1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.1991 – 10:20h	29.08.1991 – 10:20h
Final Round
31.08.1991 – 16:00h

Results

Qualifying round

• Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.79	1.83	1.86	1.88	1.90	Result	Notes
1	A	Alison Inverarity	Australia								1.90	q
2	A	Yelena Yelesina	Soviet Union								1.88	q
3	A	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union								1.88	q
4	A	Šárka Nováková	Czechoslovakia								1.88	q
5	A	Heike Balck	Germany								1.88	q
6	A	Svetlana Leseva	Bulgaria								1.86
7	A	Yolanda Henry	United States								1.83
7	A	Donata Jancewicz	Poland								1.83
7	A	Megumi Sato	Japan								1.83
10	A	Tisha Waller	United States								1.83
11	A	Lucienne N'Da	Ivory Coast								1.79
12	A	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria								1.79
13	A	Þórdís Gísladóttir	Iceland								1.79
14	A	Leslie Estwick	Canada								1.75
1	B	Heike Henkel	Germany								1.90	q
1	B	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria								1.90	q
1	B	Inha Babakova	Soviet Union								1.90	q
4	B	Birgit Kähler	Germany								1.90	q
5	B	Beata Hołub	Poland								1.90	q
6	B	Vanessa Ward	Australia								1.88	q
7	B	Judit Kovács	Hungary								1.88	q
8	B	Orlane Maria dos Santos	Brazil								1.86
9	B	Debbie Marti	Great Britain								1.86
10	B	Sue Rembao	United States								1.86
11	B	Tania Murray-Dixon	New Zealand								1.79
12	B	Jana Brenkusová	Czechoslovakia								1.79
13	B	Sigrid Kirchmann	Austria								1.75
14	B	Margarida Moreno	Andorra								1.70
	B	Vermilita Phillip	Saint Kitts and Nevis								NM

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1.84	1.87	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.98	2.00	2.02	2.05	2.07	Result	Notes
	Heike Henkel	Germany	–	o	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.05
	Yelena Yelesina	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xx-	x			1.98
	Inha Babakova	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.96
4	Beata Hołub	Poland	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx					1.96
5	Birgit Kähler	Germany	o	o	o	o	xxx						1.93
6	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	o	xo	o	o	xxx						1.93
7	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.93
8	Judit Kovács	Hungary	o	o	o	xxx							1.90
9	Šárka Nováková	Czechoslovakia											1.90
10	Vanessa Ward	Australia											1.90
11	Alison Inverarity	Australia											1.87
12	Heike Balck	Germany											1.84

See also

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic High Jump (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)

References

1. "Detailed results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

External links

• Results