| Events at the 2005 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 event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.
| Gold | Sweden (SWE) |
| Silver | United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Sweden (SWE) |
| World Record | 2.09 m | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 | |
| Championship Record | 2.09 m | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 |
Qualification: 1.93 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q) [1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.10 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kajsa Bergqvist | — | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.02 | WL | ||
| Chaunte Howard | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.00 | =PB | |||
| Emma Green | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.96 | PB | |||||
| 4 | Anna Chicherova | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.96 | |||||
| 5 | Vita Palamar | — | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||
| 6 | Tia Hellebaut | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.93 | SB | |||||
| 7 | Vita Styopina | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.93 | SB | |||||
| 8 | Amy Acuff | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.89 | |||||||
| 9 | Dóra Győrffy | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.89 | |||||||
| 10 | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | o | o | xxx | 1.85 | ||||||||
| 11 | Iva Strakova | xo | o | xxx | 1.85 | ||||||||
| 12 | Iryna Mykhalchenko | o | xo | xxx | 1.85 |