# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups on Friday August 8, and the final round held on Sunday August 10, 1997.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hanne Haugland Norway (NOR) |
| Silver | Olga Kaliturina Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Inga Babakova Ukraine (UKR) |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.94 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Alina Astafei | Germany | – | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 1 | A | Hanne Haugland | Norway | – | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 1 | A | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | o | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 1 | A | Hestrie Storbeck | South Africa | o | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 1 | B | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia | o | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 6 | A | Inga Babakova | Ukraine | – | xo | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 6 | A | Olga Kaliturina | Russia | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 6 | B | Heike Balck | Germany | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 9 | A | Tatyana Motkova | Russia | o | o | xo | xo | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 10 | B | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | o | o | xo | o | xo | 1.94 | Q |
| 11 | A | Pia Zinck | Denmark | o | o | o | o | xxo | 1.94 | Q, NR |
| 11 | B | Monica Iagăr-Dinescu | Romania | o | o | o | o | xxo | 1.94 | Q |
| 13 | B | Antonella Bevilacqua | Italy | o | o | o | xo | xxo | 1.94 | Q |
| 14 | B | Amy Acuff | United States | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 15 | A | Niki Bakoyianni | Greece | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 16 | A | Solange Witteveen | Argentina | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 17 | B | Çiğdem Arslan | Turkey | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 18 | A | Angela Bradburn | Canada | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 19 | B | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 20 | A | Tatyana Khramova | Belarus | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 21 | B | Zuzana Kováčiková-Hlavoňová | Czech Republic | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 22 | B | Erin Aldrich | United States | xo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 22 | B | Inna Gliznuta | Moldova | xo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 24 | B | Daniela Rath | Germany | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| | A | Oksana Mayboroda | Kyrgyzstan | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Irène Tiéndrebeogo | Burkina Faso | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 1.99 | Result |
| | Hanne Haugland | Norway | o | o | o | o | xxx | o | 1.99 |
| | Olga Kaliturina | Russia | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | 1.96 |
| | Inga Babakova | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | 1.96 |
| 4 | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.96 |
| 5 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 5 | Tatyana Motkova | Russia | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 7 | Antonella Bevilacqua | Italy | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 7 | Alina Astafei | Germany | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 7 | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 10 | Hestrie Storbeck | South Africa | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.90 |
| 10 | Heike Balck | Germany | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.90 |
| 12 | Pia Zinck | Denmark | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.90 |
| 13 | Monica Iagăr−Dinescu | Romania | o | xxx | | | | | 1.85 |