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

The Women's high jump competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 26–28 July.

## Results
### Qualification

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 | |

### Final

| 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 | |