Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Women's high jump; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venues	Lenin Stadium
Dates	25–26 July
Competitors	20 from 12 nations
Winning height	1.97
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

The Women's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 20 competitors. The final was held on Saturday 1980-07-26. Sara Simeoni took gold in the event, Urszula Kielan won silver, and Jutta Kirst won bronze.^[1]

Quick facts Women's high jump at the Games of the XXII Olympiad, Venues ...

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.88	Result	Notes
1	A	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
1	A	Urszula Kielan	Poland	–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
1	A	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
1	A	Marina Sysoeva	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	o	1.88	Q
5	A	Louise Miller	Great Britain	–	o	o	xo	o	1.88	Q
5	B	Chris Soetewey	Belgium	–	o	xo	o	o	1.88	Q
7	A	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
7	A	Jutta Kirst	East Germany	–	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
7	A	Sara Simeoni	Italy	–	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
10	B	Christine Stanton	Australia	o	o	o	o	xo	1.88	Q
11	B	Cornelia Popa	Romania	–	xo	o	xo	xo	1.88	Q
12	A	Andrea Reichstein	East Germany	–	o	o	o	xxo	1.88	Q
13	A	Elżbieta Krawczuk	Poland	–	o	o	o	xxx	1.85
14	B	Danuta Bułkowska	Poland	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.85
15	B	Susanne Lorentzon	Sweden	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.85
16	B	Yordanka Blagoeva	Bulgaria	–	o	o	xxx		1.80
16	B	Marina Serkova	Soviet Union	–	o	o	xxx		1.80
18	B	Ann-Ewa Karlsson	Sweden	o	xo	o	xxx		1.80
19	B	Lidija Benedetič-Lapajne	Yugoslavia	–	o	xo	xxx		1.80
	B	Dia Toutingi	Syria	xxx					NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.94	1.97	2.02	Result	Notes
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	–	o	o	–	o	o	xo	xxx	1.97	OR
	Urszula Kielan	Poland	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx		1.94
	Jutta Kirst	East Germany	o	o	xo	o	xxo	xo	xxx		1.94
4	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.91
5	Marina Sysoeva	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.91
6	Andrea Reichstein	East Germany	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.91
6	Christine Stanton	Australia	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx			1.91
8	Cornelia Popa	Romania	–	o	o	o	xxx				1.88
9	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	–	o	o	xo	xxx				1.88
10	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	–	–	o	xxx					1.85
11	Louise Miller	Great Britain	xo	o	o	xxx					1.85
12	Chris Soetewey	Belgium	o	o	xxx						1.80

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