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Track and field
Women's high jump
Note: Height in meters
Olympics Medal Athlete Country Height
Atlanta 1996 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Stefka Kostadinova
Niki Bakoyianni
Inga Babakova
Bulgaria
Greece
Ukraine
2.05
2.03
2.01
Barcelona 1992 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Heike Henkel
Galina Astafei
Joanet Quintero
Germany
Romania
Cuba
2.02
2.00
1.97
Seoul 1988 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Louise Ritter
Stefka Kostadinova
Tamara Bykova
United States
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
2.03
2.01
1.99
Los Angeles 1984 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ulrike Meyfarth
Sara Simeoni
Joni Huntley
West Germany
Italy
United States
2.02
2.00
1.97
Moscow 1980 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Sara Simeoni
Urszula Kielan
Jutta Kirst
Italy
Poland
East Germany
1.97
1.94
1.94
Montreal 1976 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Rosemarie Ackermann
Sara Simeoni
Yordanka Blagoyeva
East Germany
Italy
Bulgaria
1.93
1.91
1.91
Munich 1972 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ulrike Meyfarth
Yordanka Blagoyeva
Ilona Gusenbauer
West Germany
Bulgaria
Austria
1.92
1.88
1.88
Mexico City 1968 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Miloslava Rezokova
Antonina Okorokova
Valentina Kozyr
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
1.82
1.80
1.80
Tokyo 1964 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Iolanda Balas
Michele Brown-Mason
Taisiya Chenchik
Romania
Australia
Soviet Union
1.90
1.80
1.78
Rome 1960 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Iolanda Balas
J. Jozwiakowska
Dorothy Shirley
Romania
Poland
Great Britain
1.85
1.71
1.71
Melbourne 1956 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Mildred McDaniel
Thelma Hopkins
Maria Pissareyva
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
1.76
1.67
1.67
Helsinki 1952 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Esther Brand
Sheila Lerwill
Aleksandra Chudina
South Africa
Great Britain
Soviet Union
1.67
1.65
1.63
London 1948 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Alice Coachman
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
Micheline Ostermayer
United States
Great Britain
France
1.68
1.68
1.61
Berlin 1936 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ibolya Csak
Dorothy Odam
Elfriede Kaun
Hungary
Great Britain
Germany
1.60
1.60
1.60
Los Angeles 1932 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jean Shiley
Babe Didriksen
Eva Dawes
United States
United States
Canada
1.65
1.65
1.65
Amsterdam 1928 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ethel Catherwood
Carolina Gisolf
Mildred Wiley
Canada
Netherlands
United States
1.59
1.56
1.56


 



 
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