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
Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany Sara Simeoni  Italy Joni Huntley  United States

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
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
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

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]

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

• All results shown are in metres

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

• 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

• 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
	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx	2.02	OR
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	–	o	o	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx		2.00
	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

• 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)