Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Games:	1980 Summer
Venues:	Lenin Stadium
Dates:	25–26 July
Competitors:	20
Nations:	12
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	1.97
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Sara Simeoni
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Urszula Kielan
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Jutta Kirst
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Women's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 20 competitors. The final was held on Saturday 1980-07-26. Sara Simeoni took gold in the event, Urszula Kielan won silver, and Jutta Kirst won bronze.^[1]

Results

Qualification

• Held on Friday July 25, 1980

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.88	Result	Notes
1	A			–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
1	A			–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
1	A			–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
1	A			–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
5	A			–	o	o	xo	o	1.88	Q
5	B			–	o	xo	o	o	1.88	Q
7	A			–	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
7	A			–	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
7	A			–	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
10	B			o	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
11	B			–	xo	o	xo	xo	1.88	Q
12	A			–	o	o	o	xxo	1.88	Q
13	A			–	o	o	o	xxx	1.85
14	B			o	o	o	o	xxx	1.85
15	B			o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.85
16	B			–	o	o	xxx		1.80
16	B			–	o	o	xxx		1.80
18	B			o	xo	o	xxx		1.80
19	B			–	o	xo	xxx		1.80
	B			xxx

Final

• Held on Saturday July 26, 1980

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.94	1.97	2.02	Result	Notes
			–	o	o	–	o	o	xo	xxx	1.97	OR
			–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx		1.94
			o	o	xo	o	xxo	xo	xxx		1.94
4			o	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.91
5			–	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.91
6			o	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.91
6			o	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.91
8			–	o	o	o	xxx				1.88
9			–	o	o	xo	xxx				1.88
10			–	–	o	xxx					1.85
11			xo	o	o	xxx					1.85
12			o	o	xxx						1.80

See also

• 1976 Women's Olympic High Jump (Montreal)
• 1978 Women's European Championships High Jump (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
• 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)

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's High Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/womens-high-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.