1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups on Friday August 8, and the final round held on Sunday August 10, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Hanne Haugland Norway (NOR)
Silver	Olga Kaliturina Russia (RUS)
	Inga Babakova Ukraine (UKR)

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	1.94	Result	Notes
1	A	Alina Astafei	Germany	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Hanne Haugland	Norway	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
6	A	Inga Babakova	Ukraine	–	xo	o	o	o	1.94	Q
6	A	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	o	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
6	B	Heike Balck	Germany	o	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
9	A	Tatyana Motkova	Russia	o	o	xo	xo	o	1.94	Q
10	B	Britta Bilač	Slovenia	o	o	xo	o	xo	1.94	Q
11	A	Pia Zinck	Denmark	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.94	Q, NR
11	B	Monica Iagăr-Dinescu	Romania	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.94	Q
13	B	Antonella Bevilacqua	Italy	o	o	o	xo	xxo	1.94	Q
14	B	Amy Acuff	United States	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92
15	A	Niki Bakoyianni	Greece	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92
16	A	Solange Witteveen	Argentina	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx	1.92
17	B	Çiğdem Arslan	Turkey	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
18	A	Angela Bradburn	Canada	o	xo	o	xxx		1.89
19	B	Debbie Marti	Great Britain	o	o	xo	xxx		1.89
20	A	Tatyana Khramova	Belarus	o	o	xxx			1.85
21	B	Zuzana Kováčiková-Hlavoňová	Czech Republic	xo	o	xxx			1.85
22	B	Erin Aldrich	United States	xo	xxx				1.80
22	B	Inna Gliznuta	Moldova	xo	xxx				1.80
24	B	Daniela Rath	Germany	xxo	xxx				1.80
	A	Oksana Mayboroda	Kyrgyzstan	xxx					NM
	B	Irène Tiéndrebeogo	Burkina Faso	xxx					NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.99	1.99	Result	Notes
	Hanne Haugland	Norway	o	o	o	o	xxx	o	1.99
	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	1.96
	Inga Babakova	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	xxx	x	1.96
4	Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.96
5	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
5	Tatyana Motkova	Russia	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
7	Antonella Bevilacqua	Italy	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
7	Alina Astafei	Germany	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
7	Britta Bilač	Slovenia	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93
10	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	o	o	xxx				1.90
10	Heike Balck	Germany	o	o	xxx				1.90
12	Pia Zinck	Denmark	o	xxo	xxx				1.90
13	Monica Iagăr−Dinescu	Romania	o	xxx					1.85

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1995 Women's World Championships High Jump
• 1996 Women's Olympic High Jump
• 1999 Women's World Championships High Jump

References

• Results