Women's high jump at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | September 29 (qualifications) September 30 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 15 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 2.03 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | women |
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 | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The Women's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 24 competitors, with two qualifying groups (24 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday September 30, 1988. [1]
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 2.09 | ![]() | Rome (ITA) | August 30, 1987 |
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Olympic Record | 2.02 | ![]() | Los Angeles (USA) | August 10, 1984 |
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Event | Athlete | Height | OR | WR |
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September 30, 1988 | Final | ![]() | 2.03m | OR |
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.03 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Louise Ritter | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | o | 2.03 | OR |
![]() | Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | 2.01 | |
![]() | Tamara Bykova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.99 | |||
4 | Olga Turchak | ![]() | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | ||||
5 | Galina Astafei | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | |||||
5 | Lyudmila Andonova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | |||||
7 | Christine Stanton | ![]() | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | |||||
8 | Diana Davies | ![]() | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
8 | Kim Hui-seon | ![]() | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
10 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | ![]() | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
11 | Megumi Sato | ![]() | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
12 | Janet Boyle | ![]() | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 |