Women High Jump Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - 3rd August

Women High Jump Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - 3rd August - Gold Medal: Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria

Final

Height

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1. Stefka Kostadinova

Bulgaria

2.05m OR

XXX

2. Niki Bakogianni

Greece

2.03m

XXO

XXX

3. Inha Babakova

Ukraine

2.01m

XXX

4. Yelena Gulyayeva

Russia

1.99m

XXX

5. Alina Astafei

Germany

1.96m

X-

5. Tatyana Motkova

Russia

1.96m

X-

5. Nelė Žilinskienė

Lithuania

1.96m

XXX

8. Hanne Haugland

Norway

1.96m

XXO

XXX

9. Britta Bilac

Slovenia

1.93m

XXX

9. Tisha Waller

United States

1.93m

XXX

11.Olga Bolshova

Moldova

1.93m

XXX

11.Zuzana Kovacikova

Czechia

1.93m

XXX

13.Svetlana Zalevskaya

Kazakhstan

1.93m

XXO

XXX

DQ.Antonella Bevilacqua

Italy

1.99m

XXX

world Women High Jump History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta. Capp.: 85,000.

32 competitors from 24 nations.

Kostadinova had 20 of the 25 jumps ever at 2.05, and two world golds, but had never won the Olympic title. She was favourite to win, though had a losing record against Babakova since the beginning of 1995. As the bar rose to 2.03, only Babakova and Kostadinova had perfect records. Antonella Bevilacqua (ITA) had not missed a height up to and including 1.99, Her failure at 2.01 left her in fourth place, but she was then disqualified when the result of an earlier doping control test was confirmed. At 2.03 Kostadinova, cleared cleanly first time to win the gold medal. Babakova failed, but the shortest of the three contenders – Bakoyianni – got over on her final attempt, to achieve the highest dif- ferential of any two-metre jumper (33cm above her own height). Just to make sure Kostadinova then cleared 2.05, her fourth such jump in World Championships or Olympics.

Qualification

mark 1.96m 0+14 Athletes

Group A		Height	175	180	185	190	193
1. Inha Babakova	Ukraine	1.93m	-	-	O	O	O
1. Niki Bakogianni	Greece	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Antonella Bevilacqua	Italy	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Yelena Gulyayeva	Russia	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Tisha Waller	United States	1.93m	O	O	O	O	O
1. Svetlana Zalevskaya	Kazakhstan	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
8. Olga Bolshova	Moldova	1.93m	-	O	XO	O	XO
9. Connie Teaberry	United States	1.90m	O	XO	O	XXO	XXX
10.Sieglinde Cadusch	Switzerland	1.85m	O	O	O	XXX
10.Debbie Marti	Great Britain	1.85m	O	O	O	XXX
12.Natasha Alleyne	Trinidad Tobago	1.85m	O	XO	XXO	XXX
13.Juana Rosario	Dominicana	1.80m	O	O	XXX
14.Svetlana Munkova	Uzbekistan	1.80m	O	XXO	XXX
15.Irene Tiendrebeogo	Burundi	1.80m	XXO	XXO	XXX
-. Coralea Cline	Brit. Virgin Islands	DNS
-. Sigrid Kirchmann	Austria	DNS

Group B		Height	175	180	185	190	193
1. Alina Astafei	Germany	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Hanne Haugland	Norway	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Tatyana Motkova	Russia	1.93m	O	O	O	O	O
1. Nelė Žilinskienė	Lithuania	1.93m	-	O	O	O	O
5. Britta Bilac	Slovenia	1.93m	-	O	O	O	XO
6. Zuzana Kovacikova	Czechia	1.93m	O	O	XO	XO	XXO
7. Tatyana Khramova	Belarus	1.90m	-	O	O	O	XXX
8. Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	1.90m	O	O	XO	O	XXX
9. Lea Haggett	Great Britain	1.90m	-	XO	O	XO	XXX
10.Ioamnet Quintero	Cuba	1.90m	-	O	O	XXO	XXX
11.Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	1.85m	-	O	O	XXX
11.Vita Styopina	Ukraine	1.85m	-	O	O	XXX
13.Inna Gliznutsa	Moldova	1.85m	O	XO	O	XXX
14.Amy Acuff	United States	1.85m	O	O	XO	XX
14.Alica Javad	Slovakia	1.85m	-	O	XO	XXX
16.Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	1.80m	XXO	XXO	XXX

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index Athletics

Atlanta 1996 index

Athletics Los Angeles 1996
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 5000m
Men 10000m	Women 10000m
Men Marathon	Women Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles	Women 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Women 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump	Women Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk	Women 10km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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