Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Athletics at the 1992 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
10 km walk				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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes and one non starter. The qualification mark was set at 1.92 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Heike Henkel Germany (GER)
Silver	Galina Astafei Romania (ROM)
Bronze	Ioamnet Quintero Cuba (CUB)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.09	Stefka Kostadinova	Rome (ITA)	August 30, 1987
Olympic Record	2.03	Louise Ritter	Seoul (KOR)	September 30, 1988

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Heike Henkel (GER)	2.02 m
	Galina Astafei (ROM)	2.00 m
	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	1.97 m
4.	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	1.94 m
5.	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)	1.94 m
6.	Silvia Costa (CUB)	1.94 m
7.	Megumi Sato (JPN)	1.91 m
8.	Alison Inverarity (AUS)	1.91 m
9.	Debbie Marti (GBR)	1.91 m
10.	Donata Jancewicz (POL)	1.88 m
11.	Birgit Kähler (GER)	1.88 m
	Tanya Hughes (USA)
13.	Olga Turchak (EUN)	1.83 m
	Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)
15.	Britta Bilac (SLO)	1.83 m
16.	Tatyana Shevchik (EUN)	1.83 m

Qualification

RANK	GROUP	Athlete	HEIGHT
1.	B	Heike Henkel (GER)	1.92 m
	A	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	1.92 m
	B	Debbie Marti (GBR)	1.92 m
4.	A	Galina Astafei (ROM)	1.92 m
	B	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	1.92 m
6.	A	Birgit Kähler (GER)	1.92 m
	B	Valentina Gotovska (LAT)	1.92 m
8.	A	Alison Inverarity (AUS)	1.92 m
	B	Olga Turchak (EUN)	1.92 m
10.	A	Silvia Costa (CUB)	1.92 m
	B	Tatyana Shevchik (EUN)	1.92 m
12.	A	Donata Jancewicz (POL)	1.92 m
13.	A	Tanya Hughes (USA)	1.92 m
14.	A	Britta Bilac (SLO)	1.92 m
15.	B	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)	1.92 m
16	B	Megumi Sato (JPN)	1.92 m
17.	B	Beata Holub (NED)	1.90 m
	B	Judit Kovacs (HUN)	1.90 m
19.	B	Sue Rembao (USA)	1.90 m
20.	B	Nele Savickyte (LTU)	1.90 m
21.	A	Sandrine Fricot (FRA)	1.90 m
22.	B	Antonella Bevilacqua (ITA)	1.90 m
23.	A	Katarzyna Majchrzak (POL)	1.88 m
24.	B	Niki Bakogianni (GRE)	1.88 m
25.	A	Lyudmila Andonova (BUL)	1.88 m
	A	Šárka Kašpárková (TCH)	1.88 m
27.	B	Amber Welty (USA)	1.88 m
28.	A	Marion Goldkamp (GER)	1.86 m
29.	B	Oana Musunoi (ROM)	1.86 m
30.	A	Jo Jennings (GBR)	1.86 m
31.	A	Sieglind Cadush (SUI)	1.86 m
32.	A	Olga Bolchova (EUN)	1.83 m
33.	A	Niki Gavera (GRE)	1.83 m
34.	B	Svetlana Leseva (BUL)	1.83 m
	B	Sarka Novakova (TCH)	1.83 m
36.	B	Cristina Fink (MEX)	1.83 m
37.	A	Lucienne N'Da (CIV)	1.79 m
38.	A	Najuma Fletcher (GUY)	1.79 m
39.	A	Charmaine Weavers (RSA)	1.75 m
40.	B	Jaruwan Jenjurdkarn (THA)	1.75 m
41.	B	Margarida Moreno (AND)	1.70 m
—	A	Sriyani Kulawansa (SRI)	DNS

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships High Jump (Helsinki)

References

• Official Report
• Results