The women's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria
|
Inha Babakova Ukraine
|
Hanne Haugland Norway
|
Results
editQualification
editQualification: 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.95 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Inha Babakova | Ukraine |
– | – | o | o | o | xo | 1.95 | Q |
| 2 | A | Alina Astafei |  Germany |
– | – | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 2 | A | Yuliya Lyakhova |  Russia |
– | o | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 2 | B | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria |
– | – | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 2 | B | Ioamnet Quintero |  Cuba |
– | o | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 6 | B | Britta Bilač |  Slovenia |
– | o | o | xo | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 7 | B | Viktoriya Fyodorova | Russia |
– | o | xxo | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 8 | A | Kajsa Bergqvist |  Sweden |
– | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.93 | q |
| 8 | A | Olga Bolşova |  Moldova |
– | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.93 | q |
| 8 | B | Nelė Žilinskienė |  Lithuania |
– | o | o | xo | xxo | – | 1.93 | q |
| 11 | B | Hanne Haugland | Norway |
– | o | o | xxo | xxo | – | 1.93 | q |
| 12 | A | Monica Iagăr |  Romania |
– | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | q | |
| 12 | B | Debbie Marti |  Great Britain |
xo | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | q | |
| 14 | A | Zuzana Kováčiková |  Czech Republic |
o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||
| 15 | B | Angela Bradburn |  United States |
– | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | ||
| 16 | B | Pia Zinck |  Denmark |
– | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | NR | |
| 17 | A | Zhang Liwen |  China |
o | o | o | xxx | 1.85 | SB | ||
| 17 | B | Mária Melová |  Slovakia |
– | o | o | xxx | 1.85 | |||
| 19 | A | Sieglinde Cadusch |  Switzerland |
– | o | xo | xxx | 1.85 | |||
| 20 | A | Svetlana Zalevskaya |  Kazakhstan |
– | xo | xo | xxx | 1.85 | |||
| 21 | A | Michelle Dunkley | Great Britain |
o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||
| 21 | A | Karol Jenkins | United States |
– | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||
| 21 | A | Solange Witteveen |  Argentina |
o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||
| 21 | B | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine |
o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||
| 25 | B | Dóra Győrffy |  Hungary |
o | xo | xxx | 1.80 |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.08 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria |
o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.02 | WL |
 |
Inha Babakova | Ukraine |
o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.00 | NR | |
 |
Hanne Haugland | Norway |
o | xo | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.00 | NR | |
| 4 | Alina Astafei | Germany |
o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | SB | |||
| 5 | Ioamnet Quintero | Cuba |
xo | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | SB | |||
| 6 | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania |
o | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | NR | |||
| 7 | Viktoriya Fyodorova | Russia |
o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | SB | |||
| 8 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden |
o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | NR | |||
| 9 | Olga Bolşova | Moldova |
o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 9 | Monica Iagăr | Romania |
o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 9 | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia |
o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 12 | Britta Bilač | Slovenia |
xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 13 | Debbie Marti | Great Britain |
o | xxx | 1.85 |