The Women's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 24 competitors, with two qualifying groups (24 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.

Records These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World record 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova Rome (ITA) August 30, 1987 Olympic record 2.02 Ulrike Meyfarth Los Angeles (USA) August 10, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Height OR WRSeptember 30, 1988Final 2.03m OR

Results Qualifying Rank Group Name Nationality 1.70 1.75 1.80 1.84 1.87 1.90 1.92 Result Notes 1 A Kim Hee-sun – o o o o o o 1.92 Q 1 B Megumi Sato – – o o o o o 1.92 Q 1 B Tamara Bykova o o o o o o o 1.92 Q 4 A Janet Boyle – o o o o xo o 1.92 Q 4 A Olga Turchak – – o o o xo o 1.92 Q 4 B Galina Astafei – o o xo o o o 1.92 Q 7 A Maryse Ewanjé-Epée – o o xo xo xo o 1.92 Q 8 A Stefka Kostadinova – – o o – o xo 1.92 Q 8 B Lyudmila Andonova – – o o o o xo 1.92 Q 8 B Diana Davies – – o o o o xo 1.92 Q 11 B Louise Ritter – – – o xo o xxo 1.92 Q 11 B Christine Stanton – – xo o o o xxo 1.92 Q 13 A Heike Redetzky – – o – o o xxx 1.90 14 A Vanessa Browne – o o xo xxo xo xxx 1.90 15 A Jin Ling – o o o o xxo xxx 1.90 16 B Jo Jennings – o o xo xo xxo xxx 1.90 17 B Liudmyla Avdieienko – – o o o xxx 1.87 18 B Coleen Sommer – – o o xo xxx 1.87 19 A Patricia King – o o o xxx 1.84 20 B Madely Beaugendre – o xo o xxx 1.84 21 A Cristina Fink – o o xxo xxx 1.84 22 A Biljana Petrović o xo o xxx 1.80 23 B Su Chun-yueh o o xo xxx 1.80 24 A Lucienne N'Da o xxo xxx 1.75

Final Rank Name Nationality 1.75 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.01 2.03 2.03 Result Notes Louise Ritter – o o o o o o o xxx o 2.03 OR Stefka Kostadinova – o o o o o o o xxx x 2.01 Tamara Bykova – o o o o xo xxo xxx 1.99 Olga Turchak – o o xo o o xxx 1.96 Galina Astafei o o o o o xxx 1.93 Lyudmila Andonova – o o o o xxx 1.93 Christine Stanton – o o o xo xxx 1.93 Diana Davies – o o o xxx 1.90 Kim Hui-seon – o o o xxx 1.90 10 Maryse Ewanjé-Epée – o o xo xxx 1.90 11 Megumi Sato – o o xxo xxx 1.90 12 Janet Boyle – o xo xxo xxx 1.90

See also National champions high jump (women) 1984 Women's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles) 1984 Women's Friendship Games High Jump (Prague) 1986 Women's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships High Jump (Rome) 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic High Jump (Barcelona)

References

External links Official Report