Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Thursday, 28 September and Saturday, 30 September.^[1]

Women's high jump at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	28 September 2000 (qualifications) 30 September 2000 (final)
Competitors	37 from 27 nations
Winning height	2.01
Medalists
Yelena Yelesina  Russia Hestrie Cloete  South Africa Kajsa Bergqvist  Sweden Oana Pantelimon  Romania
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Medalists

Gold	Yelena Yelesina   Russia
Silver	Hestrie Cloete   South Africa
Bronze	Kajsa Bergqvist   Sweden
Bronze	Oana Pantelimon   Romania

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
28.09.2000 – 09:45h	28.09.2000 – 09:45h
Final Round
30.09.2000 – 19:00h

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09 m	30 August 1987	Rome, Italy
Olympic Record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.05 m	3 August 1996	Atlanta, United States

Results

All distances shown are in meters.

• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best

Qualifying round

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	1.94	Result	Notes
1	A	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	–	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Viktoriya Palamar	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Yelena Yelesina	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	A	Svetlana Zalevskaya	Kazakhstan	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	Inha Babakova	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	Amewu Mensah	Germany	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
1	B	Eleonora Milusheva	Bulgaria	o	o	o	o	o	1.94	Q
9	A	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	o	o	o	xxo	o	1.94	Q
10	B	Zuzana Hlavoňová	Czech Republic	xxo	o	o	xo	o	1.94	Q
10	B	Monica Iagăr	Romania	o	o	xo	xxo	o	1.94	Q
12	A	Oana Pantelimon	Romania	o	xxo	xo	o	xxo	1.94	Q, SB
12	B	Yoko Ota	Japan	xo	o	xo	xo	xxo	1.94	Q
14	A	Ioamnet Quintero	Cuba	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92
15	A	Svetlana Lapina	Russia	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.92
16	A	Miki Imai	Japan	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx	1.92
17	B	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.92
18	A	Dóra Győrffy	Hungary	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
18	B	Hanne Haugland	Norway	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
20	B	Solange Witteveen	Argentina	o	xo	o	xxx		1.89
21	A	Nelė Žilinskienė	Lithuania	o	o	xo	xxx		1.89
22	A	Marta Mendía	Spain	o	xo	xo	xxx		1.89
23	A	Inna Gliznutsa	Moldova	o	xo	xxo	xxx		1.89
24	B	Karol Damon	United States	o	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.89
25	B	Linda Horvath	Austria	xo	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.89
26	A	Erin Aldrich	United States	o	o	xxx			1.85
26	B	Marina Kuptsova	Russia	o	o	xxx			1.85
28	B	Olga Bolşova	Moldova	o	xo	xxx			1.85
29	B	Iryna Mykhalchenko	Ukraine	o	xxo	xxx			1.85
30	B	Tatyana Shevchik	Belarus	xo	xxo	xxx			1.85
31	B	Amy Acuff	United States	o	xxx				1.80
32	A	Alison Inverarity	Australia	xo	xxx				1.80
33	A	Agni Charalambous	Cyprus	xxo	xxx				1.80
33	B	Niki Bakogianni	Greece	xxo	xxx				1.80
	A	Hristina Kalcheva	Bulgaria	xxx					NM
	A	Karen Beautle	Jamaica	xxx					NM
	A	Līga Kļaviņa	Latvia	xxx					NM
	B	Tatyana Efimenko	Kyrgyzstan	xxx					NM

• NM = no mark
• All four athletes who failed to register a height, had three failures at 1.80 m.

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.99	2.01	2.03	Result	Notes
	Yelena Yelesina	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.01	SB
	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	o	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	2.01	SB
	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	o	o	o	o	xo	x–	xx	1.99
	Oana Pantelimon	Romania	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.99	PB^[2]
5	Inha Babakova	Ukraine	o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.96
6	Svetlana Zalevskaya	Kazakhstan	xo	xo	o	o	xxx			1.96
7	Viktoriya Palamar	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.96
8	Amewu Mensah	Germany	o	o	o	xxx				1.93
9	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	o	o	xo	xxx				1.93
9	Monica Iagăr	Romania	o	o	xo	xxx				1.93
11	Yoko Ota	Japan	o	xo	–	xxx				1.90
11	Zuzana Hlavoňová	Czech Republic	o	xo	xxx					1.90
13	Eleonora Milusheva	Bulgaria	xo	xo	xxx					1.90

References

1. . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
2. Note: The Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad (page 447 of 548) wrongly states that Pantelimon finished fourth, despite having an identical jumping record.

External links

• . XXVII Olympic Games IAAF athletics coverage. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
• . XXVII Olympic Games IAAF athletics coverage. Archived from the original on 21 April 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2007.