1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

None 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 GoldURS Tamara BykovaSoviet Union (URS)SilverFRG Ulrike MeyfarthWest Germany (FRG)BronzeUSA Louise RitterUnited States (USA) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B07.08.1983 – ??:??h07.08.1983 – ??:??hFinal Round09.08.1983 – ??:??h Records Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships World Record Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 2.02 m September 8, 1982 GRE Athens, Greece Event Record New event Results Qualifying round 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 1.90 Q 1 A Coleen Sommer 1.90 Q 1 A Tamara Bykova 1.90 Q 4 A Susanne Helm 1.90 Q 5 A Christine Soetewey 1.87 q 6 A Minna Vehmasto 1.87 q 6 A Katalin Sterk 1.87 q 8 A Zheng Dazhen 1.87 q 9 A Sara Simeoni – – o o o xr 1.84 10 A Gillian Evans 1.84 11 A Gaby Meier-Lindenthal 1.84 11 A Brigitte Reid 1.84 13 A Disa Gísladóttir 1.80 13 A Megumi Sato 1.80 15 A Christine Stanton 1.80 16 A Iona Smith 1.50 1 B Ulrike Meyfarth 1.90 Q 2 B Louise Ritter 1.90 Q 3 B Andrea Bienias 1.90 Q 4 B Debbie Brill 1.90 Q 5 B Olga Juha 1.87 q 6 B Larisa Kositsyna 1.87 q 7 B Maryse Ewanjé-Epée 1.87 q 8 B Vanessa Browne 1.87 q 8 B Silvia Costa 1.87 q 8 B Yang Wenqin 1.87 q 11 B Niculina Vasile Romania 1965 1.84 12 B Emese Bela 1.80 13 B Susanne Lorentzon 1.80 14 B Lidija Lapajne 1.80 15 B Hisayo Fukumitsu 1.75 16 B Kawther Akremi Tunisia 1959 1.70 17 B Klodeta Gjini Albania 1946 1.70 Final Detailed results http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Beijing-2015-Statistics-Handbook/projet/IAAF-World-Championships-Beijing-2015.pdf IAAF 24 March 2019 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 Tamara Bykova – o o o o o o xo o xxx 2.01 Ulrike Meyfarth – o o o o xo xo o x– xx 1.99 Louise Ritter – o o o xo xo xxx 1.95 04 4 Coleen Sommer – o o o xo xxo xxx 1.95 05 5 Kerstin Brandt – o xo xxo xo xxx 1.95 06 6 Debbie Brill – o o o xxx 1.88 07 7 Susanne Helm – o o xo xxx 1.88 08 8 Olga Juha o o xo xo xxx 1.88 09 9 Vanessa Browne o o xxo xxo xxx 1.88 10 Silvia Costa – o o xxx 1.84 11 Andrea Bienias – o o xxx 1.84 12 Maryse Ewanjé-Epée – xo o xxx 1.84 12 Katalin Sterk o xo o xxx 1.84 12 Minna Vehmasto o xo o xxx 1.84 15 Christine Soetewey xo o xo xxx 1.84 16 Yang Wenqin o xxo xxo xxx 1.84 17 Larisa Kositsyna – o xxx 1.80 18 Zheng Dazhen o xo xxx 1.80 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) 1984 Women's Friendship Games High Jump (Prague) 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart) References Results IAAF Results L'Athletisme (September 1983, p58) H Category:High jump at the World Athletics Championships