1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 30, 1987.

Summary Stefka Kostadinova came into the competition as the world record holder at 2.08m and favorite, but it was not going to be uncontested. Soviet Tamara Bykova was the defending champion and the woman Kostadinova replaced as world record holder, her Bulgarian teammate, Lyudmila Andonova was also a finalist, though she was untested following a 2-year doping suspension.

By 2.02m the rest of the competition had topped out, the last being Susanne Beyer clearing 1.99m, Bykova and Kostadinova still having a clean round. Jumping first, Bykova continued clean at 2.04m, but Kostadinova took three tries to stay alive in the competition, putting Bykova in the driver's seat. After Bykova missed a second time at 2.06m, Kostadinova cleared, taking the lead. Bykova passed to take a heroic attempt to equal the world record, 3 cm over her personal best, her only chance for the win. Bykova missed and the medals were settled.

Having nothing to gain from equalling her own world record, Kostadinova passed to . On her second attempt, she went over. Kostadinova's world record has stood until July 2024.

Medalists Gold Stefka KostadinovaBulgaria (BUL)Silver Tamara BykovaSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Susanne BeyerEast Germany (GDR)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B29.08.1987 – ??:??h29.08.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round30.08.1987 – 16:30h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 2.08 m May 31, 1986 Sofia, Bulgaria Event Record 2.01 m August 9, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 2.09 m August 30, 1987 Rome, Italy Event Record

Results Qualifying round Held on Saturday 1987-08-29 Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.88 1.91 Result Notes 1 A Heike Redetzky 1.91 q 1 A Lyudmila Avdeyenko 1.91 q 1 A Coleen Sommer 1.91 q 1 A Silvia Costa 1.91 q 1 A Stefka Kostadinova 1.91 q 1 A Madely Beaugendre 1.91 q 7 A Amra Temim 1.88 7 A Ni Xiuling 1.88 7 A Kim Hee-sun 1.88 7 A Galina Astafei 1.88 11 A Alessandra Bonfiglioli 1.85 A Sigrid Kirchmann 1 A Louise Ritter 1.91 q 1 A Susanne Beyer 1.91 q 1 A Lyudmila Andonova 1.91 q 1 A Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva 1.91 q 1 A Tamara Bykova 1.91 q 1 A Larisa Kositsyna 1.91 q 7 A Megumi Sato 1.88 7 A Christine Stanton 1.88 9 A Phyllis Bluntson 1.85 9 A Hanne Haugland 1.85 11 A Disa Gísladóttir 1.80 11 A Orlane Maria dos Santos 1.80

Final

Rank Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.02 2.04 2.06 2.08 2.09 Result Notes Stefka Kostadinova – o o – o o o xxo xo – xo 2.09 WR Tamara Bykova – o o o o o o o xx– x 2.04 Susanne Beyer o o o o o xo xxx 1.99 Silvia Costa – o o o o xx- x 1.96 Larisa Kositsyna – o o xxo o xxx 1.96 Heike Redetzky – o o o xo xxx 1.96 Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva – o o o xxx 1.93 Lyudmila Avdeyenko – xo o o xxx 1.93 Louise Ritter – o xo o xxx 1.93 10 Madely Beaugendre o o o xo xxx 1.93 11 Coleen Sommer – o xxo xxx 1.93 12 Lyudmila Andonova o o xxx 1.85

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) 1988 Women's Olympic High Jump (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)

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