1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump explained

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups on Friday August 8, and the final round held on Sunday August 10, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Hanne Haugland Norway (NOR)
Silver	Olga Kaliturina Russia (RUS)
Inga Babakova Ukraine (UKR)

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	1.94	Result	Notes
1	A	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
6	A	–	xo	o	o	o	1.94	Q
6	A	o	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
6	B	o	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
9	A	o	o	xo	xo	o	1.94	Q
10	B	o	o	xo	o	xo	1.94	Q
11	A	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.94	Q, NR
11	B	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.94	Q
13	B	o	o	o	xo	xxo	1.94	Q
14	B	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92
15	A	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92
16	A	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx	1.92
17	B	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
18	A	o	xo	o	xxx		1.89
19	B	o	o	xo	xxx		1.89
20	A	o	o	xxx			1.85
21	B	xo	o	xxx			1.85
22	B	xo	xxx				1.80
22	B	xo	xxx				1.80
24	B	xxo	xxx				1.80
	A	xxx
	B	xxx

Final

Rank	1.85	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.99	1.99	Result
	o	o	o	o	xxx	o	1.99
	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	1.96
	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	1.96
	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.96
	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
10	o	o	xxx				1.90
10	o	o	xxx				1.90
12	o	xxo	xxx				1.90
13	o	xxx					1.85

References

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