The women's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.Start list
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.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987Championship record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987World leading2.03Lausanne, Switzerland9 July 2015African record2.06Paris, France31 August 2003Asian record1.99Athens, Greece13 July 2009North, Central American and Caribbean record2.05Des Moines, United States26 June 2010South American record1.96Oristano, Italy8 September 1997European record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987Oceanian record1.98Perth, Australia12 February 1989Ingolstadt, Germany17 July 1994
Qualification standards Entry standards 1.94
Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 09:35 Qualification29 August 2015 18:30 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Qualification Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 Mark Notes 1 B Ana Šimić o o o o 1.92 1 A Anna Chicherova – o o o 1.92 1 A Blanka Vlašić – o o o 1.92 1 A Doreen Amata o o o o 1.92 1 A Levern Spencer o o o o 1.92 1 B Mariya Kuchina o o o o 1.92 1 A o o o o 1.92 1 B Ruth Beitia – o o o 1.92 9 B Eleanor Patterson – o xo o 1.92 9 B Kamila Lićwinko – o xo o 1.92 11 B Jeanelle Scheper o o xxo o 1.92 12 B Mirela Demireva o xo o xo 1.92 13 B Svetlana Radzivil o o xo xxo 1.92 14 A Airinė Palšytė o o o xxx 1.89 14 A Morgan Lake o o o xxx 1.89 14 B Oksana Okuneva o o o xxx 1.89 14 B Sofie Skoog o o o xxx 1.89 18 A Erika Kinsey o xo o xxx 1.89 19 B Isobel Pooley o o xo xxx 1.89 19 B Oldřiška Marešová o o xo xxx 1.89 21 A Lissa Labiche o xo xxo xxx 1.89 22 B Priscilla Frederick o o xxx 1.85 23 A Iryna Herashchenko xo o xxx 1.85 24 B Yuliya Levchenko o xo xxx 1.85 25 A Eleriin Haas o xxo xxx 1.85 26 A Zheng Xingjuan o xxx 1.80 26 B Barbara Szabó o xxx 1.80 28 A Venelina Veneva-Mateeva xo xxx 1.80 A Chaunté Lowe xxx A Valentina Liashenko xxx
Final The final started at 18:30.Final results
Rank Name Nationality 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.03 Mark Notes Mariya Kuchina o o o o o o xxx 2.01 Blanka Vlašić o xo o o o o xxx 2.01 Anna Chicherova o – o xo o xo xxx 2.01 Kamila Lićwinko o o o o o xxx 1.99 = Ruth Beitia o o xo o o xxx 1.99 o o o x– xo xxx 1.99 Jeanelle Scheper o o xxx 1.92 Eleanor Patterson xo o xxx 1.92 Ana Šimić o xxx 1.88 Mirela Demireva o xxx 1.88 Svetlana Radzivil o xxx 1.88 12 Levern Spencer xo xxx 1.88 12 Doreen Amata xo xxx 1.88
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