2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the 2022 World Championships
Venue Hayward Field
Dates16 July (qualification)
19 July (final)
Competitors31 from 19 nations
Winning height2.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2019
2023  

The women's high jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 and 19 July 2022. [1]

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Summary

All twelve finalists cleared 1.89m, ten over 1.93m and eight over 1.96m. Iryna Herashchenko, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Elena Vallortigara and Eleanor Patterson all made 1.98m. Patterson took three attempts to make her clearance while Mahuchikh and Vallortigara were tied for the lead with perfect rounds going. At 2 metres, Vallortigara remained perfect, while the other three made it on their second attempts. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7+12 in), Mahuchikh and Herashchenko missed, then Patterson succeeded on her first attempt to tie her National and continental record. When Vallortigara also missed, Patterson moved into first place. Mahuchikh made it on her second attempt, while the others failed. Neither Mahuchikh or Patterson could make 2.04m. Patterson was confirmed as the gold medalist, Mahuchikh silver and Vallortigara bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)2.09 m Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Championship record
World Leading Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslava Mahuchikh  (UKR)2.03 m Brno, Czech Republic 22 June 2022
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Hestrie Cloete  (RSA)2.06 m Saint-Denis, France 31 August 2003
Asian Record Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nadezhda Dubovitskaya  (KAZ)2.00 m Almaty, Kazakhstan 8 June 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Chaunte Lowe  (USA)2.05 m Des Moines, United States 26 June 2010
South American Record Flag of Argentina.svg  Solange Witteveen  (ARG)1.96 m Oristano, Italy 8 September 1997
European Record Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)2.09 m Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nicola McDermott  (AUS)2.02 m Tokyo, Japan 7 August 2021

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.96 m. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
16 July11:10 Qualification
19 July17:40 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 1.95 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [4]


RankGroupNameNationality1.751.811.861.901.931.95MarkNotes
1A Eleanor Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)oooo1.93q
1A Elena Vallortigara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)oooo1.93q
1A Iryna Herashchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oooo1.93q
1A Safina Sadullayeva Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)ooo1.93q, SB
1B Yaroslava Mahuchikh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)ooo1.93q
6B Daniela Stanciu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)ooooxo1.93q, SB
6B Karmen Bruus Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)ooooxo1.93q, PB
8B Nadezhda Dubovitskaya Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)oxoxoxo1.93q
9B Nicola Olyslagers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)oxoxxo1.93q
10A Lamara Distin Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)oooxxx1.90q
10B Kimberly Williamson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)ooooxxx1.90q
10B Lia Apostolovski Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)ooooxxx1.90q
13B Tatiana Gusin Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)xoxooxxx1.90 SB
14B Marija Vuković Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)ooxoxxx1.90
15A Maja Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)oooxxoxxx1.90
15A Yuliya Levchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)ooxxoxxx1.90
17A Rachel McCoy Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oxoxoxxoxxx1.90 SB
18B Ella Junnila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)ooxxx1.86
18B Vashti Cunningham Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oxxx1.86
20A Kristina Ovchinnikova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)xoooxxx1.86
21A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)ooxoxxx1.86 SB
21A Sini Lällä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)ooxoxxx1.86
21A Urtė Baikštytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)ooxoxxx1.86
21B Heta Tuuri Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)ooxoxxx1.86
25B Emily Borthwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)oxoxxx1.81
25B Rachel Glenn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xoxxx1.81
27A Laura Zialor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)xoxoxxx1.81
28A Lu Jiawen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)oxxx1.75
28B Jennifer Rodríguez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)oxxx1.75
A Morgan Lake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) DNS

Final

The final took place on 19 July at 17:40. [5]

RankNameNationality1.841.891.931.961.982.002.022.04MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Eleanor Patterson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)ooooxxoxooxxx2.02=AR
Silver medal icon.svg Yaroslava Mahuchikh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)ooooxoxoxxx2.02
Bronze medal icon.svg Elena Vallortigara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)ooooooxxx2.00 SB
4 Iryna Herashchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oooxooxoxxx2.00 PB
5 Safina Sadullayeva Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)ooox-xx1.96 PB
5 Nicola Olyslagers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)ooooxxx1.96 SB
7 Karmen Bruus Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)oxoxoxoxxx1.96=NR, =WU18B
8 Nadezhda Dubovitskaya Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)oxxoxxoxoxxx1.96
9 Lamara Distin Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)oooxxx1.93
10 Daniela Stanciu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)xooxxoxxx1.93 SB
11 Kimberly Williamson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)ooxxx1.89
12 Lia Apostolovski Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)oxoxxx1.89

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References

  1. Timetable
  2. "High Jump Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. Qualification start list
  5. Final Results