Women High Jump Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Saturday, 26th July - Gold Medal: Sara Simeoni, Italy
Final
Team
Height
SO
175
180
185
188
191
194
197
199
201
202
1. Sara Simeoni
ITA
1.97m OR
5
O
O
O
O
XO
XXX
2. Urszula Kielan
POL
1.94m
11
O
O
O
O
XXX
3. Jutta Kirst
GDR
1.94m
4
O
O
XO
O
XXO
XO
XXX
4. Rosemarie Ackermann
GDR
1.91m
6
O
O
O
O
O
XXX
5. Marina Sysoeva
URS
1.91m
12
O
O
O
X O
XXX
6. Andrea Reichstein
GDR
1.91m
7
O
O
O
O
XO
XXX
6. Christine Stanton
AUS
1.91m
3
O
O
O
O
XO
XXX
8. Cornelia Popa
ROM
1.88m
2
O
O
O
XXX
9. Tamara Bykova
URS
1.88m
O
O
XO
XXX
10.Andrea Matay
HUN
1.85m
O
XXX
11.Louise Miller
GBR
1.85m
XO
O
O
XXX
12.Chris Soetewey
BEL
1.80m
O
O
XXX
Competitors: 20; Countries: 13; Finalists: 12
Ackermann had become the first woman to jump 2.00 in 1977, but was
superseded the following year by the elegant Simeoni, who twice
cleared 2.01 and beat the German in the European Championships.
Neither was in quite that form in 1980, but the Italian was favoured to
win. The qualifying saw the end of Blagoeva, whose Olympic career
finished with a clearance of only 1.80.
In the final, there were seven jumpers left at the Olympic record
height of 1.94, with Simeoni, Kielan and Ackermann faultless till then.
Ackermann, who was jumping with an injured knee, failed at 1.94 to
place fourth. Simeoni and Kielan had cleared first time, while Kirst
cleared on her second attempt to ensure that all three medallists would
be “floppers”. At 1.97, all three failed first time, and Simeoni then
floated over cleanly on her second jump to win the gold medal, before
three optimistic but not close jumps at 2.02.
ITA
POL
GDR
URS
AUS
ROM
HUN
GBR
BEL
SWE
BUL
YUG
SYR