1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 4 and 5 March.

## Medallists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria (BUL) | Tamara Bykova Soviet Union (URS) | Heike Redetzky West Germany (FRG) |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 1.84 metres (Q) or the best 12 (q) qualified for the final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Megumi Sato | Japan | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Kim Hee-sun | South Korea | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Hanne Haugland | Norway | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Yolanda Henry | United States | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Gail Kapernick | Australia | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Jan Chesbro-Wohlschlag | United States | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Madely Beaugendre | France | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Alina Astafei | Romania | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Dimitrina Miloucheva | Bulgaria | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | 1.84 | Q |
| 1 | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | 1.84 | Q |
| 14 | Biljana Petrović | Yugoslavia | 1.84 | Q |
| 15 | Krisztina Solti | Hungary | 1.84 | Q |
| 16 | Natalia Jonckheere | Belgium | 1.84 | Q |
| 17 | Su Chun-yueh | Chinese Taipei | 1.84 | Q, NR |
| 17 | Heike Redetzky | West Germany | 1.84 | Q |
| 19 | Cristina Fink | Mexico | 1.84 | Q |
| 20 | Niki Bakoyianni | Greece | 1.79 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.02 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | 2.02 | |
| | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | | 2.00 | |
| | Heike Redetzky | West Germany | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.94 | |
| 4 | Biljana Petrović | Yugoslavia | o | o | o | o | xo | xx | | | 1.94 | NR |
| 5 | Jan Chesbro-Wohlschlag | United States | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.91 | |
| 6 | Gail Kapernick | Australia | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.91 | PB |
| 7 | Madely Beaugendre | France | xxo | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.91 | |
| 8 | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | o | o | o | xo | xx | | | | 1.91 | |
| 9 | Yolanda Henry | United States | xo | xo | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 1.91 | |
| 10 | Alina Astafei | Romania | o | o | o | xxo | | | | | 1.91 | |
| 11 | Hanne Haugland | Norway | o | xxo | o | xx | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 12 | Natalia Jonckheere | Belgium | xo | xo | xo | xx | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 13 | Megumi Sato | Japan | o | o | x | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 13 | Dimitrina Miloucheva | Bulgaria | | o | xx | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 13 | Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | France | o | o | x | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 16 | Krisztina Solti | Hungary | xo | o | xx | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 17 | Kim Hee-sun | South Korea | o | xxo | xx | | | | | | 1.85 | |
| 18 | Cristina Fink | Mexico | | | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
| | Su Chun-yueh | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | NM | |
