1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The Women's High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault...

in Paris, France was held on March 8, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:... Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... (BUL)
Silver	Inha Babakova Inha Babakova Inha Babakova . is a former high jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. Her personal best is 2.05 metres.-References:*... Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... (UKR)
Bronze	Hanne Haugland Hanne Haugland Hanne Haugland is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career.... Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... (NOR)

Final

Rank	1.85	1.90	1.95	1.98	2.00	2.02	2.08	Result	Notes
	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.02	WL
	o	o	o	o	o	xxx		2.00	NR
	o	xo	o	xxo	o	xxx		2.00	NR
4	o	o	o	xxx				1.95	SB
5	xo	o	o	xxx				1.95	SB
6	o	o	xo	xxx				1.95	NR
7	o	o	xxo	xxx				1.95	SB
8	o	xo	xxo	xxx				1.95	NR
9	o	o	xxx					1.90
9	o	o	xxx					1.90
9	o	o	xxx					1.90
12	xo	o	xxx					1.90
13	o	xxx						1.85

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