Thewomen'shigh jump event at the1985 IAAF World Indoor Games was held at thePalais Omnisports Paris-Bercy on 19 January.[1][2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 2.04 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Stefka Kostadinova |  Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.97 | NR |
 | Susanne Lorentzon |  Sweden | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.94 | NR | |
 | Debbie Brill |  Canada | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||
| Silvia Costa |  Cuba | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||
| Danuta Bułkowska |  Poland | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||
| 6 | Marina Doronina |  Soviet Union | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||
| 7 | Chris Soetewey |  Belgium | o | o | o | xxx | 1.85 | ||||
| 8 | Jolanta Komsa | Poland | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.85 | ||||
| 9 | Madely Beaugendre |  France | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.85 | ||||
| 9 | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.85 | ||||
| 11 | Katrena Johnson |  United States | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||
| 12 | Orlane dos Santos |  Brazil | o | xo | xxx | 1.80 | |||||
| 13 | Diana Davies |  Great Britain | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.80 | |||||
| 14 | Ni Xiuling |  China | o | xxx | 1.75 | ||||||
| 15 | Deanne Bopf |  Australia | xo | xxx | 1.75 | ||||||
| 16 | Marianne Vikne |  Norway | xxo | xxx | 1.75 |
