Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The Women's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 20 competitors. The final was held on Saturday 1980-07-26.

Medalists

Gold	Sara Simeoni  Italy
Silver	Urszula Kielan  Poland
Bronze	Jutta Kirst  East Germany

Qualification

• Held on Friday July 25, 1980

RANK	GROUP	Athlete	HEIGHT
1.	A	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	1.88 m
	A	Urszula Kielan (POL)	1.88 m
	A	Andrea Mátay (HUN)	1.88 m
	A	Marina Sysoyeva (URS)	1.88 m
5.	A	Louise Miller (GBR)	1.88 m
	B	Chris Soetewey (BEL)	1.88 m
7.	A	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.88 m
	A	Jutta Kirst (GDR)	1.88 m
	A	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.88 m
10.	B	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.88 m
11.	B	Cornelia Popa (ROM)	1.88 m
12.	A	Andrea Reichstein (GDR)	1.88 m
13.	A	Elzbieta Krawczuk (POL)	1.85 m
14.	B	Danuta Bulkowska (POL)	1.85 m
15.	B	Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)	1.85 m
16.	B	Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)	1.80 m
	B	Marina Serkova (URS)	1.80 m
18.	B	Ann-Ewa Karlsson (SWE)	1.80 m
19.	B	Lidija Benedetic (YUG)	1.80 m
—	B	Dia Toutounji (SYR)	NM

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.97 m
	Urszula Kielan (POL)	1.94 m
	Jutta Kirst (GDR)	1.94 m
4.	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	1.91 m
5.	Marina Sysoeva (URS)	1.91 m
6.=	Andrea Reichstein (GDR)	1.91 m
6.=	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.91 m
8.	Cornelia Popa (ROU)	1.88 m
9.	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.88 m
10.	Andrea Mátay (HUN)	1.85 m
11.	Louise Miller (GBR)	1.85 m
12.	Chris Soetewey (BEL)	1.85 m

See also

• 1976 Women's Olympic High Jump (Montreal)
• 1978 Women's European Championships High Jump (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome)

References

• Results