Events at the 1983 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983.
Gold | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union (URS) |
Silver | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany (FRG) |
Bronze | Louise Ritter United States (USA) |
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
07.08.1983 – ??:??h | 07.08.1983 – ??:??h |
Final Round | |
09.08.1983 – ??:??h |
Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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World Record | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 2.02 m | September 8, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
Event Record | New event |
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | Result | Notes |
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Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.01 | ||
Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | x– | xx | 1.99 | ||
Louise Ritter | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
4 | Coleen Sommer | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | ||||
5 | Kerstin Brandt | East Germany | – | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
6 | Debbie Brill | Canada | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
7 | Susanne Helm | East Germany | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
8 | Olga Juha | Hungary | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
9 | Vanessa Browne | Australia | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
10 | Silvia Costa | Cuba | – | o | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
11 | Andrea Bienias | East Germany | – | o | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
12 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
12 | Katalin Sterk | Hungary | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
12 | Minna Vehmasto | Finland | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
15 | Christine Soetewey | Belgium | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
16 | Yang Wenqin | China | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
17 | Larisa Kositsyna | Soviet Union | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||||
18 | Zheng Dazhen | China | o | xo | xxx | 1.80 |
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