Women's high jump at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 10 August (qualification) 12 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 2.03 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2017 World Championships | ||
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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 | women |
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 competition at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10–12 August. [1]
In the final, three were perfect to 1.95 metres, 2017 number one Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER). Three others made it over 1.95 metres to stay in the competition. At 1.97 metres, both Lasitskene and Levchenko remained perfect. On her final attempt Kamila Lićwinko (POL) made it to define the medalists. Lićwinko mixed up the order by jumping 1.99 metres on her first attempt. Levchenko remained perfect to hold the lead, but when Lasitskene missed her first attempt, she dropped to third. Strategically passing to 2.01 metres, Lasitskene cleared it on her first attempt after Lićwinko had missed, to move into silver medal position. That turned into gold after Levchenko missed her first attempt. Lićwinko missed her second attempt and dropped to bronze when Levchenko made hers. Lićwinko passed for one heroic jump at 2.03 metres for the win. She missed, Lasitskene made it, then Levchenko missed three in a row to end the competition. Lasitskene took three shots at 2.08 metres.
Lasitskene was the first Authorised Neutral Athlete to win a gold medal. For the medal ceremony, the IAAF anthem was played as a substitute.
Before the competition records were as follows: [2]
Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
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World | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() | 30 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
Championship | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() | 30 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
World leading | 2.06 | Maria Lasitskene | ![]() | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
African | 2.06 | Hestrie Cloete | ![]() | 31 Aug 2003 | Paris, France |
Asian | 1.99 | Marina Aitova | ![]() | 13 Jul 2009 | Athens, Greece |
NACAC | 2.05 | Chaunté Howard Lowe | ![]() | 26 Jun 2010 | Des Moines, United States |
South American | 1.96 | Solange Witteveen | ![]() | 8 Sep 1997 | Oristano, Italy |
European | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() | 30 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
Oceanian | 1.98 | Vanessa Browne-Ward | ![]() | 12 Feb 1989 | Perth, Australia |
Alison Inverarity | ![]() | 17 Jul 1994 | Ingolstadt, Germany |
No records were set at the competition. [3]
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.94 metres. [4]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: [5]
Date | Time | Round |
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10 August | 19:10 | Qualification |
12 August | 19:05 | Final |
The qualification round took place on 10 August, in two groups, both starting at 19:10. [6] Athletes attaining a mark of 1.94 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: [7]
The final took place on 12 August at 19:05. The results were as follows: [8]
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.08 | Mark | Notes |
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![]() | Mariya Lasitskene | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | x- | o | o | xxx | 2.03 | |
![]() | Yuliya Levchenko | ![]() | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.01 | PB | |
![]() | Kamila Lićwinko | ![]() | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | o | xx- | x | 1.99 | SB | |
4 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
5 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | ![]() | o | o | xo | o | xxx | SB | |||||
6 | Morgan Lake | ![]() | o | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||||
7 | Airinė Palšytė | ![]() | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | ||||||
Mirela Demireva | ![]() | o | o | o | xxx | SB | |||||||
9 | Inika McPherson | ![]() | - | xo | o | xxx | |||||||
10 | Vashti Cunningham | ![]() | o | o | xxo | xxx | |||||||
11 | Michaela Hrubá | ![]() | o | xo | xxo | xxx | |||||||
12 | Ruth Beitia | ![]() | o | o | xxx | 1.88 | |||||||
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