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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 2 August 2024 (qualification)
    4 August 2024 (final)
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning height2.00 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicola Olyslagers  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eleanor Patterson  Australia
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The women's high jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 4 August 2024. This was the 23rd time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

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The high jump season included the surprise world record of Yaroslava Mahuchikh. Less than a month before this competition at the 2024 Meeting de Paris, held across town at the Stade Sébastien Charléty, Mahuchikh had already cleared 2.03 m to win the competition. A high jump competition only ends with three failures or a withdrawal. As the winner, she could choose where to set the bar again. She chose 2.07 m and cleared it, so the competition continued. She set the bar to the rarely even attempted 2.10 m (6 ft 10+12 in) and cleared it on her first attempt, breaking the 37 year old record of 2.09 m by Stefka Kostadinova. It was one of the longest-standing records on the books, set back at the 1987 World Championships.[1]

During the season, other than Mahuchikh who won bronze at the previous Olympics, the only other athletes to clear 2 metres were Nicola Olyslagers (2.03 m), the returning silver medalist; Lamara Distin; Rachel Glenn; and Natalya Spiridonova, a Russian not invited to the Olympics. Another Russian not invited was the defending champion Mariya Lasitskene. Eleanor Patterson was the reigning silver medalist from the World Championships.[2]

The qualifying round selected twelve athletes plus ties or a 1.97 m would make an automatic Q; only six competitors cleared 1.95 m. Qualifying went as low as 1.92 m and four misses. Mahuchikh and Olyslagers led qualifying with the only two clean rounds. Patterson had one miss, and Iryna Herashchenko had two. Distin and Glenn did not qualify.[3]

Thirteen athletes qualified to the final, but only eleven took jumps. Only eight cleared 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in), and 1.95 m (6 ft 4+34 in) decided the medals. Vashti Cunningham, Herashchenko, Patterson, Olyslagers, and Mahuchikh got over on their first attempt. Cunningham had one miss earlier, so the others were tied for the lead. Olyslagers and Mahuchikh cleared the next height, 1.98 m (6 ft 5+34 in), on their first attempt. When none of the others could get over 1.98 m, the count back went to the standings at 1.95 m, leaving Herashchenko and Patterson tied for bronze and Cunningham off the podium. The competition continued to two meters; Olyslagers had her first miss, while Mahuchikh again flew over the bar on her first attempt. Olyslagers missed again and was down to her last attempt. With her diary note-taking and eccentric concentration mannerisms, Olyslagers rattled her way over, and the bar stayed up. The competition continued, but Mahuchikh now had the lead. With Olyslagers jumping first, neither cleared 2.02 m (6 ft 7+12 in). When Olyslagers failed on her third attempt, the gold was confirmed for Mahuchikh. Amid the celebration, Mahuchikh had the bar raised to 2.04 m (6 ft 8+14 in) for one last attempt, but did not clear it.[4]

Background

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The women's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1928.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m) Location Date
World record  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.10[5] Paris, France 7 July 2024
Olympic record  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 2.06 Athens, Greece 28 August 2004
World leading  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.10[6] Paris, France 7 July 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[7]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m)
Africa (records)  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06
Asia (records)  Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) 2.00
Europe (records)  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.10 WR
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)  Chaunté Lowe (USA) 2.05
Oceania (records)  Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) 2.03
South America (records)  Solange Witteveen (ARG) 1.96

Qualification

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For the women's high jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 1.97 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8][9][10]

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification was held on 2 August, starting at 10:15 (UTC+2) in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard 1.97 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[11]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1.83 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 Height Notes
1 A Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine o o r 1.95 q
B Nicola Olyslagers  Australia o o o r 1.95 q
3 A Eleanor Patterson  Australia o xo o r 1.95 q, =SB
4 B Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine o o xo xo r 1.95 q, =SB
5 B Safina Sadullayeva  Uzbekistan o o o xxo r 1.95 q, SB
6 A Christina Honsel  Germany o xo xo xxo r 1.95 q, =SB
7 A Elena Kulichenko  Cyprus o xo o xxx 1.92 q
8 B Tatiana Gusin  Greece o o xo xxx 1.92 q
B Nawal Meniker  France o o xo xxx 1.92 q
B Buse Savaşkan  Turkey o o xo xxx 1.92 q, =PB
11 A Valdiléia Martins  Brazil o xo xo xxr 1.92 q, =NR
12 B Vashti Cunningham  United States o xxo xxo xxx 1.92 q
A Angelina Topić  Serbia xxo xxo xxx 1.92 q
14 B Imke Onnen  Germany xo xxo xxo xxx 1.92
15 A Rachel Glenn  United States o o xxx 1.88
A Michaela Hrubá  Czech Republic o o xxx 1.88
A Morgan Lake  Great Britain o o xxx 1.88
B Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania o o xxx 1.88
19 B Temitope Adeshina  Nigeria o xo xxx 1.88
A Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria o xo xxx 1.88
A Solène Gicquel  France o xo xxx 1.88
A Yelizaveta Matveyeva  Kazakhstan o xo xxx 1.88
A Daniela Stanciu  Romania o xo xxx 1.88 SB
24 B Lamara Distin  Jamaica xo xo xxxx 1.88
25 A Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah  Ghana xo xxo xxx 1.88
26 B Elisabeth Pihela  Estonia o xxx 1.83
B Lia Apostolovski  Slovenia o xxx 1.83
28 B Nadezhda Dubovitskaya  Kazakhstan xo xxx 1.83
B Ella Junnila  Finland xo xxx 1.83
A Maria Żodzik  Poland xo xxx 1.83
A Panagiota Dosi  Greece xxx NM
B Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine xxx NM

Final

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The final was held on 4 August, starting at 19:50 (UTC+2) in the evening.[9][10]

Rank Athlete Nation 1.86m 1.91m 1.95m 1.98m 2.00m 2.02m 2.04m Height Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine o o o o xx- x 2.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicola Olyslagers  Australia o o o xxo xxx 2.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine o o o xxx 1.95 =SB
Eleanor Patterson  Australia o o o xxx 1.95 =SB
5 Vashti Cunningham  United States o xo o xxx 1.95
6 Christina Honsel  Germany xo o xo xxx 1.95 =SB
7 Elena Kulichenko  Cyprus o xo xxo xxx 1.95
Safina Sadullayeva  Uzbekistan o xo xxo xxx 1.95 =SB
9 Tatiana Gusin  Greece o xxx 1.86
10 Buse Savaşkan  Turkey xo xxx 1.86
11 Nawal Meniker  France xxo xxx 1.86
Valdiléia Martins  Brazil r NM
Angelina Topić  Serbia DNS

References

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  1. ^ "FLASH: Mahuchikh breaks world high jump record with 2.10m in Paris". IAAF. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/jumps/high-jump/all/women/senior/2024?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229526&ageCategory=senior
  3. ^ "Women's High Jump - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's High Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – High jump women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Records – High jump women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  11. ^ "Women's High Jump Qualification Results". Olympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.