Women's high jump at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stadium Australia | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 September 2000 (qualifications) 30 September 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning height | 2.01 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2000 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 |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Thursday, 28 September and Saturday, 30 September. [1]
Gold | Yelena Yelesina ![]() |
Silver | Hestrie Cloete ![]() |
Bronze | Kajsa Bergqvist ![]() |
Bronze | Oana Pantelimon ![]() |
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
28.09.2000 – 09:45h | 28.09.2000 – 09:45h |
Final Round | |
30.09.2000 – 19:00h |
Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||||
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World Record | ![]() | 2.09 m | 30 August 1987 | ![]() |
Olympic Record | ![]() | 2.05 m | 3 August 1996 | ![]() |
All distances shown are in meters.
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Yelena Yelesina | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.01 | SB |
![]() | Hestrie Cloete | ![]() | o | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.01 | SB |
![]() | Kajsa Bergqvist | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 1.99 | |
![]() | Oana Pantelimon | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.99 | PB [2] | |
5 | Inha Babakova | ![]() | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||
6 | Svetlana Zalevskaya | ![]() | xo | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||
7 | Viktoriya Palamar | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.96 | |||
8 | Amewu Mensah | ![]() | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||
9 | Venelina Veneva | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||
9 | Monica Iagăr | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||
11 | Yoko Ota | ![]() | o | xo | – | xxx | 1.90 | ||||
11 | Zuzana Hlavoňová | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
13 | Eleonora Milusheva | ![]() | xo | xo | xxx | 1.90 |
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