Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes and one non starter. The qualification mark was set at 1.92 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Heike Henkel Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Galina Astafei Romania |
| Bronze | Ioamnet Quintero Cuba |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

| World Record | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | Rome (ITA) | August 30, 1987 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | 2.03 | Louise Ritter | Seoul (KOR) | September 30, 1988 |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.90 | 1.92 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Heike Henkel | Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | A | Galina Astafei | Romania | – | – | – | – | xo | o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 4 | B | Ioamnet Quintero | Cuba | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 6 | A | Birgit Kähler | Germany | – | – | – | o | o | xo | o | xo | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 6 | B | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | A | Alison Inverarity | Australia | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | xo | xo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | B | Olga Turchak | Unified Team | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 10 | A | Silvia Costa | Cuba | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 10 | B | Tatyana Shevchik | Unified Team | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 12 | A | Donata Jancewicz | Poland | – | – | – | o | – | xo | o | o | o | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 13 | A | Tanya Hughes | United States | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | o | xxo | xo | 1.92 | Q |
| 14 | A | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 15 | B | Sigrid Kirchmann | Austria | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 16 | B | Megumi Sato | Japan | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 17 | B | Beata Hołub | Poland | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | – | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 17 | B | Judit Kovács | Hungary | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 19 | B | Sue Rembao | United States | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 20 | B | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | – | – | – | o | o | xo | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 21 | A | Sandrine Fricot | France | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 22 | B | Antonella Bevilacqua | Italy | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 23 | A | Katarzyna Majchrzak | Poland | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.88 | |
| 24 | B | Niki Bakogianni | Greece | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
| 25 | A | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
| 25 | A | Šárka Kašpárková | Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
| 27 | B | Amber Welty | United States | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
| 28 | A | Marion Goldkamp | Germany | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.86 | |
| 29 | B | Oana Musunoi | Romania | – | – | – | – | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 1.86 | |
| 30 | A | Jo Jennings | Great Britain | – | – | o | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | | 1.86 | |
| 31 | A | Sieglinde Cadusch | Switzerland | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.86 | |
| 32 | A | Olga Bolshova | Unified Team | – | – | – | – | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 33 | A | Niki Gavera | Greece | – | – | xo | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 34 | B | Svetlana Leseva | Bulgaria | – | – | – | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 34 | B | Šárka Nováková | Czechoslovakia | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 36 | B | Cristina Fink | Mexico | – | – | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 37 | A | Lucienne N'Da | Ivory Coast | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.79 | |
| 38 | A | Najuma Fletcher | Guyana | – | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.79 | |
| 39 | A | Charmaine Weavers | South Africa | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.75 | |
| 40 | B | Jaruwan Jenjudkarn | Thailand | – | – | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.75 | |
| 41 | B | Margarida Moreno | Andorra | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.70 | |
| | A | Sriyani Kulawansa | Sri Lanka | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.06 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Heike Henkel | Germany | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | o | o | xxx | 2.02 |
| | Galina Astafei | Romania | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.00 |
| | Ioamnet Quintero | Cuba | o | – | o | o | xo | xo | xx- | x | | 1.97 |
| 4 | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.94 |
| 5 | Sigrid Kirchmann | Austria | – | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.94 |
| 6 | Silvia Costa | Cuba | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.94 |
| 7 | Megumi Sato | Japan | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.91 |
| 8 | Alison Inverarity | Australia | – | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.91 |
| 9 | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.91 |
| 10 | Donata Jancewicz | Poland | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 11 | Birgit Kähler | Germany | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 11 | Tanya Hughes | United States | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 |
| 13 | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.83 |
| 13 | Olga Turchak | Unified Team | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.83 |
| 15 | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.83 |
| 16 | Tatyana Shevchik | Unified Team | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.83 |
