2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (qualification)
29 August (final)
Competitors30 from 22 nations
Winning height2.01
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2013
2017  

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]

Contents

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 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 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09 Rome, Italy30 August 1987
Championship record Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987
World leadingFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Chicherova  (RUS)2.03 Lausanne, Switzerland9 July 2015
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Hestrie Cloete  (RSA)2.06 Paris, France31 August 2003
Asian record Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Marina Aitova  (KAZ)1.99 Athens, Greece13 July 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Chaunté Howard Lowe  (USA)2.05 Des Moines, United States26 June 2010
South American record Flag of Argentina.svg  Solange Witteveen  (ARG)1.96 Oristano, Italy8 September 1997
European record Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Vanessa Browne-Ward  (AUS)1.98 Perth, Australia12 February 1989
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alison Inverarity  (AUS) Ingolstadt, Germany17 July 1994

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
1.94

Schedule

DateTimeRound
27 August 201509:35 Qualification
29 August 201518:30 Final

Results

KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationality1.801.851.891.92MarkNotes
1B Ana Šimić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)oooo1.92 q
1A Anna Chicherova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)ooo1.92 q
1A Blanka Vlašić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)ooo1.92 q
1A Doreen Amata Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)oooo1.92 q
1A Levern Spencer Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)oooo1.92 q
1B Mariya Kuchina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)oooo1.92 q
1A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)oooo1.92 q
1B Ruth Beitia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)ooo1.92 q
9B Eleanor Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)oxoo1.92 q
9B Kamila Lićwinko Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)oxoo1.92 q
11B Jeanelle Scheper Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)ooxxoo1.92 q
12B Mirela Demireva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)oxooxo1.92 q
13B Svetlana Radzivil Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)ooxoxxo1.92 q
14A Airinė Palšytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)oooxxx1.89
14A Morgan Lake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)oooxxx1.89
14B Oksana Okuneva Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oooxxx1.89
14B Sofie Skoog Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oooxxx1.89
18A Erika Kinsey Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oxooxxx1.89
19B Isobel Pooley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)ooxoxxx1.89
19B Oldřiška Marešová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)ooxoxxx1.89
21A Lissa Labiche Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles  (SEY)oxoxxoxxx1.89
22B Priscilla Frederick Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda  (ANT)ooxxx1.85
23A Iryna Herashchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)xooxxx1.85
24B Yuliya Levchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxoxxx1.85
25A Eleriin Haas Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)oxxoxxx1.85
26A Zheng Xingjuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)oxxx1.80
26B Barbara Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)oxxx1.80
28A Venelina Veneva-Mateeva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)xoxxx1.80
A Chaunté Lowe Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xxx NM
A Valentina Liashenko Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)xxx NM

Final

The final started at 18:30. [7]

RankNameNationality1.881.921.951.971.992.012.03MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mariya Kuchina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)oooooo xxx2.01 PB
Silver medal icon.svg Blanka Vlašić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)oxooooo xxx2.01 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Anna Chicherova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)ooxooxoxxx2.01
4 Kamila Lićwinko Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)ooooo xxx1.99=NR
5 Ruth Beitia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)ooxooo xxx1.99
6 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)ooox–xo xxx1.99 PB
7 Jeanelle Scheper Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)oo xxx1.92
8 Eleanor Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)xoo xxx1.92
9 Ana Šimić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)o xxx1.88
9 Mirela Demireva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)o xxx1.88
9 Svetlana Radzivil Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)o xxx1.88
12 Levern Spencer Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)xo xxx1.88
12 Doreen Amata Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)xo xxx1.88

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References

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  2. Start list
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  5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. Qualification results
  7. Final results