1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the 1991 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		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
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 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Heike Henkel (GER)	2.05 m
	Yelena Yelesina (URS)	1.98 m
	Inha Babakova (URS)	1.96 m
4.	Beata Holub (POL)	1.96 m
5.	Birgit Kähler (GER)	1.93 m
6.	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	1.93 m
7.	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.93 m
8.	Judit Kovács (HUN)	1.90 m
9.	Šárka Nováková (TCH)	1.90 m
10.	Vanessa Ward (AUS)	1.90 m
11.	Alison Inverarity (AUS)	1.87 m
12.	Heike Balck (GER)	1.84 m

Qualifying round

• Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.	Alison Inverarity (AUS)	1.90 m
2.	Yelena Yelesina (URS)	1.88 m
3.	Tamara Bykova (URS)	1.88 m
4.	Šárka Nováková (TCH)	1.88 m
5.	Heike Balck (GER)	1.88 m
6.	Svetlana Leseva (BUL)	1.86 m
7.	Yolanda Henry (USA)	1.83 m
7.	Donata Jancewicz (POL)	1.83 m
7.	Megumi Sato (JPN)	1.83 m
10.	Tisha Waller (USA)	1.83 m
11.	Lucienne N'Da (CIV)	1.79 m
12.	Venelina Veneva (BUL)	1.79 m
13.	Thordis Gisladottir (ISL)	1.79 m
14.	Leslie Estwick (CAN)	1.75 m

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.	Heike Henkel (GER)	1.90 m
1.	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	1.90 m
1.	Inha Babakova (URS)	1.90 m
4.	Birgit Kähler (GER)	1.90 m
5.	Beata Holub (POL)	1.90 m
6.	Vanessa Ward (AUS)	1.88 m
7.	Judit Kovács (HUN)	1.88 m
8.	Orlane Maria dos Santos (BRA)	1.86 m
9.	Debbie Marti (GBR)	1.86 m
10.	Sue Rembao (USA)	1.86 m
11.	Tania Murray-Dixon (NZL)	1.79 m
12.	Jana Brenkusová (TCH)	1.79 m
13.	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)	1.75 m
14.	Margarida Moreno (AND)	1.70 m
—	Vermilita Phillip (SKN)	NM

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic High Jump (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)

References

• Results