1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's high jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 8 March. There was no qualification round, only a final round.

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.02	2.05	2.09	Result	Notes
	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria								o	xo	xxx	2.05	WR, CR
	Susanne Helm	East Germany								o	r		2.02	NR
	Emilia Dragieva	Bulgaria											2.00
4	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union											1.94
5	Diana Davies	Great Britain											1.91
6	Heike Redetzky	West Germany											1.91
7	Katrena Johnson	United States											1.91
8	Olga Turchak	Soviet Union											1.91
9	Katalin Sterk	Hungary											1.88
9	Rita Graves	United States											1.88
11	Megumi Sato	Japan											1.85
11	Urszula Kielan	Poland											1.85
13	Elżbieta Trylińska	Poland											1.80
	Debbie Brill	Canada											DNS