Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
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| 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]
Records
[edit]These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2.09 |  Stefka Kostadinova | Rome (ITA) | August 30, 1987 |
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| Olympic Record | 2.02 |  Ulrike Meyfarth | 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 |  Louise Ritter (USA) | 2.03m | OR |
Results
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.92 | Result | Notes |
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| 1 | A | Kim Hee-sun |  South Korea | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Megumi Sato |  Japan | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Tamara Bykova |  Soviet Union | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | A | Janet Boyle |  Great Britain | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | A | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | B | Galina Astafei |  Romania | – | o | o | xo | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 7 | A | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée |  France | – | o | o | xo | xo | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | A | Stefka Kostadinova |  Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | – | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | B | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | B | Diana Davies | Great Britain | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 11 | B | Louise Ritter | United States | – | – | – | o | xo | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 11 | B | Christine Stanton |  Australia | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 13 | A | Heike Redetzky |  West Germany | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 14 | A | Vanessa Browne | Australia | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 15 | A | Jin Ling |  China | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 16 | B | Jo Jennings | Great Britain | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 17 | B | Liudmyla Avdieienko | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 18 | B | Coleen Sommer | United States | – | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 19 | A | Patricia King | United States | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||
| 20 | B | Madely Beaugendre | France | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||
| 21 | A | Cristina Fink |  Mexico | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.84 | |||
| 22 | A | Biljana Petrović |  Yugoslavia | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||
| 23 | B | Su Chun-yueh |  Chinese Taipei | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.80 | ||||
| 24 | A | Lucienne N'Da |  Ivory Coast | o | xxo | xxx | 1.75 |
Final
[edit]| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Louise Ritter | United States | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | o | 2.03 | OR |
 | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | 2.01 | |
 | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.99 | |||
| 4 | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | ||||
| 5 | Galina Astafei | Romania | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | |||||
| 5 | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | |||||
| 7 | Christine Stanton | Australia | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | |||||
| 8 | Diana Davies | Great Britain | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 8 | Kim Hui-seon | South Korea | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 10 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 11 | Megumi Sato | Japan | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 12 | Janet Boyle | Great Britain | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 |
See also
[edit]- National champions high jump (women)
- 1984 Women's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
- 1984 Women's Friendship Games High Jump (Prague)
- 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome)
- 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)
- 1992 Women's Olympic High Jump (Barcelona)
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- (in English) Official Report
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