Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Games:	2000 Summer
Date:	28 September 2000 (qualifications) 30 September 2000 (final)
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Competitors:	37
Nations:	27
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	2.01
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Yelena Yelesina
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Hestrie Cloete
Silvernoc:	RSA
Bronze:	Kajsa Bergqvist
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Bronze2:	Oana Pantelimon
Bronzenoc2:	ROM
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

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]

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
28.09.2000  - 09:45h	28.09.2000  - 09:45h
Final Round
30.09.2000  - 19:00h

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
		2.09 m	30 August 1987	Rome, Italy
		2.05 m	3 August 1996

Results

All distances shown are in meters.

• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best

Qualifying round

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	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	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
1	B			o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B			o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B			o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
9	A			o	o	o	xxo	o	1.94	Q
10	B			xxo	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
10	B			o	o	xo	xxo	o	1.94	Q
12	A			o	xxo	xo	o	xxo	1.94	Q, SB
12	B			xo	o	xo	xo	xxo	1.94	Q
14	A			o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92
15	A			o	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.92
16	A			o	o	xxo	xo	xxx	1.92
17	B			o	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.92
18	A			o	o	o	xxx		1.89
18	B			o	o	o	xxx		1.89
20	B			o	xo	o	xxx		1.89
21	A			o	o	xo	xxx		1.89
22	A			o	xo	xo	xxx		1.89
23	A			o	xo	xxo	xxx		1.89
24	B			o	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.89
25	B			xo	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.89
26	A			o	o	xxx			1.85
26	B			o	o	xxx			1.85
28	B			o	xo	xxx			1.85
29	B			o	xxo	xxx			1.85
30	B			xo	xxo	xxx			1.85
31	B			o	xxx				1.80
32	A			xo	xxx				1.80
33	A			xxo	xxx				1.80
33	B			xxo	xxx				1.80
	A			xxx
	A			xxx
	A			xxx
	B			xxx

• NM = no mark
• All four athletes who failed to register a height, had three failures at 1.80 m.

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.99	2.01	2.03	Result	Notes
			o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.01	SB
			o	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	2.01	SB
			o	o	o	o	xo	x–	xx	1.99
			o	o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.99	PB^[2]
			o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.96
			xo	xo	o	o	xxx			1.96
			o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.96
			o	o	o	xxx				1.93
			o	o	xo	xxx				1.93
			o	o	xo	xxx				1.93
11			o	xo	–	xxx				1.90
11			o	xo	xxx					1.90
13			xo	xo	xxx					1.90

External links

• Web site: Official Results - HIGH JUMP - Women - Qualification . 2007-07-31 . XXVII Olympic Games IAAF athletics coverage . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001065951/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/W/HJ/Rq.html . 1 October 2007 .
• Web site: Official Results - HIGH JUMP - Women - Final . 2007-07-31 . XXVII Olympic Games IAAF athletics coverage . https://web.archive.org/web/20050421041126/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/W/HJ/Rf.html . 21 April 2005 . dead .
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's High Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174250/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-high-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
2. Note: The Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad (page 447 of 548) wrongly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.