Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Thursday, 28 September and Saturday, 30 September.[1]

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueStadium Australia
Date28 September 2000 (qualifications)
30 September 2000 (final)
Competitors37 from 27 nations
Winning height2.01
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Yelesina
 Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kajsa Bergqvist
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oana Pantelimon
 Romania
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Medalists

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Gold Yelena Yelesina
  Russia
Silver Hestrie Cloete
  South Africa
Bronze Kajsa Bergqvist
  Sweden
Bronze Oana Pantelimon
  Romania

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
28.09.2000 – 09:45h 28.09.2000 – 09:45h
Final Round
30.09.2000 – 19:00h

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 m 30 August 1987   Rome, Italy
Olympic Record   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.05 m 3 August 1996   Atlanta, United States

Results

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All distances shown are in meters.

  • DNS denotes did not start.
  • DNF denotes did not finish.
  • DQ denotes disqualification.
  • NR denotes national record.
  • AR denotes area/continental record.
  • OR denotes Olympic record.
  • WR denotes world record.
  • PB denotes personal best.
  • SB denotes season best

Qualifying round

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Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 1.94 Result Notes
1 A Kajsa Bergqvist   Sweden o o o o 1.94 Q
1 A Viktoriya Palamar   Ukraine o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 A Yelena Yelesina   Russia o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 A Svetlana Zalevskaya   Kazakhstan o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 B Inha Babakova   Ukraine o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 B Hestrie Cloete   South Africa o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 B Amewu Mensah   Germany o o o o o 1.94 Q
1 B Eleonora Milusheva   Bulgaria o o o o o 1.94 Q
9 A Venelina Veneva   Bulgaria o o o xxo o 1.94 Q
10 B Zuzana Hlavoňová   Czech Republic xxo o o xo o 1.94 Q
10 B Monica Iagăr   Romania o o xo xxo o 1.94 Q
12 A Oana Pantelimon   Romania o xxo xo o xxo 1.94 Q, SB
12 B Yoko Ota   Japan xo o xo xo xxo 1.94 Q
14 A Ioamnet Quintero   Cuba o o o o xxx 1.92
15 A Svetlana Lapina   Russia o o xo xo xxx 1.92
16 A Miki Imai   Japan o o xxo xo xxx 1.92
17 B Blanka Vlašić   Croatia o o o xxo xxx 1.92
18 A Dóra Győrffy   Hungary o o o xxx 1.89
18 B Hanne Haugland   Norway o o o xxx 1.89
20 B Solange Witteveen   Argentina o xo o xxx 1.89
21 A Nelė Žilinskienė   Lithuania o o xo xxx 1.89
22 A Marta Mendía   Spain o xo xo xxx 1.89
23 A Inna Gliznutsa   Moldova o xo xxo xxx 1.89
24 B Karol Damon   United States o xxo xxo xxx 1.89
25 B Linda Horvath   Austria xo xxo xxo xxx 1.89
26 A Erin Aldrich   United States o o xxx 1.85
26 B Marina Kuptsova   Russia o o xxx 1.85
28 B Olga Bolşova   Moldova o xo xxx 1.85
29 B Iryna Mykhalchenko   Ukraine o xxo xxx 1.85
30 B Tatyana Shevchik   Belarus xo xxo xxx 1.85
31 B Amy Acuff   United States o xxx 1.80
32 A Alison Inverarity   Australia xo xxx 1.80
33 A Agni Charalambous   Cyprus xxo xxx 1.80
33 B Niki Bakogianni   Greece xxo xxx 1.80
A Hristina Kalcheva   Bulgaria xxx NM
A Karen Beautle   Jamaica xxx NM
A Līga Kļaviņa   Latvia xxx NM
B Tatyana Efimenko   Kyrgyzstan xxx NM
  • NM = no mark
  • All four athletes who failed to register a height, had three failures at 1.80 m.

Final

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Rank Name Nationality 1.85 1.90 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.01 2.03 Result Notes
  Yelena Yelesina   Russia o o o o o xo xxx 2.01 SB
  Hestrie Cloete   South Africa o o o xo o xo xxx 2.01 SB
  Kajsa Bergqvist   Sweden o o o o xo x– xx 1.99
  Oana Pantelimon   Romania o o o o xo xxx 1.99 PB[2]
5 Inha Babakova   Ukraine o o xo o xxx 1.96
6 Svetlana Zalevskaya   Kazakhstan xo xo o o xxx 1.96
7 Viktoriya Palamar   Ukraine o o xo xxo xxx 1.96
8 Amewu Mensah   Germany o o o xxx 1.93
9 Venelina Veneva   Bulgaria o o xo xxx 1.93
9 Monica Iagăr   Romania o o xo xxx 1.93
11 Yoko Ota   Japan o xo xxx 1.90
11 Zuzana Hlavoňová   Czech Republic o xo xxx 1.90
13 Eleonora Milusheva   Bulgaria xo xo xxx 1.90

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ Note: The Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad (page 447 of 548) wrongly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.
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