Women's high jump at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 1 August 1996 (qualifications) 3 August 1996 (finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 2.05 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1996 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 |
5000 m | men | women |
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 |
10 km walk | women | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
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 | ||
These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 32 participating athletes, with two non-starters. The qualification round mark was set at 1.93 metres. [1]
Gold | Stefka Kostadinova ![]() |
Silver | Niki Bakogianni ![]() |
Bronze | Inha Babakova ![]() |
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.05 | 2.10 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.05 | OR |
![]() | Niki Bakogianni | ![]() | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.03 | ||
![]() | Inha Babakova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | |||
DQ | Antonella Bevilacqua* | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||||
4 | Yelena Gulyayeva | ![]() | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.99 | ||||
5 | Alina Astafei | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 1.96 | ||||
5 | Tatyana Motkova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 1.96 | ||||
5 | Nelė Žilinskienė | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||||
8 | Hanne Haugland | ![]() | – | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||||
9 | Britta Bilač | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
9 | Tisha Waller | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
11 | Olga Bolşova | ![]() | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
11 | Zuzana Kováčiková | ![]() | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
13 | Svetlana Zalevskaya | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.93 |
* In May 1996, Antonella Bevilacqua twice tested positive for ephedrine which carried the penalty of a three-month ban. The IAAF decided to put the case to arbitration and allow her to compete in Atlanta, where she placed 4th. However, after the Olympics the IAAF decided she was guilty of a doping offence and annulled her results from May onwards, including her Olympic performance.