| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | |
2,04 |
| 2 | Heike Redetzky | FRG | |
1,97 |
| 3 | Larissa Kosizyna | URS | |
1,97 |
| 4 | Lyudmila Avdeyenko | URS | 1,94 | |
| 5 | Emilia Draguyeva | BUL | 1,91 | |
| 6 | Gabriele Günz | GDR | 1,91 | |
| 7 | Andrea Matay | HUN | 1,88 | |
| Maryse Ewanjé-Epée | FRA | 1,88 | ||
| 9 | Debbie McDowell | GBR | 1,85 | |
| 10 | Madely Beaugendre | FRA | 1,85 | |
| 11 | Jolanta Komsa | POL | 1,85 | |
| 12 | Niki Bakogianni | GRE | 1,85 | |
| 13 | Diana Davies | GBR | 1,80 | |
| Hanne Haugland | NOR | 1,80 | ||
| Katalin Sterk | HUN | 1,80 |