1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
These are the official results of the 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 HauglandNorway (NOR) |
| Silver |  Olga KaliturinaRussia (RUS) |
Inga Babakova (UKR)
Ukraine |
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