Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	September 29 (qualifications) September 30 (final)
Competitors:	24
Nations:	15
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	2.03
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Louise Ritter
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Stefka Kostadinova
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Tamara Bykova
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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

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
Olympic Record	2.02	Ulrike Meyfarth	Los Angeles (USA)	August 10, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.84	1.87	1.90	1.92	Result	Notes
1	A			–	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.92	Q
1	B			–	–	o	o	o	o	o	1.92	Q
1	B			o	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.92	Q
4	A			–	o	o	o	o	xo	o	1.92	Q
4	A			–	–	o	o	o	xo	o	1.92	Q
4	B			–	o	o	xo	o	o	o	1.92	Q
7	A			–	o	o	xo	xo	xo	o	1.92	Q
8	A			–	–	o	o	–	o	xo	1.92	Q
8	B			–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	1.92	Q
8	B			–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	1.92	Q
11	B			–	–	–	o	xo	o	xxo	1.92	Q
11	B			–	–	xo	o	o	o	xxo	1.92	Q
13	A			–	–	o	–	o	o	xxx	1.90
14	A			–	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx	1.90
15	A			–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.90
16	B			–	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx	1.90
17	B			–	–	o	o	o	xxx		1.87
18	B			–	–	o	o	xo	xxx		1.87
19	A			–	o	o	o	xxx			1.84
20	B			–	o	xo	o	xxx			1.84
21	A			–	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.84
22	A			o	xo	o	xxx				1.80
23	B			o	o	xo	xxx				1.80
24	A			o	xxo	xxx					1.75

Final

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
			–	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	o	2.03	OR
			–	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	2.01
			–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.99
			–	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx				1.96
			o	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.93
			–	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.93
			–	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.93
			–	o	o	o	xxx						1.90
			–	o	o	o	xxx						1.90
10			–	o	o	xo	xxx						1.90
11			–	o	o	xxo	xxx						1.90
12			–	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.90

See also

• 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)

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's High Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174250/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-high-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.