Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
# Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The Women's high jump competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City was held on 16–17 October.

## Results

### Qualifying

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jaroslava Valentová | Czechoslovakia | 1.74 | Q |
| 2 | Ilona Gusenbauer | Austria | 1.74 | Q |
| 2 | Karin Schulze | East Germany | 1.74 | Q |
| 2 | Rita Schmidt-Kirst | East Germany | 1.74 | Q |
| 5 | Valentyna Kozyr | Soviet Union | 1.74 | Q |
| 6 | Mária Faithová | Czechoslovakia | 1.74 | Q |
| 7 | Barbara Inkpen | Great Britain | 1.74 | Q |
| 8 | Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva | Soviet Union | 1.74 | Q |
| 9 | Maria Cipriano | Brazil | 1.74 | Q |
| 9 | Miloslava Rezková | Czechoslovakia | 1.74 | Q |
| 9 | Vera Grushkina | Soviet Union | 1.74 | Q |
| 12 | Ghislaine Barnay | France | 1.74 | Q |
| 13 | Magdolna Komka | Hungary | 1.74 | Q |
| 13 | Snežana Hrepevnik | Yugoslavia | 1.74 | Q |
| 15 | Audrey Reid | Jamaica | 1.71 | |
| 16 | Nicole Denise | France | 1.68 | |
| 17 | Yordanka Blagoeva | Bulgaria | 1.68 | |
| 18 | Katya Lazova | Bulgaria | 1.68 | |
| 19 | Eleanor Montgomery | United States | 1.68 | |
| 20 | Dorothy Shirley | Great Britain | 1.68 | |
| 21 | Virginia Bonci | Romania | 1.65 | |
| 22 | Sharon Callahan | United States | 1.60 | |
| 23 | Anne Lise Wærness | Norway | 1.60 | |
| 24 | Estelle Baskerville | United States | NH | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Best mark | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.84 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Miloslava Rezková (TCH) | 1.82 m | - | o | - | xo | xo | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx |
| | Antonina Lazareva (URS) | 1.80 m | - | - | o | - | o | - | xo | o | xxx | |
| | Valentyna Kozyr (URS) | 1.80 m | - | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | |
| 4 | Jaroslava Valentová (TCH) | 1.78 m | - | o | - | o | - | xo | o | xxx | | |
| 5 | Rita Kirst (GDR) | 1.78 m | - | o | - | o | xxo | o | xo | xxx | | |
| 6 | Mária Faithová (TCH) | 1.78 m | - | xo | - | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | |
| 7 | Karin Schulze (GDR) | 1.76 m | - | o | - | xo | o | o | xxx | | | |
| 8 | Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) | 1.76 m | - | - | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | |
| 9 | Ghislaine Barnay (FRA) | 1.71 m | - | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | |
| 9 | Magdolna Komka (HUN) | 1.71 m | - | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | |
| 11 | Maria Cipriano (BRA) | 1.71 m | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | |
| 12 | Vera Grushkina (URS) | 1.71 m | - | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | |
| 13 | Barbara Inkpen (GBR) | 1.68 m | - | o | o | xxx | | | | | | |
| 14 | Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG) | 1.68 m | - | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | |
