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
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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.

Gold	Hanne Haugland Norway (NOR)
Silver	Olga Kaliturina Russia (RUS)
	Inga Babakova Ukraine (UKR)

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	1.94	Result	Notes
1	A	Alina Astafei	Germany	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Hanne Haugland	Norway	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
6	A	Inga Babakova	Ukraine	–	xo	o	o	o	1.94	Q
6	A	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	o	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
6	B	Heike Balck	Germany	o	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
9	A	Tatyana Motkova	Russia	o	o	xo	xo	o	1.94	Q
10	B	Britta Bilač	Slovenia	o	o	xo	o	xo	1.94	Q
11	A	Pia Zinck	Denmark	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.94	Q, NR
11	B	Monica Iagăr-Dinescu	Romania	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.94	Q
13	B	Antonella Bevilacqua	Italy	o	o	o	xo	xxo	1.94	Q
14	B	Amy Acuff	United States	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92
15	A	Niki Bakoyianni	Greece	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92
16	A	Solange Witteveen	Argentina	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx	1.92
17	B	Çiğdem Arslan	Turkey	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
18	A	Angela Bradburn	Canada	o	xo	o	xxx		1.89
19	B	Debbie Marti	Great Britain	o	o	xo	xxx		1.89
20	A	Tatyana Khramova	Belarus	o	o	xxx			1.85
21	B	Zuzana Kováčiková-Hlavoňová	Czech Republic	xo	o	xxx			1.85
22	B	Erin Aldrich	United States	xo	xxx				1.80
22	B	Inna Gliznuta	Moldova	xo	xxx				1.80
24	B	Daniela Rath	Germany	xxo	xxx				1.80
	A	Oksana Mayboroda	Kyrgyzstan	xxx					NM
	B	Irène Tiéndrebeogo	Burkina Faso	xxx					NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.99	1.99	Result	Notes
	Hanne Haugland	Norway	o	o	o	o	xxx	o	1.99
	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	1.96
	Inga Babakova	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	1.96
4	Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.96
5	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
5	Tatyana Motkova	Russia	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
7	Antonella Bevilacqua	Italy	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
7	Alina Astafei	Germany	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
7	Britta Bilač	Slovenia	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
10	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	o	o	xxx				1.90
10	Heike Balck	Germany	o	o	xxx				1.90
12	Pia Zinck	Denmark	o	xxo	xxx				1.90
13	Monica Iagăr−Dinescu	Romania	o	xxx					1.85

• 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

• Results