# Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on Friday August 10, 1984.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany |
| Silver | Sara Simeoni Italy |
| Bronze | Joni Huntley United States |

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) | 2.07 m | July 20, 1984 | Berlin, East Germany |
| Olympic Record | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.97 m | July 26, 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics |||||
| Olympic Record | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 2.00 m | August 9, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Olympic Record | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 2.02 m | August 9, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |

## Results
### Qualification

* Held on Thursday August 9, 1984
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.90 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | – | o | o | o | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 1 | A | Heike Redetzky | West Germany | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 1 | A | Christine Stanton | Australia | – | – | o | o | o | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 1 | B | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | – | o | o | o | o | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 1 | B | Sara Simeoni | Italy | – | – | o | o | o | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 6 | B | Pam Spencer | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 7 | B | Joni Huntley | United States | – | o | xo | xo | o | o | 1.90 | Q |
| 8 | B | Diana Elliott | Great Britain | – | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.90 | Q |
| 9 | A | Debbie Brill | Canada | – | – | o | xo | o | xo | 1.90 | Q |
| 9 | A | Yang Wenqin | China | – | – | o | xo | o | xo | 1.90 | Q |
| 11 | A | Louise Ritter | United States | – | – | o | o | xxo | xo | 1.90 | Q |
| 11 | B | Vanessa Browne | Australia | – | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 1.90 | Q |
| 13 | A | Niculina Vasile | Romania | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | 1.90 | Q |
| 13 | B | Zheng Dazhen | China | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | 1.90 | Q |
| 15 | A | Brigitte Holzapfel | West Germany | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | 1.90 | Q |
| 16 | A | Lidija Lapajne | Yugoslavia | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.87 | |
| 17 | B | Hisayo Fukumitsu | Japan | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.87 | |
| 18 | A | Megumi Sato | Japan | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.84 | |
| 19 | A | Judy Simpson | Great Britain | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.84 | |
| 20 | A | Brigitte Rougeron | France | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.84 | |
| 21 | B | Ge Ping | China | – | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.84 | |
| 22 | A | Laura Agront | Puerto Rico | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 22 | B | Chris Soetewey | Belgium | – | o | o | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 24 | A | Disa Gísladóttir | Iceland | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 24 | B | Liliana Arigoni | Argentina | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 26 | B | Isabel Mozún | Spain | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.75 | |
| 27 | B | Brigitte Reid | Canada | o | xxx | | | | | 1.70 | |
| 27 | B | Constance Senghor | Senegal | o | xxx | | | | | 1.70 | |
| 29 | A | Liu Yen-chiu | Chinese Taipei | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.70 | |
| | B | Marjon Wijnsma | Netherlands | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

* Held on August 10, 1984
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.07 | Result | Notes |
| | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.02 | OR |
| | Sara Simeoni | Italy | – | o | o | – | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| | Joni Huntley | United States | – | o | xo | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.97 | |
| 4 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.94 | |
| 5 | Debbie Brill | Canada | – | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 1.94 | |
| 6 | Vanessa Browne | Australia | o | o | xxo | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.94 | |
| 7 | Zheng Dazhen | China | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.91 | |
| 8 | Louise Ritter | United States | – | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.91 | |
| 9 | Diana Elliott | Great Britain | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 9 | Yang Wenqin | China | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 11 | Heike Redetzky | West Germany | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 11 | Pam Spencer | United States | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 11 | Christine Stanton | Australia | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 11 | Niculina Vasile | Romania | – | o | o | – | xxx | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 11 | Brigitte Holzapfel | West Germany | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.85 | |