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.^[1]

Women's high jump at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 16-17
Competitors	24 from 14 nations
Winning height	1.82
Medalists
Miloslava Rezková  Czechoslovakia Antonina Lazareva  Soviet Union Valentyna Kozyr  Soviet Union
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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

References

1. "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.