CIV)	1.75m

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome)
• 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic High Jump (Barcelona)

References

• (English) Official Report