2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates1 March
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning height2.01
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2016
2022  

The women's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018. [1] [2]

Contents

With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the Women shared center stage with the Men's high jump.

Summary

Russian Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, led the field of thirteen women that year through her clearance of 2.04 m (6 ft 8+14 in) at the Stalingrad Cup. [3] She was the strong favourite, having gone unbeaten since 2016 and as the two-time reigning World Champion outdoors. American Vashti Cunningham returned to defend her title and 2017 World runner-up, Yuliya Levchenko of Ukraine, also entered the event.

The overall performance of the field was poor. Seven athletes were eliminated after clearing the opening height of 1.84 m (6 ft 14 in) only. Levchenko and Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria were eliminated next, with three failures at 1.93 m (6 ft 3+34 in). Of the remaining four athletes only Lasitskene had achieved a clean scorecard after three heights. She then cleared the following height of 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), which none of the other athletes managed to achieve, becoming world indoor champion for a second time. The 20-year-old Cunningham took the silver medal by virtue of having only one failure before that height. Alessia Trost of Italy edged out Great Britain's Morgan Lake on countback to win the bronze medal – her first at senior world level. Lasitskene ended the competition on her own, clearing 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) before three failed attempts at a personal best and the championship record of Stefka Kostadinova (unbeaten since 1987). [4]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World indoor record Flag of Sweden.svg  Kajsa Bergqvist  (SWE)2.08 Arnstadt, Germany 4 February 2006
Championship record Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)2.05 Indianapolis, United States 8 March 1987
World LeadingANA flag (2017).svg  Mariya Lasitskene  (ANA)2.04 Volgograd, Russia 27 January 2018

Results

The final was started at 18:45. [5]

RankNameNationality1.841.891.931.962.012.07MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mariya Lasitskene ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)ooooxoxxx2.01
Silver medal icon.svg Vashti Cunningham Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)ooxoxxx1.93
Bronze medal icon.svg Alessia Trost Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)xooxoxxx1.93SB
4 Morgan Lake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)xxooxoxxx1.93SB
5 Yuliya Levchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxoxxx1.89
6 Mirela Demireva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)oxxoxxx1.89
7 Erika Kinsey Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oxxx1.84
7 Iryna Gerashchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxxx1.84
7 Inika McPherson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oxxx1.84
10 Sofie Skoog Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)xoxxx1.84
10 Michaela Hrubá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)xoxxx1.84
10 Levern Spencer Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)xoxxx1.84
13 Yorgelis Rodríguez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)xxoxxx1.84

References

  1. "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. Juck, Alfons (2018-01-28). Mariya Lasitskene clears 2.04 meters in Volgograd. RunBlogRun. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  4. High Jump women IAAF World Indoor Championships GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. Birmingham, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 01 MAR 2018 - 04 MAR 2018. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  5. Final results