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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

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These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983.

Medalists

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Gold Soviet Union Tamara Bykova
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver West Germany Ulrike Meyfarth
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze United States Louise Ritter
United States (USA)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.1983 – ??:??h 07.08.1983 – ??:??h
Final Round
09.08.1983 – ??:??h

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 2.02 m September 8, 1982 Greece Athens, Greece
Event Record New event

Results

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Qualifying round

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  • Held on Qualification Sunday 1983-08-07
Rank Group Name Nationality 1.50 1.70 1.75 1.80 1.84 1.87 1.90 Result Notes
1 A Kerstin Brandt  East Germany 1.90 Q
1 A Coleen Sommer  United States 1.90 Q
1 A Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union 1.90 Q
4 A Susanne Helm  East Germany 1.90 Q
5 A Christine Soetewey  Belgium 1.87 q
6 A Minna Vehmasto  Finland 1.87 q
6 A Katalin Sterk  Hungary 1.87 q
8 A Zheng Dazhen  China 1.87 q
9 A Sara Simeoni  Italy o o o xr 1.84
10 A Gillian Evans  Great Britain 1.84
11 A Gaby Meier-Lindenthal  Switzerland 1.84
11 A Brigitte Reid  Canada 1.84
13 A Disa Gísladóttir  Iceland 1.80
13 A Megumi Sato  Japan 1.80
15 A Christine Stanton  Australia 1.80
16 A Iona Smith  Antigua and Barbuda 1.50
1 B Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany 1.90 Q
2 B Louise Ritter  United States 1.90 Q
3 B Andrea Bienias  East Germany 1.90 Q
4 B Debbie Brill  Canada 1.90 Q
5 B Olga Juha  Hungary 1.87 q
6 B Larisa Kositsyna  Soviet Union 1.87 q
7 B Maryse Ewanjé-Epée  France 1.87 q
8 B Vanessa Browne  Australia 1.87 q
8 B Silvia Costa  Cuba 1.87 q
8 B Yang Wenqin  China 1.87 q
11 B Niculina Vasile  Romania 1.84
12 B Emese Bela  Hungary 1.80
13 B Susanne Lorentzon  Sweden 1.80
14 B Lidija Lapajne  Yugoslavia 1.80
15 B Hisayo Fukumitsu  Japan 1.75
16 B Kawther Akremi  Tunisia 1.70
17 B Klodeta Gjini  Albania 1.70

Final

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Rank Name Nationality 1.75 1.80 1.84 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.03 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union o o o o o o xo o xxx 2.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany o o o o xo xo o x– xx 1.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louise Ritter  United States o o o xo xo xxx 1.95
4 Coleen Sommer  United States o o o xo xxo xxx 1.95
5 Kerstin Brandt  East Germany o xo xxo xo xxx 1.95
6 Debbie Brill  Canada o o o xxx 1.88
7 Susanne Helm  East Germany o o xo xxx 1.88
8 Olga Juha  Hungary o o xo xo xxx 1.88
9 Vanessa Browne  Australia o o xxo xxo xxx 1.88
10 Silvia Costa  Cuba o o xxx 1.84
11 Andrea Bienias  East Germany o o xxx 1.84
12 Maryse Ewanjé-Epée  France xo o xxx 1.84
12 Katalin Sterk  Hungary o xo o xxx 1.84
12 Minna Vehmasto  Finland o xo o xxx 1.84
15 Christine Soetewey  Belgium xo o xo xxx 1.84
16 Yang Wenqin  China o xxo xxo xxx 1.84
17 Larisa Kositsyna  Soviet Union o xxx 1.80
18 Zheng Dazhen  China o xo xxx 1.80

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Detailed results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.