Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 32 participating athletes, with two non-starters. The qualification round mark was set at 1.93 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria
Silver	Niki Bakogianni  Greece
Bronze	Inha Babakova  Ukraine

Final classification

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.05 m
	Niki Bakogianni (GRE)	2.03 m
	Inha Babakova (UKR)	2.01 m
4.	Yelena Gulyayeva (RUS)	1.99 m
5.	Alina Astafei (GER)	1.96 m
	Tatyana Motkova (RUS)
	Nele Zilinskiene (LTU)
8.	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	1.96 m
9.	Britta Bilač (SLO)	1.93 m
	Tisha Waller (USA)
11.	Olga Bolşova (MDA)	1.93 m
	Zuzana Kováčiková (CZE)
13.	Svetlana Zalevskaya (KAZ)	1.93 m
DISQ.	Antonella Bevilacqua (ITA)	(1.99 m)*

* In May 1996, Antonella Bevilacqua twice tested positive for ephedrine which carried the penalty of a three-month ban. The IAAF decided to put the case to arbitration and allow her to compete in Atlanta, where she placed 4th. However, after the Olympics the IAAF decided she was guilty of a doping offence and annulled her results from May onwards, including her Olympic performance.

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON_QUALIFIERS	HEIGHT
14th	Tatyana Khramova (BLR)	1.90 m
15th	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	1.90 m
16th	Lea Haggett (GBR)	1.90 m
17th	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	1.90 m
18th	Connie Teaberry (USA)	1.90 m
19th	Sieglinde Cadusch (SUI)	1.85 m
	Debbie Marti (GBR)	1.85 m
	Yuliya Lyakhova (RUS)	1.85 m
	Vita Styopina (UKR)	1.85 m
23rd	Inna Gliznuta (MDA)	1.85 m
24th	Amy Acuff (USA)	1.85 m
	Alica Javadová (SVK)	1.85 m
26th	Natasha Alleyne (TRI)	1.85 m
27th	Juana Arrendel (DOM)	1.80 m
28th	Svetlana Munkova (UZB)	1.80 m
29th	Irene Tiendrebeogo (BUR)	1.80 m
	Venelina Veneva (BUL)	1.80 m
—	Alison Inverarity (AUS)	NM
—	Coralea Cline (IVB)	DNS
—	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)	DNS

• NM = no mark
• Alison Inverarity failed three times at her opening height of 1.85 m.

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1995 Women's World Championships High Jump
• 1997 Women's World Championships High Jump

References

• Official Report
• Results