# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Tuesday August 9, 1983.

## Medalists

| Gold | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany (FRG) |
| Bronze | Louise Ritter United States (USA) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 07.08.1983 – ??:??h | 07.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 09.08.1983 – ??:??h ||

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 2.02 m | September 8, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Results
### Qualifying round

* Held on Qualification Sunday 1983-08-07
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.50 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Kerstin Brandt | East Germany | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 1 | A | Coleen Sommer | United States | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 1 | A | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 4 | A | Susanne Helm | East Germany | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 5 | A | Christine Soetewey | Belgium | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 6 | A | Minna Vehmasto | Finland | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 6 | A | Katalin Sterk | Hungary | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 8 | A | Zheng Dazhen | China | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 9 | A | Sara Simeoni | Italy | – | – | o | o | o | xr | 1.84 | |
| 10 | A | Gillian Evans | Great Britain | | | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 11 | A | Gaby Meier-Lindenthal | Switzerland | | | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 11 | A | Brigitte Reid | Canada | | | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 13 | A | Disa Gísladóttir | Iceland | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 13 | A | Megumi Sato | Japan | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 15 | A | Christine Stanton | Australia | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 16 | A | Iona Smith | Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | | | 1.50 | |
| 1 | B | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 2 | B | Louise Ritter | United States | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 3 | B | Andrea Bienias | East Germany | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 4 | B | Debbie Brill | Canada | | | | | | | 1.90 | Q |
| 5 | B | Olga Juha | Hungary | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 6 | B | Larisa Kositsyna | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 7 | B | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 8 | B | Vanessa Browne | Australia | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 8 | B | Silvia Costa | Cuba | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 8 | B | Yang Wenqin | China | | | | | | | 1.87 | q |
| 11 | B | Niculina Vasile | Romania | | | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 12 | B | Emese Bela | Hungary | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 13 | B | Susanne Lorentzon | Sweden | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 14 | B | Lidija Lapajne | Yugoslavia | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 15 | B | Hisayo Fukumitsu | Japan | | | | | | | 1.75 | |
| 16 | B | Kawther Akremi | Tunisia | | | | | | | 1.70 | |
| 17 | B | Klodeta Gjini | Albania | | | | | | | 1.70 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | Result |
| | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.01 |
| | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | x– | xx | 1.99 |
| | Louise Ritter | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 1.95 |
| 4 | Coleen Sommer | United States | – | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 |
| 5 | Kerstin Brandt | East Germany | – | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.95 |
| 6 | Debbie Brill | Canada | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 7 | Susanne Helm | East Germany | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 8 | Olga Juha | Hungary | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 9 | Vanessa Browne | Australia | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 10 | Silvia Costa | Cuba | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 11 | Andrea Bienias | East Germany | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 12 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | – | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 12 | Katalin Sterk | Hungary | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 12 | Minna Vehmasto | Finland | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 15 | Christine Soetewey | Belgium | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 16 | Yang Wenqin | China | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.84 |
| 17 | Larisa Kositsyna | Soviet Union | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 1.80 |
| 18 | Zheng Dazhen | China | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | 1.80 |