2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 27 August (qualification)
29 August (final)
Competitors 30 from 22 nations
Winning height 2.01
Medalists
 Mariya Kuchina  Russia
 Blanka Vlašić  Croatia
 Anna Chicherova  Russia
Events at the
2015 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
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The women's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.[1][2]

It took 1.92 to make the finals, eight competitors made it cleanly. In the finals, only 8 made 1.92, Ana Šimić, Doreen Amata and Levern Spencer who had made it clean in qualification, missed three times. 1.95 lost Jeanelle Scheper and Eleanor Patterson but the remaining six all made it through three heights to 1.99. Two time champion Blanka Vlašić looked like the her dominant self from six years earlier with a large clearance at 2.01 but she had one bobble at 1.92. Mariya Kuchina whose best achievement had been a tie for the World Indoor Championship, cleared it next as a personal best, but she was still clean. The 2012 Olympic Champion Anna Chicherova cleared it on her second attempt. Kamila Lićwinko (the other half of that tie), returning bronze medalist Ruth Beitia and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch were unable to make 2.01 so the medals were settled. The bar went up to 2.03 but nobody could make it, so the results were decided by the count back. Chicherova needed two attempts at the winning height, so she finished third. Of the two who made it their first time, that mistake earlier in the competition gave Vlašić another silver medal (her fourth in major competition) while Kuchina's perfect series was rewarded with the gold medal.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

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  Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.03 Lausanne, Switzerland 9 July 2015
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

Qualification standards

Entry standards[5]
1.94

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 August 2015 09:35 Qualification
29 August 2015 18:30 Final

Results

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

Qualification

Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[6]

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 Mark Notes
1 B Ana Šimić  Croatia (CRO) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) – o o o 1.92 q
1 A Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) – o o o 1.92 q
1 A Doreen Amata  Nigeria (NGR) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o o o 1.92 q
1 B Mariya Kuchina  Russia (RUS) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o o 1.92 q
1 B Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) – o o o 1.92 q
9 B Eleanor Patterson  Australia (AUS) – o xo o 1.92 q
9 B Kamila Lićwinko  Poland (POL) – o xo o 1.92 q
11 B Jeanelle Scheper  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o xxo o 1.92 q
12 B Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o xo o xo 1.92 q
13 B Svetlana Radzivil  Uzbekistan (UZB) o o xo xxo 1.92 q
14 A Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania (LTU) o o o xxx 1.89
14 A Morgan Lake  Great Britain (GBR) o o o xxx 1.89
14 B Oksana Okuneva  Ukraine (UKR) o o o xxx 1.89
14 B Sofie Skoog  Sweden (SWE) o o o xxx 1.89
18 A Erika Kinsey  Sweden (SWE) o xo o xxx 1.89
19 B Isobel Pooley  Great Britain (GBR) o o xo xxx 1.89
19 B Oldřiška Marešová  Czech Republic (CZE) o o xo xxx 1.89
21 A Lissa Labiche  Seychelles (SEY) o xo xxo xxx 1.89
22 B Priscilla Frederick  Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) o o xxx 1.85
23 A Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine (UKR) xo o xxx 1.85
24 B Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine (UKR) o xo xxx 1.85
25 A Eleriin Haas  Estonia (EST) o xxo xxx 1.85
26 A Zheng Xingjuan  China (CHN) o xxx 1.80
26 B Barbara Szabó  Hungary (HUN) o xxx 1.80
28 A Venelina Veneva-Mateeva  Bulgaria (BUL) xo xxx 1.80
29 A Chaunté Lowe  United States (USA) xxx NM
29 A Valentina Liashenko  Georgia (GEO) xxx NM

Final

The final started at 18:30.[7]

Rank Name Nationality 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.03 Mark Notes
1st Mariya Kuchina  Russia (RUS) o o o o o o xxx 2.01 PB
2nd Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) o xo o o o o xxx 2.01 SB
3rd Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) o – o xo o xo xxx 2.01
4 Kamila Lićwinko  Poland (POL) o o o o o xxx 1.99 =NR
5 Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o xo o o xxx 1.99
6 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o x– xo xxx 1.99 PB
7 Jeanelle Scheper  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o xxx 1.92
8 Eleanor Patterson  Australia (AUS) xo o xxx 1.92
9 Ana Šimić  Croatia (CRO) o xxx 1.88
9 Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o xxx 1.88
9 Svetlana Radzivil  Uzbekistan (UZB) o xxx 1.88
12 Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) xo xxx 1.88
12 Doreen Amata  Nigeria (NGR) xo xxx 1.88

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "REPORT: WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Records & Lists – high jump". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. ↑ Qualification results
  7. ↑ Final results
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