1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
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These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983.
Medalists
Gold | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union (URS) |
Silver | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany (FRG) |
Bronze | Louise Ritter United States (USA) |
Schedule
- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
07.08.1983 – ??:??h | 07.08.1983 – ??:??h |
Final Round | |
09.08.1983 – ??:??h |
Records
Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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World Record | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 2.02 m | September 8, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
Event Record | New event |
Results
Qualifying round
- Held on Qualification Sunday 1983-08-07
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.50 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.90 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Kerstin Brandt | East Germany | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
1 | A | Coleen Sommer | United States | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
1 | A | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
4 | A | Susanne Helm | East Germany | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
5 | A | Christine Soetewey | Belgium | 1.87 | q | |||||||
6 | A | Minna Vehmasto | Finland | 1.87 | q | |||||||
6 | A | Katalin Sterk | Hungary | 1.87 | q | |||||||
8 | A | Zheng Dazhen | China | 1.87 | q | |||||||
9 | A | Sara Simeoni | Italy | – | – | o | o | o | xr | 1.84 | ||
10 | A | Gillian Evans | Great Britain | 1.84 | ||||||||
11 | A | Gaby Meier-Lindenthal | Switzerland | 1.84 | ||||||||
11 | A | Brigitte Reid | Canada | 1.84 | ||||||||
13 | A | Disa Gísladóttir | Iceland | 1.80 | ||||||||
13 | A | Megumi Sato | Japan | 1.80 | ||||||||
15 | A | Christine Stanton | Australia | 1.80 | ||||||||
16 | A | Iona Smith | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.50 | ||||||||
1 | B | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
2 | B | Louise Ritter | United States | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
3 | B | Andrea Bienias | East Germany | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
4 | B | Debbie Brill | Canada | 1.90 | Q | |||||||
5 | B | Olga Juha | Hungary | 1.87 | q | |||||||
6 | B | Larisa Kositsyna | Soviet Union | 1.87 | q | |||||||
7 | B | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | 1.87 | q | |||||||
8 | B | Vanessa Browne | Australia | 1.87 | q | |||||||
8 | B | Silvia Costa | Cuba | 1.87 | q | |||||||
8 | B | Yang Wenqin | China | 1.87 | q | |||||||
11 | B | Niculina Vasile | Romania | 1.84 | ||||||||
12 | B | Emese Bela | Hungary | 1.80 | ||||||||
13 | B | Susanne Lorentzon | Sweden | 1.80 | ||||||||
14 | B | Lidija Lapajne | Yugoslavia | 1.80 | ||||||||
15 | B | Hisayo Fukumitsu | Japan | 1.75 | ||||||||
16 | B | Kawther Akremi | Tunisia | 1.70 | ||||||||
17 | B | Klodeta Gjini | Albania | 1.70 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | Result | Notes |
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Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.01 | ||
Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | x– | xx | 1.99 | ||
Louise Ritter | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
4 | Coleen Sommer | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | ||||
5 | Kerstin Brandt | East Germany | – | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
6 | Debbie Brill | Canada | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
7 | Susanne Helm | East Germany | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
8 | Olga Juha | Hungary | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
9 | Vanessa Browne | Australia | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.88 | ||||||
10 | Silvia Costa | Cuba | – | o | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
11 | Andrea Bienias | East Germany | – | o | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
12 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
12 | Katalin Sterk | Hungary | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
12 | Minna Vehmasto | Finland | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
15 | Christine Soetewey | Belgium | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
16 | Yang Wenqin | China | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.84 | |||||||
17 | Larisa Kositsyna | Soviet Union | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||||
18 | Zheng Dazhen | China | o | xo | xxx | 1.80 |
See also
- National champions high jump (women)
- 1980 Women's Olympic High Jump (Moscow)
- 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
- 1984 Women's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
- 1984 Women's Friendship Games High Jump (Prague)
- 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
References
- Results
- IAAF Results
- L'Athletisme (September 1983, p58)