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Details: Parent Category: Olympic Games (Athletics); Category: 1980 Olympic Games Moscow - (Athletics); Last Updated: 30 July 2016; Hits: 1957

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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 1.88 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 25, 1980

Date Finished: July 26, 1980

(Competitors: 20; Countries: 13; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva

Overview by IAAF

Ackermann had become the first woman to jump 2.00 in 1977, but was superseded the following year by the elegant Simeoni, who twice cleared 2.01 and beat the German in the European Championships.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.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The American boycott had little effect on the competition as the best jumpers were the defending champion Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) and Italy's Sara Simeoni, the silver medalist in Montréal. Between 1974 and 1977, Ackermann set seven consecutive world records, topped by her performance at the ISTAF Meet in Berlin on 26 August 1977. On that day, she first jumped 1.97 (6-5½) and then became the first woman to jump two metres. But in August 1978, Simeoni broke that record, jumping 2.01 (6-7) twice, the second mark coming when she won the European Championships, defeating Ackermann in the process. These two were the heavy favorites, with Simeoni given a slight edge based on form earlier in 1980. In the final round, seven jumpers were alive after 1.91 metres (6-3¼), but only Simeoni, Urszula Kielan (POL), and Jutta Kirst (GDR) could get over 1.94 (6-4¼). Ackermann, jumping with an injured knee, missed at that height and finished out of the medals in fourth. Only Simeoni could get over 1.97 metres (6-5½), winning the gold medal, with Klein's first-attempt clearance at 1.94 (6-4¼) bringing her the silver medal, as Kirst had missed once at that height.

		Results

*High jump*	Women	Final	26 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.97	Sara Simeoni	Italy	ITA	19 Apr 53
2	1.94	Urszula Kielan	Poland	POL	10 Oct 60
3	1.94	Jutta Kirst	East Germany	GDR	10 Nov 54
4	1.91	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	GDR	4 Apr 52
5	1.91	Marina Sysoyeva	Soviet Union	URS	3 Jun 59
6	1.91	Andrea Bienias	East Germany	GDR	11 Nov 59
6	1.91	Christine Stanton	Australia	AUS	12 Dec 59
8	1.88	Cornelia Popa	Romania	ROU	27 Aug 50
9	1.88	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	URS	21 Dec 58
10	1.85	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	HUN	27 Sep 55
11	1.85	Louise Miller	Great Britain	GBR	9 Mar 60
12	1.80	Christine Soetewey	Belgium	BEL	19 Aug 57
*High jump*	Women	Qualification	25 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.88	Marina Sysoyeva	Soviet Union	URS	3 Jun 59
1	1.88	Urszula Kielan	Poland	POL	10 Oct 60
1	1.88	Rosemarie Ackermann	East Germany	GDR	4 Apr 52
1	1.88	Andrea Mátay	Hungary	HUN	27 Sep 55
5	1.88	Christine Soetewey	Belgium	BEL	19 Aug 57
6	1.88	Louise Miller	Great Britain	GBR	9 Mar 60
7	1.88	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	URS	21 Dec 58
7	1.88	Jutta Kirst	East Germany	GDR	10 Nov 54
7	1.88	Sara Simeoni	Italy	ITA	19 Apr 53
10	1.88	Christine Stanton	Australia	AUS	12 Dec 59
11	1.88	Cornelia Popa	Romania	ROU	27 Aug 50
12	1.88	Andrea Bienias	East Germany	GDR	11 Nov 59
13	1.85	Elżbieta Trylinska	Poland	POL	5 Oct 60
14	1.85	Danuta Bulkowska	Poland	POL	31 Jan 59
15	1.85	Susanne Lorentzon	Sweden	SWE	11 Jun 61
16	1.80	Yordanka Blagoyeva	Bulgaria	BUL	19 Jan 47
16	1.80	Marina Serkova	Soviet Union	URS	12 Sep 61
18	1.80	Ann-Ewa Karlsson	Sweden	SWE	1 Apr 55
19	1.80	Lidija Lapajne	Yugoslavia	YUG	1 Apr 59
	NH	Dia Toutingi	Syria	SYR	3 May 60

Detailed View

Women High Jump Olympic Games Moscow 1980 - Saturday 26.07

Final

Team

Height

175

180

185

188

191

194

197

199

201

202

1. Sara Simeoni

ITA

1.97m

O

XO

XXX

2. Urszula Kielan

POL

1.94m

O

XXX

3. Jutta Kirst

GDR

1.94m

O

XO

O

XXO

XO

XXX

4. Rosemarie Ackermann

GDR

1.91m

O

XXX

5. Marina Sysoeva

URS

1.91m

O

X O

XXX

6. Andrea Reichstein

GDR

1.91m

O

XO

XXX

7. Christine Stanton

AUS

1.91m

O

XO

XXX

8. Cornelia Popa

ROM

1.88m

O

XXX

9. Tamara Bykova

URS

1.88m

O

XO

XXX

10.Andrea Matay

HUN

1.85m

O

XXX

11.Louise Miller

GBR

1.85m

XO

O

XXX

12.Chris Soetewey

BEL

1.80m

O

XXX

Qualification

Friday 25.07

Group A	Team	Height	170	175	180	185	188
1. Marina Sysoeva	URS	1.88m		O	O	O	O
2. Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	1.88m		O	O	O	O
3. Urszula Kielan	POL	1.88m		O	O	O	O
4. Andrea Mátay	HUN	1.88m		O	O	O	O
5. Louise Miller	GBR	1.88m		O	O	XO	O
6. Sara Simeoni	ITA	1.88m		O	O	O	XO
7. Jutta Kirst	GDR	1.88m		O	O	O	XO
8. Tamara Bykova	URS	1.88m		O	O	O	XO
9. Andrea Reichstein	GDR	1.88m		O	O	O	XXO
10.Elzbieta Krawczuk	POL	1.85m		O	O	O	XXX

Group B	Team	Height	170	175	180	185	188
1. Chris Soetewey	BEL	1.88m		O	XO	O	O
2. Christine Stanton	AUS	1.88m	O	O	O	O	O
3. Cornelia Popa	ROM	1.88m		XO	O	XO	XO
4. Danuta Bulkowska	POL	1.85m	O	O	O	O	XXX
5. Susanne Lorentzon	SWE	1.85m	O	O	O	XO	XXX
6. Marina Serkova	URS	1.80m		O	O	XXX
7. Yordanka Blagoeva	BUL	1.80m		O	O	XXX
8. Ann-Ewa Karlsson	SWE	1.80m	O	XO	O	XXX
9. Lidija Benedetic	YUG	1.80m		O	XO	XXX
-. Dia Toutounji	SYR	NM	XXX