Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Venue

Beijing National Stadium

Dates

21 August 2008 (qualification)
23 August 2008 (final)

Competitors

31 from 24 nations

Winning distance

2.05

Medalists

	Tia Hellebaut	Belgium
	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia
	Anna Chicherova	Russia

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21–23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 1.95 m (A standard) and 1.91 m (B standard).^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
Olympic record	Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)	2.06	Athens, Greece	28 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification criteria: 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.93	Result	Notes
1	B	Marina Aitova	Kazakhstan	o	o	o	o	1.93	q
1	B	Ruth Beitia	Spain	o	o	o	o	1.93	q
1	A	Tia Hellebaut	Belgium	-	o	o	o	1.93	q
1	B	Vita Styopina	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	1.93	q
5	B	Antonietta Di Martino	Italy	xo	o	o	o	1.93	q
5	A	Ariane Friedrich	Germany	-	o	xo	o	1.93	q
7	B	Iva Straková	Czech Republic	o	o	xxo	o	1.93	q
8	B	Chaunte Howard	United States	o	o	o	xo	1.93	q
8	A	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	-	o	o	xo	1.93	q
8	A	Svetlana Shkolina	Russia	o	o	o	xo	1.93	q
8	B	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	o	o	o	xo	1.93	q
12	A	Anna Chicherova	Russia	o	o	xo	xo	1.93	q
13	B	Emma Green	Sweden	o	o	o	xxo	1.93	q
14	A	Romana Dubnová	Czech Republic	o	xo	o	xxo	1.93	q
14	B	Yelena Slesarenko	Russia	o	o	xo	xxo	1.93	q
16	A	Doreen Amata	Nigeria	o	o	o	xxx	1.89
16	B	Melanie Skotnik	France	o	o	o	xxx	1.89
18	A	Svetlana Radzivil	Uzbekistan	o	xo	o	xxx	1.89
19	A	Amy Acuff	United States	o	o	xo	xxx	1.89
19	B	Nicole Forrester	Canada	o	o	xo	xxx	1.89
21	B	Anna Iljustsenko	Estonia	o	xxo	xo	xxx	1.89
22	A	Xingjuan Zheng	China	xo	o	xxo	xxx	1.89
23	A	Karina Vnukova	Lithuania	o	o	xxx		1.85
24	A	Sharon Day	United States	xo	o	xxx		1.85
24	A	Antonia Stergiou	Greece	xo	o	xxx		1.85
26	B	Nadiya Dusanova	Uzbekistan	xxo	o	xxx		1.85
27	B	Levern Spencer	Saint Lucia	-	xo	xxx		1.85
28	A	Yekaterina Yevseyeva	Kazakhstan	o	xxo	xxx		1.85
29	A	Noeng-Ruthai Chaipech	Thailand	o	xxx			1.80
29	A	Inna Gliznuta	Moldova	o	xxx			1.80
99 !	B	Tatiana Efimenko	Kyrgyzstan	xxx				0.00 !NM
99 !	B	Romary Rifka	Mexico	xxx				0.00 !NM

NM - No Mark

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.89	1.93	1.96	1.99	2.01	2.03	2.05	2.07	Height	Notes
01 !	Tia Hellebaut	Belgium	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	xo	o	x--	2.05	NR
02 !	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.05
03 !	Anna Chicherova	Russia	o	o	o	xo	xxo	o	o	xxx		2.03	=PB
4	Yelena Slesarenko	Russia	o	o	xo	xo	xo	xo	xxx			2.01
5	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	o	o	o	xo	xo	xx-	x			1.99
6	Chaunte Howard	United States	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx				1.99	SB
7	Ariane Friedrich	Germany	o	-	o	o	xxx					1.96
7	Ruth Beitia	Spain	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.96
9	Emma Green	Sweden	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.96	SB
10	Marina Aitova	Kazakhstan	o	o	o	xxx						1.93
10	Antonietta Di Martino	Italy	o	o	o	xxx						1.93
12	Iva Straková	Czech Republic	o	o	xxo	xxx						1.93
12	Vita Styopina	Ukraine	o	o	xxo	xxx						1.93
14	Svetlana Shkolina	Russia	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.93
15	Romana Dubnová	Czech Republic	o	xo	x-							1.89

NR = National Record / PB = Personal Best / SB = Season Best

References

↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

High jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Olympic champions in women's high jump

1928: Ethel Catherwood (CAN)
1932: Jean Shiley (USA)
1936: Ibolya Csák (HUN)
1948: Alice Coachman (USA)
1952: Esther Brand (RSA)
1956: Mildred McDaniel (USA)
1960: Iolanda Balaș (ROU)
1964: Iolanda Balaș (ROU)
1968: Miloslava Rezková (TCH)
1972: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
1976: Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)
1980: Sara Simeoni (ITA)
1984: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
1988: Louise Ritter (USA)
1992: Heike Henkel (GER)
1996: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
2000: Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
2004: Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)
2008: Tia Hellebaut (BEL)
2012: Anna Chicherova (RUS)

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