Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump

at the Games of the XXI Olympiad

Venue

Date

26-28 July

Competitors

35 from 24 nations

Winning height

1.93

Medalists

		Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany
		Sara Simeoni Italy
		Yordanka Blagoeva Bulgaria

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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 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	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 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 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 26–28 July.^[1]

Results

The qualification was set to 1.80 metres. A total of 21 athletes achieved this height.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.78	1.80	Result	Note
1	A	Brigitte Holzapfel	West Germany	–	–	o	o	1.80	Q
2	A	Galina Filatova	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	1.80	Q
2	A	Joni Huntley	United States	o	o	–	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Marie-Christine Debourse	France	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Anne-Marie Pira	Belgium	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Ria Ahlers	Netherlands	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Tatyana Shlyakhto	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Sara Simeoni	Italy	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Yordanka Blagoeva	Bulgaria	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	B	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	B	Julie White	Canada	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
4	A	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	o	o	o	o	1.80	Q
13	A	Cornelia Popa	Romania	o	xo	o	o	1.80	Q
14	B	Louise Hanna-Walker	Canada	o	xxo	o	o	1.80	Q
15	A	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	–	o	o	xo	1.80	Q
16	A	Mária Mračnová	Czechoslovakia	o	o	o	xo	1.80	Q
16	B	Audrey Reid	Jamaica	o	o	o	xo	1.80	Q
18	A	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	o	o	xo	xo	1.80	Q
18	B	Susann Sundqvist	Finland	o	xo	o	xo	1.80	Q
18	B	Annette Tånnander	Sweden	o	xo	o	xo	1.80	Q
21	B	Paula Girven	United States	o	o	xxo	xo	1.80	Q
22	A	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany	xo	o	o	xxx	1.78
22	A	Rita Kirst	East Germany	xo	o	o	xxx	1.78
24	B	Donatella Bulfoni	Italy	o	o	xxx		1.75
25	A	Věra Bradáčová	Czechoslovakia	o	xxo	xxx		1.75
25	B	Maria Luísa Betioli	Brazil	o	xxo	xxx		1.75
27	A	Nadezhda Marinenko	Soviet Union	o	xxx			1.70
27	B	Pam Spencer	United States	o	xxx			1.70
27	B	Mikiko Sone	Japan	o	xxx			1.70
27	B	Astrid Tveit	Norway	o	xxx			1.70
31	B	Moira Walls	Great Britain	xo	xxx			1.70
	A	Debbie Brill	Canada	–	xxx			NM
	B	Denise Brown	Great Britain	xxx				NM
	B	Disa Gísladóttir	Iceland	xxx				NM
	B	Giuseppina Grassi	San Marino	xxx				NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.78	1.81	1.84	1.87	1.89	1.91	1.93	1.97	Result	Notes
	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	–	o	–	o	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	1.93	OR
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.91
	Yordanka Blagoeva	Bulgaria	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.91
4	Mária Mračnová	Czechoslovakia	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.89
5	Joni Huntley	United States	–	xo	o	xxo	o	o	xo	xxx			1.89
6	Tatyana Shlyahto	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.87
7	Annette Tånnander	Sweden	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx				1.87
8	Cornelia Popa	Romania	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx				1.87
9	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx				1.87
10	Julie White	Canada	o	xo	o	o	o	xxo	xxx				1.87
11	Brigitte Holzapfel	West Germany	–	–	–	xxo	o	xxo	xxx				1.87
12	Galina Filatova	Soviet Union	–	o	xo	o	o	xxx					1.84
12	Snežana Hrepevnik	Yugoslavia	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx					1.84
12	Ria Ahlers	Netherlands	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx					1.84
15	Susann Sundkvist	Finland	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx					1.84
15	Marie-Christine Debourse	France	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx					1.84
17	Anne-Marie Pira	Belgium	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.84
18	Paula Girven	United States	o	o	–	xxo	xxo	xxx					1.84
19	Milada Karbanová	Czechoslovakia	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.81
20	Louise Hanna-Walker	Canada	o	o	xo	xxx							1.78
21	Audrey Reid	Jamaica	o	xo	xo	xxx							1.78

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