1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 31, 1991.

The winning margin was 7 cm which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the women's high jump at these championships.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.1991 – 10:20h	29.08.1991 – 10:20h
Final Round
31.08.1991 – 16:00h

Results

Qualifying round

Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Alison Inverarity	Australia	1.90	q
2	A	Yelena Yelesina	Soviet Union	1.88	q
3	A	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	1.88	q
4	A	Šárka Nováková	Czechoslovakia	1.88	q
5	A	Heike Balck	Germany	1.88	q
6	A	Svetlana Leseva	Bulgaria	1.86
7	A	Yolanda Henry	United States	1.83
7	A	Donata Jancewicz	Poland	1.83
7	A	Megumi Sato	Japan	1.83
10	A	Tisha Waller	United States	1.83
11	A	Lucienne N'Da	Ivory Coast	1.79
12	A	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	1.79
13	A	Þórdís Gísladóttir	Iceland	1.79
14	A	Leslie Estwick	Canada	1.75
1	B	Heike Henkel	Germany	1.90	q
1	B	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	1.90	q
1	B	Inha Babakova	Soviet Union	1.90	q
4	B	Birgit Kähler	Germany	1.90	q
5	B	Beata Hołub	Poland	1.90	q
6	B	Vanessa Ward	Australia	1.88	q
7	B	Judit Kovács	Hungary	1.88	q
8	B	Orlane Maria dos Santos	Brazil	1.86
9	B	Debbie Marti	Great Britain	1.86
10	B	Sue Rembao	United States	1.86
11	B	Tania Murray-Dixon	New Zealand	1.79
12	B	Jana Brenkusová	Czechoslovakia	1.79
13	B	Sigrid Kirchmann	Austria	1.75
14	B	Margarida Moreno	Andorra	1.70
	B	Vermilita Phillip	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NM

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1.84	1.87	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.98	2.00	2.02	2.05	2.07	Result
	Heike Henkel	Germany	–	o	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.05
	Yelena Yelesina	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xx-	x			1.98
	Inha Babakova	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.96
4	Beata Hołub	Poland	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx					1.96
5	Birgit Kähler	Germany	o	o	o	o	xxx						1.93
6	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	o	xo	o	o	xxx						1.93
7	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.93
8	Judit Kovács	Hungary	o	o	o	xxx							1.90
9	Šárka Nováková	Czechoslovakia											1.90
10	Vanessa Ward	Australia											1.90
11	Alison Inverarity	Australia											1.87
12	Heike Balck	Germany											1.84