Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Medalists
Miloslava Rezková  Czechoslovakia Antonina Lazareva  Soviet Union Valentyna Kozyr  Soviet Union
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Women's high jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City was held on 16–17 October.^[1]

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	Notes
1	Jaroslava Valentová	Czechoslovakia	1.74	Q
2	Ilona Gusenbauer	Austria	1.74	Q
2	Karin Schulze	East Germany	1.74	Q
2	Rita Schmidt-Kirst	East Germany	1.74	Q
5	Valentyna Kozyr	Soviet Union	1.74	Q
6	Mária Faithová	Czechoslovakia	1.74	Q
7	Barbara Inkpen	Great Britain	1.74	Q
8	Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva	Soviet Union	1.74	Q
9	Maria Cipriano	Brazil	1.74	Q
9	Miloslava Rezková	Czechoslovakia	1.74	Q
9	Vera Grushkina	Soviet Union	1.74	Q
12	Ghislaine Barnay	France	1.74	Q
13	Magdolna Komka	Hungary	1.74	Q
13	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	1.74	Q
15	Audrey Reid	Jamaica	1.71
16	Nicole Denise	France	1.68
17	Yordanka Blagoeva	Bulgaria	1.68
18	Katya Lazova	Bulgaria	1.68
19	Eleanor Montgomery	United States	1.68
20	Dorothy Shirley	Great Britain	1.68
21	Virginia Bonci	Romania	1.65
22	Sharon Callahan	United States	1.60
23	Anne Lise Wærness	Norway	1.60
24	Estelle Baskerville	United States	NH

Final

Rank	Athlete	Best mark		1.60	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.76	1.78	1.80	1.82	1.84
	Miloslava Rezková (TCH)	1.82 m		-	o	-	xo	xo	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx
	Antonina Lazareva (URS)	1.80 m		-	-	o	-	o	-	xo	o	xxx
	Valentyna Kozyr (URS)	1.80 m		-	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx
4	Jaroslava Valentová (TCH)	1.78 m		-	o	-	o	-	xo	o	xxx
5	Rita Kirst (GDR)	1.78 m		-	o	-	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx
6	Mária Faithová (TCH)	1.78 m		-	xo	-	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx
7	Karin Schulze (GDR)	1.76 m		-	o	-	xo	o	o	xxx
8	Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)	1.76 m		-	-	o	xo	o	xo	xxx
9	Ghislaine Barnay (FRA)	1.71 m		-	o	o	o	xxx
9	Magdolna Komka (HUN)	1.71 m		-	o	o	o	xxx
11	Maria Cipriano (BRA)	1.71 m		o	o	o	xxo	xxx
12	Vera Grushkina (URS)	1.71 m		-	o	xo	xxo	xxx
13	Barbara Inkpen (GBR)	1.68 m		-	o	o	xxx
14	Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG)	1.68 m		-	xo	xo	xxx

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