1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the 1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

• Held on Thursday 1991-08-29

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.79	1.83	1.86	1.88	1.90	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

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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	Notes
	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

• National champions high jump (women)
• 1990 Women's European Championships High Jump (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic High Jump (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)

• Results