# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999 at 18:45h.

## Medalists

| Gold | Inga Babakova Ukraine (UKR) |
| Silver | Yelena Yelesina Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Svetlana Lapina Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 27.08.1999 – 18:55h | 27.08.1999 – 18:55h |
| Final Round ||
| 29.08.1999 – 18:45h ||

## Abbreviations

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

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.94 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Inga Babakova | Ukraine | – | o | o | o | o | x | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Tisha Waller | United States | – | o | o | o | o | x | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Yelena Rodina-Gulyayeva | Russia | – | o | o | o | o | x | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Hanne Haugland | Norway | – | o | o | o | o | – | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Viktoriya Styopina | Ukraine | – | o | o | o | o | x | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Zuzana Hlavoňová | Czech Republic | – | o | o | o | o | – | 1.92 | q |
| 7 | B | Yelena Yelesina | Russia | – | o | xo | o | o | – | 1.92 | q |
| 8 | B | Amewu Mensah | Germany | o | o | o | o | xo | – | 1.92 | q |
| 9 | B | Svetlana Lapina | Russia | – | o | o | xxo | xo | – | 1.92 | q |
| 10 | A | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | – | o | o | o | xxo | xx | 1.92 | q |
| 10 | B | Amy Acuff | United States | – | o | o | o | xxo | x | 1.92 | q |
| 12 | B | Monica Dinescu-Iagăr | Romania | – | o | o | xxo | xxo | x | 1.92 | q |
| 13 | B | Svetlana Zalevskaya | Kazakhstan | – | xo | o | xxo | xxo | – | 1.92 | q |
| 14 | A | Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete | South Africa | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 14 | A | Venelina Veneva | Bulgaria | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 14 | A | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 17 | A | Karol Jenkins | United States | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 17 | A | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 19 | A | Olga Bolshova | Moldova | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 19 | B | Marta Mendia | Spain | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 21 | A | Irène Tiéndrebeogo | Burkina Faso | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 22 | A | Kärt Siilats | Estonia | xo | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 23 | B | Miki Imai | Japan | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 24 | A | Linda Horvath | Austria | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 24 | B | Lucie Finez | France | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 26 | A | Yoko Ota | Japan | – | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 26 | B | Nevena Lendjel | Croatia | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 28 | A | Niki Bakogianni | Greece | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 28 | B | Tatyana Shevchik | Belarus | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 30 | B | Solange Witteveen | Argentina | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 31 | B | Ina Gliznuta | Moldova | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 32 | A | Tatiana Efimenko | Kyrgyzstan | – | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 32 | A | Nicole Forrester | Canada | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| | B | Donata Jancewicz-Wawrzyniak | Poland | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | Result |
| | Inga Babakova | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.99 |
| | Yelena Yelesina | Russia | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.99 |
| | Svetlana Lapina | Russia | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.99 |
| 4 | Tisha Waller | United States | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.96 |
| 4 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.96 |
| 4 | Zuzana Hlavoňová | Czech Republic | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.96 |
| 7 | Viktoriya Styopina | Ukraine | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 1.96 |
| 8 | Svetlana Zalevskaya | Kazakhstan | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 9 | Amy Acuff | United States | o | xxo | o | x– | xx | | 1.93 |
| 10 | Hanne Haugland | Norway | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 10 | Monica Dinescu-Iagăr | Romania | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| 12 | Yelena Rodina-Gulyayeva | Russia | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.93 |
| | Amewu Mensah | Germany | xxx | | | | | | NM |