Women's high jump at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 1 August 1996 (qualifications) 3 August 1996 (finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 2.05 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
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 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. [1]
Gold | Stefka Kostadinova ![]() |
Silver | Niki Bakogianni ![]() |
Bronze | Inha Babakova ![]() |
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.05 | 2.10 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.05 | OR |
![]() | Niki Bakogianni | ![]() | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.03 | ||
![]() | Inha Babakova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | |||
DQ | Antonella Bevilacqua* | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||||
4 | Yelena Gulyayeva | ![]() | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.99 | ||||
5 | Alina Astafei | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 1.96 | ||||
5 | Tatyana Motkova | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 1.96 | ||||
5 | Nelė Žilinskienė | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||||
8 | Hanne Haugland | ![]() | – | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||||
9 | Britta Bilač | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
9 | Tisha Waller | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
11 | Olga Bolşova | ![]() | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
11 | Zuzana Kováčiková | ![]() | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
13 | Svetlana Zalevskaya | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.93 |
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