1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the 1983 World Championships
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		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

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

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

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Records

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

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Tamara Bykova (URS)	2.01 m
	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	1.99 m
	Louise Ritter (USA)	1.95 m
4.	Coleen Sommer (USA)	1.95 m
5.	Kerstin Brandt (GDR)	1.92 m
6.	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.88 m
7.	Susanne Beyer (GDR)	1.88 m
8.	Olga Juha (HUN)	1.88 m
9.	Vanessa Browne (AUS)	1.88 m
10.	Silvia Costa (CUB)	1.84 m
10.	Andrea Bienias (GDR)	1.84 m
12.	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA)	1.84 m
12.	Katalin Sterk (HUN)	1.84 m
12.	Minna Vehmasto (FIN)	1.84 m
15.	Christine Soetewey (BEL)	1.84 m
16.	Yang Wenqin (CHN)	1.84 m
17.	Larisa Kositsyna (URS)	1.80 m
18.	Zheng Dazhen (CHN)	1.80 m

Qualifying round

• Held on Qualification Sunday 1983-08-07

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.	Kerstin Brandt (GDR)	1.90 m
1.	Coleen Sommer (USA)	1.90 m
1.	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.90 m
4.	Susanne Beyer (GDR)	1.90 m
5.	Christine Soetewey (BEL)	1.87 m
6.	Minna Vehmasto (FIN)	1.87 m
6.	Katalin Sterk (HUN)	1.87 m
8.	Zheng Dazhen (CHN)	1.87 m
9.	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.84 m
10.	Gillian Evans (GBR)	1.84 m
11.	Gaby Meier-Lindenthal (SUI)	1.84 m
11.	Brigitte Reid (CAN)	1.84 m
13.	Thordis Gisladottir (ISL)	1.80 m
13.	Megumi Sato (JPN)	1.80 m
15.	Christine Stanton (AUS)	1.80 m
16.	Iona Smith (ANG)	1.50 m

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	1.90 m
2.	Louise Ritter (USA)	1.90 m
3.	Andrea Bienias (GDR)	1.90 m
4.	Debbie Brill (CAN)	1.90 m
5.	Olga Juha (HUN)	1.87 m
6.	Larisa Kositsyna (URS)	1.87 m
7.	Maryse Ewanjé-Epée (FRA)	1.87 m
8.	Vanessa Browne (AUS)	1.87 m
8.	Silvia Costa (CUB)	1.87 m
8.	Yang Wenqin (CHN)	1.87 m
11.	Niculina Vasile (ROU)	1.84 m
12.	Emese Bela (HUN)	1.80 m
13.	Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)	1.80 m
14.	Lidija Lapajne (YUG)	1.80 m
15.	Hisayo Fukumitsu (JPN)	1.75 m
16.	Kawther Akremi (TUN)	1.70 m
17.	Klodeta Gjini (ALB)	1.70 m

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1980 Women's Olympic High Jump (Moscow)
• 1982 Women's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)

References

• Results
• IAAF Results