# Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The Women's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 24 competitors, with two qualifying groups (24 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday September 30, 1988.

## Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | Rome (ITA) | August 30, 1987 |
| Olympic Record | 2.02 | Ulrike Meyfarth | Los Angeles (USA) | August 10, 1984 |
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Height | OR | WR |
| September 30, 1988 | Final | Louise Ritter (USA) | 2.03m | OR |

## Results
### Qualifying

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.92 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Kim Hee-sun | South Korea | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Megumi Sato | Japan | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | A | Janet Boyle | Great Britain | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | A | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | B | Galina Astafei | Romania | – | o | o | xo | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 7 | A | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | o | o | xo | xo | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | A | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | – | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | B | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | B | Diana Davies | Great Britain | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 11 | B | Louise Ritter | United States | – | – | – | o | xo | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 11 | B | Christine Stanton | Australia | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 13 | A | Heike Redetzky | West Germany | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 14 | A | Vanessa Browne | Australia | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 15 | A | Jin Ling | China | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 16 | B | Jo Jennings | Great Britain | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 17 | B | Liudmyla Avdieienko | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.87 | |
| 18 | B | Coleen Sommer | United States | – | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.87 | |
| 19 | A | Patricia King | United States | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.84 | |
| 20 | B | Madely Beaugendre | France | – | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.84 | |
| 21 | A | Cristina Fink | Mexico | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.84 | |
| 22 | A | Biljana Petrović | Yugoslavia | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 23 | B | Su Chun-yueh | Chinese Taipei | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 24 | A | Lucienne N'Da | Ivory Coast | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.75 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.03 | Result | Notes |
| | Louise Ritter | United States | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | o | 2.03 | OR |
| | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | 2.01 | |
| | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.99 | |
| 4 | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.96 | |
| 5 | Galina Astafei | Romania | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 7 | Christine Stanton | Australia | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 8 | Diana Davies | Great Britain | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 8 | Kim Hui-seon | South Korea | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 10 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 11 | Megumi Sato | Japan | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 12 | Janet Boyle | Great Britain | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.90 | |