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

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Women's high jump; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venues	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	9–10 August
Competitors	29 from 17 nations
Winning height	2.02 OR
Medalists
	← 1980 1988 →

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]

Medalists

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

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

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

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

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