Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venues	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	9–10 August
Competitors	29 from 17 nations
Winning height	2.02 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrike Meyfarth File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Simeoni File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joni Huntley File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on Friday August 10, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Ulrike Meyfarth File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Silver	Sara Simeoni File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Bronze	Joni Huntley File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Lyudmila Andonova (BUL)	2.07 m	July 20, 1984	Berlin, East Germany
Olympic Record	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.97 m	July 26, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	2.00 m	August 9, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Olympic Record	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	2.02 m	August 9, 1984	Los Angeles, United States

Results

Qualification

• Held on Thursday August 9, 1984

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.84	1.87	1.90	Result	Notes
1	A	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée	File:Flag of France.svg France	–	–	o	o	o	o	1.90	Q
1	A	Heike Redetzky	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.90	Q
1	A	Christine Stanton	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	–	–	o	o	o	o	1.90	Q
1	B	Ulrike Meyfarth	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	–	o	o	o	o	o	1.90	Q
1	B	Sara Simeoni	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	–	–	o	o	o	o	1.90	Q
6	B	Pam Spencer	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	o	o	o	xo	o	1.90	Q
7	B	Joni Huntley	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	o	xo	xo	o	o	1.90	Q
8	B	Diana Elliott	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	–	o	o	o	o	xo	1.90	Q
9	A	Debbie Brill	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	1.90	Q
9	A	Yang Wenqin	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	1.90	Q
11	A	Louise Ritter	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	–	o	o	xxo	xo	1.90	Q
11	B	Vanessa Browne	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	–	o	o	xo	xo	xo	1.90	Q
13	A	Niculina Vasile	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.90	Q
13	B	Zheng Dazhen	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.90	Q
15	A	Brigitte Holzapfel	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	1.90	Q
16	A	Lidija Lapajne	File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.87
17	B	Hisayo Fukumitsu	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.87
18	A	Megumi Sato	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.84
19	A	Judy Simpson	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	–	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.84
20	A	Brigitte Rougeron	File:Flag of France.svg France	–	xo	o	xxo	xxx		1.84
21	B	Ge Ping	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	–	xo	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.84
22	A	Laura Agront	File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico	o	o	o	xxx			1.80
22	B	Chris Soetewey	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	–	o	o	xxx			1.80
24	A	Disa Gísladóttir	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	–	o	xo	xxx			1.80
24	B	Liliana Arigoni	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina	–	o	xo	xxx			1.80
26	B	Isabel Mozún	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	o	o	xxx				1.75
27	B	Brigitte Reid	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	o	xxx					1.70
27	B	Constance Senghor	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	o	xxx					1.70
29	A	Liu Yen-chiu	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	xo	xxx					1.70
	B	Marjon Wijnsma	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands							DNS

Final

• Held on August 10, 1984

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.02	2.07	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Ulrike Meyfarth	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx	2.02	OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Sara Simeoni	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	–	o	o	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx		2.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Joni Huntley	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	o	xo	o	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.97
4	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée	File:Flag of France.svg France	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.94
5	Debbie Brill	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx				1.94
6	Vanessa Browne	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	o	o	xxo	xo	o	xo	xxx				1.94
7	Zheng Dazhen	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	–	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.91
8	Louise Ritter	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	o	xo	xo	o	xxx					1.91
9	Diana Elliott	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	–	o	o	o	xxx						1.88
9	Yang Wenqin	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	–	o	o	o	xxx						1.88
11	Heike Redetzky	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	–	o	o	xxx							1.85
11	Pam Spencer	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	–	–	o	–	xxx						1.85
11	Christine Stanton	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	–	o	o	xxx							1.85
11	Niculina Vasile	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	–	o	o	–	xxx						1.85
11	Brigitte Holzapfel	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	o	o	o	xxx							1.85

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Friendship Games High Jump (Prague)
• 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome)