1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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)

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	1.99 m
	Olga Kaliturina (RUS)	1.96 m
	Inga Babakova (UKR)
4.	Yuliya Lyakhova (RUS)	1.96 m
5.	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	1.93 m
	Tatyana Motkova (RUS)
7.	Antonella Bevilacqua (ITA)	1.93 m
	Alina Astafei (GER)
	Britta Bilač (SLO)
10.	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	1.90 m
	Heike Balck (GER)
12.	Pia Zinck (DEN)	1.90 m
13.	Monica Iagăr−Dinescu (ROM)	1.85 m

Qualifying round

• Qualifying height = 1.94 m

RANK	GROUP	Athlete	HEIGHT
1.	A	Alina Astafei (GER)	1.94 m
	A	Hanne Haugland (NOR)
	A	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
	A	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
	B	Yuliya Lyakhova (RUS)
6.	A	Inga Babakova (UKR)	1.94 m
	A	Olga Kaliturina (RUS)
	B	Heike Balck (GER)
9.	A	Tatyana Motkova (RUS)	1.94 m
10.	B	Britta Bilac (SLO)	1.94 m
11.	A	Pia Zinck (DEN)	1.94 m (NR)
	B	Monica Iagăr-Dinescu (ROM)	1.94 m
13.	B	Antonella Bevilacqua (ITA)	1.94
14.	B	Amy Acuff (USA)	1.92 m
15.	A	Niki Bakoyianni (GRE)	1.92 m
16.	A	Solange Witteveen (ARG)	1.92 m
17.	B	Cigdem Arslan (TUR)	1.89 m
18.	A	Angela Bradburn (USA)	1.89 m
19.	B	Debbie Marti (GBR)	1.89 m
20.	A	Tatyana Khramova (BLR)	1.85 m
21.	B	Zuzana Hlavoňová (CZE)	1.85 m
22.	B	Erin Aldrich (USA)	1.80 m
	B	Inna Gliznuta (MDA)
24.	B	Daniela Rath (GER)	1.80 m
—	A	Oksana Mayboroda (KGZ)	NM
	B	Irène Tiéndrebeogo (BUR)

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1995 Women's World Championships High Jump
• 1996 Women's Olympic High Jump
• 1999 Women's World Championships High Jump

References

• Results