2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the 2013 World Championships

Winner Svetlana Shkolina and bronze medalist Ruth Beitia
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates 15 August (qualification)
17 August (final)
Competitors 27 from 21 nations
Winning height 2.03 m (6 ft 734 in)
Medalists
 
 
 
Events at the
2013 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August.[1]

It took 1.92 to make the final. In the final, 6 cleared 1.97, world leader and Olympic silver medalist Brigetta Barrett, Olympic gold medalist and defending champion Anna Chicherova and European indoor champion Ruth Beitia still perfect. But at 2.00, only Barrett and Olympic bronze medalist Svetlana Shkolina made it, both on the first attempt, giving Barrett the lead and leaving Chicherova and Beitia tied for bronze. At 2.03, Shkolina reversed that position with a first attempt clearance. Barrett had no answer.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[2]

World record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Championship record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
World leading  Brigetta Barrett (USA) 2.04 Des Moines, United States 22 June 2013
African record  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06 Paris, France 31 August 2003
Asian record  Marina Aitova (KAZ) 1.99 Athens, Greece 13 July 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Chaunté Howard Lowe (USA) 2.05 Des Moines, United States 26 June 2010
South American record  Solange Witteveen (ARG) 1.96 Oristano, Italy 8 September 1997
European record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Oceanian record  Vanessa Browne-Ward (AUS) 1.98 Perth, Australia 12 February 1989
 Alison Inverarity (AUS) Ingolstadt, Germany 17 July 1994

Schedule

Date Time Round
15 August 2013 09:40 Qualification
17 August 2013 18:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[3]

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.78 1.83 1.88 1.92 Mark Notes
1 A Irina Gordeeva  Russia (RUS) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) o o 1.92 q
1 A Alessia Trost  Italy (ITA) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Emma Green Tregaro  Sweden (SWE) o o 1.92 q
1 B Svetlana Shkolina  Russia (RUS) o o 1.92 q
1 B Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania (LTU) o o o o 1.92 q
1 B Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o o 1.92 q
8 B Brigetta Barrett  United States (USA) xxo o o 1.92 q
8 A Zheng Xingjuan  China (CHN) o xxo o 1.92 q, SB
10 B Kamila Stepaniuk  Poland (POL) o o xo xo 1.92 q
11 A Justyna Kasprzycka  Poland (POL) o o xxo 1.92 q
11 A Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o xxo 1.92 q
11 A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o xxo 1.92 q
14 A Nadiya Dusanova  Uzbekistan (UZB) o o xxx 1.88
15 A Oksana Okuneva  Ukraine (UKR) o xo o xxx 1.88
16 B Maayan Furman-Shahaf  Israel (ISR) o o xo xxx 1.88
16 B Anna Iljuštšenko  Estonia (EST) o xo xxx 1.88
18 A Inika McPherson  United States (USA) xxo xo xxx 1.88
19 B Ana Šimić  Croatia (CRO) xo xo xxo xxx 1.88
20 B Barbara Szabó  Hungary (HUN) o o xxx 1.83
20 B Burcu Yüksel  Turkey (TUR) o o xxx 1.83
20 B Antonia Stergiou  Greece (GRE) o o xxx 1.83
20 B Yelena Slesarenko  Russia (RUS) o o xxx 1.83
24 B Jeanelle Scheper  Saint Lucia (LCA) xo o xxx 1.83
25 A Marina Aitova  Kazakhstan (KAZ) o xo xxx 1.83
26 B Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o xxo xxx 1.83
27 A Miyuki Fukumoto  Japan (JPN) o xxx 1.78

Final

Gold medalist Svetlana Shkolina

The final was started at 18:00.[4]

Rank Name Nationality 1.89 1.93 1.97 2.00 2.03 2.05 Mark Notes
1st Svetlana Shkolina  Russia (RUS) o xo o o o xx- 2.03 PB
2nd Brigetta Barrett  United States (USA) o o o o xxx 2.00
3rd Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o o xxx 1.97
3rd Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) o o o xxx 1.97
5 Emma Green Tregaro  Sweden (SWE) o xo xo xxx 1.97 SB
6 Justyna Kasprzycka  Poland (POL) o o xxo xxx 1.97 PB
7 Kamila Stepaniuk  Poland (POL) o o xxx 1.93
7 Alessia Trost  Italy (ITA) o o xxx 1.93
9 Zheng Xingjuan  China (CHN) o xo xxx 1.93 SB
9 Irina Gordeeva  Russia (RUS) o xo xxx 1.93
11 Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) o xxx 1.89
12 Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania (LTU) xo xxx 1.89
13 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) xxx NM

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