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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (qualification)
29 August (final)
Competitors30 from 22 nations
Winning height2.01
Medalists
gold medal    Russia
silver medal    Croatia
bronze medal    Russia
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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]

It took 1.92 to make the finals, and eight competitors made it cleanly. In the finals, only eight cleared 1.92; Ana Šimić, Doreen Amata, and Levern Spencer, who had jumped it 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 failure at 1.92. Mariya Kuchina, whose best achievement had been a tie for the World Indoor Championship, cleared it next as a personal best, and 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

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Championship record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
World leading  Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.03 Lausanne, Switzerland 9 July 2015
African record  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06 Paris, France 31 August 2003
Asian record  Marina Aitova (KAZ) 1.99 Athens, Greece 13 July 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Chaunté Howard Lowe (USA) 2.05 Des Moines, United States 26 June 2010
South American record  Solange Witteveen (ARG) 1.96 Oristano, Italy 8 September 1997
European record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Oceanian record  Vanessa Browne-Ward (AUS) 1.98 Perth, Australia 12 February 1989
 Alison Inverarity (AUS) Ingolstadt, Germany 17 July 1994

Qualification standards

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Entry standards[5]
1.94

Schedule

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Date Time Round
27 August 2015 09:35 Qualification
29 August 2015 18:30 Final

Results

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KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification

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

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 Mark Notes
1 B Ana Šimić  Croatia (CRO) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) o o o 1.92 q
1 A Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) o o o 1.92 q
1 A Doreen Amata  Nigeria (NGR) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o o o 1.92 q
1 B Mariya Kuchina  Russia (RUS) o o o o 1.92 q
1 A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o o 1.92 q
1 B Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o o 1.92 q
9 B Eleanor Patterson  Australia (AUS) o xo o 1.92 q
9 B Kamila Lićwinko  Poland (POL) o xo o 1.92 q
11 B Jeanelle Scheper  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o xxo o 1.92 q
12 B Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o xo o xo 1.92 q
13 B Svetlana Radzivil  Uzbekistan (UZB) o o xo xxo 1.92 q
14 A Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania (LTU) o o o xxx 1.89
14 A Morgan Lake  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o o xxx 1.89
14 B Oksana Okuneva  Ukraine (UKR) o o o xxx 1.89
14 B Sofie Skoog  Sweden (SWE) o o o xxx 1.89
18 A Erika Kinsey  Sweden (SWE) o xo o xxx 1.89
19 B Isobel Pooley  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o xo xxx 1.89
19 B Oldřiška Marešová  Czech Republic (CZE) o o xo xxx 1.89
21 A Lissa Labiche  Seychelles (SEY) o xo xxo xxx 1.89
22 B Priscilla Frederick  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) o o xxx 1.85
23 A Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine (UKR) xo o xxx 1.85
24 B Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine (UKR) o xo xxx 1.85
25 A Eleriin Haas  Estonia (EST) o xxo xxx 1.85
26 A Zheng Xingjuan  China (CHN) o xxx 1.80
26 B Barbara Szabó  Hungary (HUN) o xxx 1.80
28 A Venelina Veneva-Mateeva  Bulgaria (BUL) xo xxx 1.80
A Chaunté Lowe  United States (USA) xxx NM
A Valentina Liashenko  Georgia (GEO) xxx NM

Final

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The final started at 18:30.[7]

Rank Name Nationality 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.03 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mariya Kuchina  Russia (RUS) o o o o o o xxx 2.01 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) o xo o o o o xxx 2.01 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) o o xo o xo xxx 2.01
4 Kamila Lićwinko  Poland (POL) o o o o o xxx 1.99 =NR
5 Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o xo o o xxx 1.99
6 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o x– xo xxx 1.99 PB
7 Jeanelle Scheper  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o xxx 1.92
8 Eleanor Patterson  Australia (AUS) xo o xxx 1.92
9 Ana Šimić  Croatia (CRO) o xxx 1.88
9 Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o xxx 1.88
9 Svetlana Radzivil  Uzbekistan (UZB) o xxx 1.88
12 Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) xo xxx 1.88
12 Doreen Amata  Nigeria (NGR) xo xxx 1.88

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Records & Lists – high jump". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. ^ Qualification results
  7. ^ Final results