Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's high jump
# Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada with the final on 10 and 11 July 1983.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Tamara Bykova Soviet Union | Silvia Costa Cuba | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée France |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Silvia Costa | Cuba | 1.84 |
| 1 | Yang Wenqin | China | 1.84 |
| 1 | Coleen Sommer | United States | 1.84 |
| 1 | Brigitte Reid | Canada | 1.84 |
| 1 | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | 1.84 |
| 1 | Marina Sysoyeva | Soviet Union | 1.84 |
| 1 | Ann Bair | United States | 1.84 |
| 8 | Biljana Bojović | Yugoslavia | 1.84 |
| 8 | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée | France | 1.84 |
| ? | Julie White | Canada | 1.84 |
| ? | Isabel Mozún | Spain | 1.80 |
| ? | Alessandra Bonfiglioli | Italy | 1.80 |
| ? | Niculina Vasile | Romania | 1.80 |
| 14 | Lucienne N'Da | Ivory Coast | 1.75 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | 1.98 | UR |
| | Silvia Costa | Cuba | 1.98 | UR |
| | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée | France | 1.92 | |
| 4 | Marina Sysoyeva | Soviet Union | 1.90 | |
| 5 | Brigitte Reid | Canada | 1.90 | |
| 6 | Coleen Sommer | United States | 1.90 | |
| 7 | Ann Bair | United States | 1.87 | |
| 8 | Yang Wenqin | China | 1.87 | |
| 9 | Niculina Vasile | Romania | 1.87 | |
| 10 | Isabel Mozún | Spain | 1.84 | =NR |
| 11 | Biljana Bojović | Yugoslavia | 1.84 | |
| 12 | Alessandra Bonfiglioli | Italy | 1.84 | |
| 13 | Julie White | Canada | 1.75 | |
