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

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenuesLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates9–10 August
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning height2.02 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Simeoni
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joni Huntley
 United States
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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.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany
Silver Sara Simeoni
 Italy
Bronze Joni Huntley
 United States

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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

Results

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Qualification

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  • 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  France o o o o 1.90 Q
1 A Heike Redetzky  West Germany o o o o o o 1.90 Q
1 A Christine Stanton  Australia o o o o 1.90 Q
1 B Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany o o o o o 1.90 Q
1 B Sara Simeoni  Italy o o o o 1.90 Q
6 B Pam Spencer  United States o o o xo o 1.90 Q
7 B Joni Huntley  United States o xo xo o o 1.90 Q
8 B Diana Elliott  Great Britain o o o o xo 1.90 Q
9 A Debbie Brill  Canada o xo o xo 1.90 Q
9 A Yang Wenqin  China o xo o xo 1.90 Q
11 A Louise Ritter  United States o o xxo xo 1.90 Q
11 B Vanessa Browne  Australia o o xo xo xo 1.90 Q
13 A Niculina Vasile  Romania o o o o xxo 1.90 Q
13 B Zheng Dazhen  China o o o o xxo 1.90 Q
15 A Brigitte Holzapfel  West Germany o o o o xo xxo 1.90 Q
16 A Lidija Lapajne  Yugoslavia o o o xo xxx 1.87
17 B Hisayo Fukumitsu  Japan o o o xo xo xxx 1.87
18 A Megumi Sato  Japan o o o xo xxx 1.84
19 A Judy Simpson  Great Britain o o xxo xxx 1.84
20 A Brigitte Rougeron  France xo o xxo xxx 1.84
21 B Ge Ping  China xo xxo xxo xxx 1.84
22 A Laura Agront  Puerto Rico o o o xxx 1.80
22 B Chris Soetewey  Belgium o o xxx 1.80
24 A Disa Gísladóttir  Iceland o xo xxx 1.80
24 B Liliana Arigoni  Argentina o xo xxx 1.80
26 B Isabel Mozún  Spain o o xxx 1.75
27 B Brigitte Reid  Canada o xxx 1.70
27 B Constance Senghor  Senegal o xxx 1.70
29 A Liu Yen-chiu  Chinese Taipei xo xxx 1.70
B Marjon Wijnsma  Netherlands DNS

Final

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  • 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  West Germany o o o o o xo o o xxx 2.02 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Simeoni  Italy o o o o xo o xxx 2.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joni Huntley  United States o xo o o xo xo xxx 1.97
4 Maryse Ewanjé-Epée  France o o o o o xxx 1.94
5 Debbie Brill  Canada o o o xxo o xxx 1.94
6 Vanessa Browne  Australia o o xxo xo o xo xxx 1.94
7 Zheng Dazhen  China o o o o xxx 1.91
8 Louise Ritter  United States o xo xo o xxx 1.91
9 Diana Elliott  Great Britain o o o xxx 1.88
9 Yang Wenqin  China o o o xxx 1.88
11 Heike Redetzky  West Germany o o xxx 1.85
11 Pam Spencer  United States o xxx 1.85
11 Christine Stanton  Australia o o xxx 1.85
11 Niculina Vasile  Romania o o xxx 1.85
11 Brigitte Holzapfel  West Germany o o o xxx 1.85

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.