Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date9–11 August
Competitors35 from 28 nations
Winning height2.05
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Chicherova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Brigetta Barrett Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Ruth Beitia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2008
2016  
Official video highlights TV-icon-2.svg
Official video highlights

The Women's high jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 9–11 August. [1]

In the qualifying round, only four athletes attempted the automatic qualifying height of 1.96, the clearance necessary for Svetlana Radzivil to advance beyond two misses at 1.93 and while failing, Irina Gordeeva needed to cover her chances in case Ariane Friedrich or Antonia Stergiou had cleared it.

In the final, it was down to four athletes at 2 metres, in the process losing defending champion Tia Hellebaut and reigning indoor champion Chaunte Lowe. Ruth Beitia was clean at 2.00 with one earlier miss, but she could go no further. Brigetta Barrett was getting into a habit of clearing heights on her second attempt. But she also cleared 2.03 on her second attempt, while Svetlana Shkolina cleared on her third, putting Barrett in silver medal position and Shkolina in the bronze position. The leader was reigning world champion Anna Chicherova, clean through 2.03, which would have been enough for the gold medal. But the competition went on, all three attempting 2.05. Chicherova cleared on her second attempt while Barrett and Shkolina missed three times to settle the medals for sure. [2]

Seven years after the competition, on 1 February 2019, Svetlana Shkolina was among twelve Russian track and field athletes found guilty of doping during the 2012 Summer Olympics, and was stripped of her bronze medal. [3] In 2021, IOC reallocated her bronze medal to Ruth Beitia of Spain, the athlete who originally got fourth in the event. [4]

In 2016, victorious Chicherova's 2008 drug re-test returned positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). Her 2008 bronze was rescinded, but 2012 gold was not affected. [5]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps. [6]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 9 August 201209:30Qualifications
Saturday, 11 August 201219:00Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

World recordFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)2.09 m Rome, Italy30 August 1987
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Slesarenko  (RUS)2.06 m Athens, Greece28 August 2004
World leadingFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Chicherova  (RUS)2.06 m Arnstadt, Germany4 February 2012

Results

Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 1.96m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality1.751.801.851.901.931.96ResultNote [7]
1B Svetlana Radzivil Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan ooooxxoo1.96Q, SB
2A Ruth Beitia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain --ooo-1.93q
A Anna Chicherova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia --ooo-1.93q
A Emma Green Tregaro Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden --ooo-1.93q, SB
B Tia Hellebaut Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium --ooo-1.93q
B Chaunté Lowe Flag of the United States.svg  United States -oooo-1.93q
A Melanie Melfort Flag of France.svg  France ooooo-1.93q, =SB
B Svetlana Shkolina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia --ooo-1.93q
9A Burcu Ayhan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey oo-xoo-1.93q, SB
10A Brigetta Barrett Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooooxo-1.93q
B Irina Gordeeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia -oooxoxx-1.93q
A Airinė Palšytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania ooooxo-1.93q
13B Antonia Stergiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece oxooxxoxoxxx1.93SB
14A Ariane Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany --ooxxoxxx1.93SB
15A Olena Kholosha Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine -oooxxx1.90
B Anna Iljuštšenko Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia -oooxxx1.90
17B Doreen Amata Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria -ox-oxxx1.90SB
18A Zheng Xingjuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China -ooxxoxxx1.90
19B Levern Spencer Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia -oxoxxoxxx1.90
20B Amy Acuff Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxxx1.85
A Nadiya Dusanova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan -ooxxx1.85
B Ebba Jungmark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden -ooxxx1.85
B Lissa Labiche Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles oooxxx1.85
B Lesyani Mayor Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba oooxxx1.85
A Esthera Petre Flag of Romania.svg  Romania oooxxx1.85
B Venelina Veneva-Mateeva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria -ooxxx1.85
27A Deirdre Ryan Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland -oxoxxx1.85
28A Tonje Angelsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway -oxxoxxx1.85
29A Wanida Boonwan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand ooxxx1.80
A Dương Thị Việt Anh Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam -oxxx1.80
B Sahana Kumari Flag of India.svg  India -oxxx1.80
A Oldřiška Marešová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic ooxxx1.80
B Ana Šimić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia -oxxx1.80
34B Vita Styopina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xoxoxxx1.80
B Marina Aitova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan xxxNM

r = retired from competition

Final

RankNameNationality1.891.931.972.002.032.05ResultNote
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Chicherova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oooooxo2.05WL
Silver medal icon.svg Brigetta Barrett Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxoxoxoxxx2.03PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Ruth Beitia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain ooxooxxx2.00=SB
4 Tia Hellebaut Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium oxxooxxx1.97=SB
5 Chaunté Lowe Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxoxxx1.97
6 Svetlana Radzivil Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan oxxoxxoxxx1.97SB
7 Emma Green Tregaro Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xooxxx1.93=SB
8 Melanie Melfort Flag of France.svg  France oxoxxx1.93=SB
9 Irina Gordeeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxxoxxx1.93
10 Airinė Palšytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania oxxx1.89
11 Burcu Ayhan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey xxoxxx1.89
DSQ Svetlana Shkolina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia ooooxxoxxx2.03PB

References

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  2. "IAAF: The XXX Olympic Games Olympic Games". iaaf.org. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) ISSUES DECISIONS IN 12 FIRST-INSTANCE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES CONCERNING RUSSIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES" (PDF). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. "London 2012: Athletics high jump women Results". IOC. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. High Jump women.
  6. "Women's High Jump competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  7. "Women's High Jump – Qualification". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.