| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Height |
Note: Height in meters
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Stefka Kostadinova
Niki Bakoyianni
Inga Babakova |
Bulgaria
Greece
Ukraine |
2.05
2.03
2.01 |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Heike Henkel
Galina Astafei
Joanet Quintero |
Germany
Romania
Cuba |
2.02
2.00
1.97 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Louise Ritter
Stefka Kostadinova
Tamara Bykova |
United States
Bulgaria
Soviet Union |
2.03
2.01
1.99 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ulrike Meyfarth
Sara Simeoni
Joni Huntley |
West Germany
Italy
United States |
2.02
2.00
1.97 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Sara Simeoni
Urszula Kielan
Jutta Kirst |
Italy
Poland
East Germany |
1.97
1.94
1.94 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Rosemarie Ackermann
Sara Simeoni
Yordanka Blagoyeva |
East Germany
Italy
Bulgaria |
1.93
1.91
1.91 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ulrike Meyfarth
Yordanka Blagoyeva
Ilona Gusenbauer |
West Germany
Bulgaria
Austria |
1.92
1.88
1.88 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Miloslava Rezokova
Antonina Okorokova
Valentina Kozyr |
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Soviet Union |
1.82
1.80
1.80 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Iolanda Balas
Michele Brown-Mason
Taisiya Chenchik |
Romania
Australia
Soviet Union |
1.90
1.80
1.78 |
| Rome 1960 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Iolanda Balas
J. Jozwiakowska
Dorothy Shirley |
Romania
Poland
Great Britain |
1.85
1.71
1.71 |
| Melbourne 1956 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Mildred McDaniel
Thelma Hopkins
Maria Pissareyva |
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union |
1.76
1.67
1.67 |
| Helsinki 1952 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Esther Brand
Sheila Lerwill
Aleksandra Chudina |
South Africa
Great Britain
Soviet Union |
1.67
1.65
1.63 |
| London 1948 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alice Coachman
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
Micheline Ostermayer |
United States
Great Britain
France |
1.68
1.68
1.61 |
| Berlin 1936 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ibolya Csak
Dorothy Odam
Elfriede Kaun |
Hungary
Great Britain
Germany |
1.60
1.60
1.60 |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jean Shiley
Babe Didriksen
Eva Dawes |
United States
United States
Canada |
1.65
1.65
1.65 |
| Amsterdam 1928 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ethel Catherwood
Carolina Gisolf
Mildred Wiley |
Canada
Netherlands
United States |
1.59
1.56
1.56 |
