# 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria | Inha Babakova Ukraine | Hanne Haugland Norway |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.95 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | – | – | o | o | o | xo | 1.95 | Q |
| 2 | A | Alina Astafei | Germany | – | – | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 2 | A | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia | – | o | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 2 | B | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 2 | B | Ioamnet Quintero | Cuba | – | o | o | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 6 | B | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | – | o | o | xo | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 7 | B | Viktoriya Fyodorova | Russia | – | o | xxo | o | o | – | 1.93 | q |
| 8 | A | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | – | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.93 | q |
| 8 | A | Olga Bolşova | Moldova | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.93 | q |
| 8 | B | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | – | o | o | xo | xxo | – | 1.93 | q |
| 11 | B | Hanne Haugland | Norway | – | o | o | xxo | xxo | – | 1.93 | q |
| 12 | A | Monica Iagăr | Romania | – | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.90 | q |
| 12 | B | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | xo | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.90 | q |
| 14 | A | Zuzana Kováčiková | Czech Republic | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 1.90 | |
| 15 | B | Angela Bradburn | United States | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.90 | |
| 16 | B | Pia Zinck | Denmark | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 1.90 | NR |
| 17 | A | Zhang Liwen | China | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | SB |
| 17 | B | Mária Melová | Slovakia | – | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 19 | A | Sieglinde Cadusch | Switzerland | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 20 | A | Svetlana Zalevskaya | Kazakhstan | – | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 21 | A | Michelle Dunkley | Great Britain | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 21 | A | Karol Jenkins | United States | – | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 21 | A | Solange Witteveen | Argentina | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 21 | B | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 25 | B | Dóra Győrffy | Hungary | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.08 | Result | Notes |
| | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.02 | WL |
| | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.00 | NR |
| | Hanne Haugland | Norway | o | xo | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.00 | NR |
| 4 | Alina Astafei | Germany | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.95 | SB |
| 5 | Ioamnet Quintero | Cuba | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.95 | SB |
| 6 | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | NR |
| 7 | Viktoriya Fyodorova | Russia | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | SB |
| 8 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | NR |
| 9 | Olga Bolşova | Moldova | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 9 | Monica Iagăr | Romania | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 9 | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 12 | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 13 | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | |