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

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.[1]

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenuesLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates9–10 August
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning height2.02 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Simeoni
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joni Huntley
 United States
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Medalists

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Gold Ulrike Meyfarth
  West Germany
Silver Sara Simeoni
  Italy
Bronze Joni Huntley
  United States

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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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

Results

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Qualification

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  • Held on Thursday August 9, 1984
Rank Group Name Nationality 1.70 1.75 1.80 1.84 1.87 1.90 Result Notes
1 A Maryse Ewanjé-Epée   France o o o o 1.90 Q
1 A Heike Redetzky   West Germany o o o o o o 1.90 Q
1 A Christine Stanton   Australia o o o o 1.90 Q
1 B Ulrike Meyfarth   West Germany o o o o o 1.90 Q
1 B Sara Simeoni   Italy o o o o 1.90 Q
6 B Pam Spencer   United States o o o xo o 1.90 Q
7 B Joni Huntley   United States o xo xo o o 1.90 Q
8 B Diana Elliott   Great Britain o o o o xo 1.90 Q
9 A Debbie Brill   Canada o xo o xo 1.90 Q
9 A Yang Wenqin   China o xo o xo 1.90 Q
11 A Louise Ritter   United States o o xxo xo 1.90 Q
11 B Vanessa Browne   Australia o o xo xo xo 1.90 Q
13 A Niculina Vasile   Romania o o o o xxo 1.90 Q
13 B Zheng Dazhen   China o o o o xxo 1.90 Q
15 A Brigitte Holzapfel   West Germany o o o o xo xxo 1.90 Q
16 A Lidija Lapajne   Yugoslavia o o o xo xxx 1.87
17 B Hisayo Fukumitsu   Japan o o o xo xo xxx 1.87
18 A Megumi Sato   Japan o o o xo xxx 1.84
19 A Judy Simpson   Great Britain o o xxo xxx 1.84
20 A Brigitte Rougeron   France xo o xxo xxx 1.84
21 B Ge Ping   China xo xxo xxo xxx 1.84
22 A Laura Agront   Puerto Rico o o o xxx 1.80
22 B Chris Soetewey   Belgium o o xxx 1.80
24 A Disa Gísladóttir   Iceland o xo xxx 1.80
24 B Liliana Arigoni   Argentina o xo xxx 1.80
26 B Isabel Mozún   Spain o o xxx 1.75
27 B Brigitte Reid   Canada o xxx 1.70
27 B Constance Senghor   Senegal o xxx 1.70
29 A Liu Yen-chiu   Chinese Taipei xo xxx 1.70
B Marjon Wijnsma   Netherlands DNS

Final

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  • Held on August 10, 1984
Rank Name Nationality 1.75 1.80 1.85 1.88 1.91 1.94 1.97 2.00 2.02 2.07 Result Notes
  Ulrike Meyfarth   West Germany o o o o o xo o o xxx 2.02 OR
  Sara Simeoni   Italy o o o o xo o xxx 2.00
  Joni Huntley   United States o xo o o xo xo xxx 1.97
4 Maryse Ewanjé-Epée   France o o o o o xxx 1.94
5 Debbie Brill   Canada o o o xxo o xxx 1.94
6 Vanessa Browne   Australia o o xxo xo o xo xxx 1.94
7 Zheng Dazhen   China o o o o xxx 1.91
8 Louise Ritter   United States o xo xo o xxx 1.91
9 Diana Elliott   Great Britain o o o xxx 1.88
9 Yang Wenqin   China o o o xxx 1.88
11 Heike Redetzky   West Germany o o xxx 1.85
11 Pam Spencer   United States o xxx 1.85
11 Christine Stanton   Australia o o xxx 1.85
11 Niculina Vasile   Romania o o xxx 1.85
11 Brigitte Holzapfel   West Germany o o o xxx 1.85

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.