1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups on Friday August 8, and the final round held on Sunday August 10, 1997.

Medalists edit

Gold   Hanne Haugland
Norway (NOR)
Silver   Olga Kaliturina
Russia (RUS)
  Inga Babakova
Ukraine (UKR)

Results edit

Qualifying round edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 1.94 Result Notes
1 A Alina Astafei   Germany o o o o 1.94 Q
1 A Hanne Haugland   Norway o o o o 1.94 Q
1 A Kajsa Bergqvist   Sweden o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 A Hestrie Storbeck   South Africa o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 B Yuliya Lyakhova   Russia o o o o o 1.94 Q
6 A Inga Babakova   Ukraine xo o o o 1.94 Q
6 A Olga Kaliturina   Russia o o o xo o 1.94 Q
6 B Heike Balck   Germany o o o xo o 1.94 Q
9 A Tatyana Motkova   Russia o o xo xo o 1.94 Q
10 B Britta Bilač   Slovenia o o xo o xo 1.94 Q
11 A Pia Zinck   Denmark o o o o xxo 1.94 Q, NR
11 B Monica Iagăr-Dinescu   Romania o o o o xxo 1.94 Q
13 B Antonella Bevilacqua   Italy o o o xo xxo 1.94 Q
14 B Amy Acuff   United States o o o o xxx 1.92
15 A Niki Bakoyianni   Greece o o o xo xxx 1.92
16 A Solange Witteveen   Argentina o xo o xxo xxx 1.92
17 B Çiğdem Arslan   Turkey o o o xxx 1.89
18 A Angela Bradburn   Canada o xo o xxx 1.89
19 B Debbie Marti   Great Britain o o xo xxx 1.89
20 A Tatyana Khramova   Belarus o o xxx 1.85
21 B Zuzana Kováčiková-Hlavoňová   Czech Republic xo o xxx 1.85
22 B Erin Aldrich   United States xo xxx 1.80
22 B Inna Gliznuta   Moldova xo xxx 1.80
24 B Daniela Rath   Germany xxo xxx 1.80
A Oksana Mayboroda   Kyrgyzstan xxx NM
B Irène Tiéndrebeogo   Burkina Faso xxx NM

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality 1.85 1.90 1.93 1.96 1.99 1.99 Result Notes
  Hanne Haugland   Norway o o o o xxx o 1.99
  Olga Kaliturina   Russia o o o o xxx x 1.96
  Inga Babakova   Ukraine o o o o xxx x 1.96
4 Yuliya Lyakhova   Russia o o xxo xxo xxx 1.96
5 Kajsa Bergqvist   Sweden o xo xo xxx 1.93
5 Tatyana Motkova   Russia o xo xo xxx 1.93
7 Antonella Bevilacqua   Italy o o xxo xxx 1.93
7 Alina Astafei   Germany o o xxo xxx 1.93
7 Britta Bilač   Slovenia o o xxo xxx 1.93
10 Hestrie Storbeck   South Africa o o xxx 1.90
10 Heike Balck   Germany o o xxx 1.90
12 Pia Zinck   Denmark o xxo xxx 1.90
13 Monica Iagăr−Dinescu   Romania o xxx 1.85

See also edit

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