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.Timetable

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 , 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:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record2.09 mRome, Italy30 August 1987Championship recordWorld Leading2.03 mBrno, Czech Republic22 June 2022African Record2.06 mSaint-Denis, France31 August 2003Asian Record2.00 mAlmaty, Kazakhstan8 June 2021North, Central American and Caribbean record2.05 mDes Moines, United States26 June 2010South American Record1.96 mOristano, Italy8 September 1997European Record2.09 mRome, Italy30 August 1987Oceanian record2.02 mTokyo, Japan7 August 2021

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.96 m.

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

Date Time Round16 July 11:10 Qualification19 July 17:40 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 1.95 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification start list

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.75 1.81 1.86 1.90 1.93 1.95 Mark Notes 1 A Eleanor Patterson – o o o o 1.93 q 1 A Elena Vallortigara – o o o o 1.93 q 1 A Iryna Herashchenko – o o o o 1.93 q 1 A Safina Sadullayeva – – o o o 1.93 q, 1 B Yaroslava Mahuchikh – – o o o 1.93 q 6 B Daniela Stanciu o o o o xo 1.93 q, 6 B Karmen Bruus o o o o xo 1.93 q, 8 B Nadezhda Dubovitskaya – o xo xo xo 1.93 q 9 B Nicola Olyslagers – – o xo xxo 1.93 q 10 A Lamara Distin – o o o xxx 1.90 q 10 B Kimberly Williamson o o o o xxx 1.90 q 10 B Lia Apostolovski o o o o xxx 1.90 q 13 B Tatiana Gusin – xo xo o xxx 1.90 14 B Marija Vuković – o o xo xxx 1.90 15 A Maja Nilsson o o o xxo xxx 1.90 15 A Yuliya Levchenko – o o xxo xxx 1.90 17 A Rachel McCoy o xo xo xxo xxx 1.90 18 B Ella Junnila – o o xxx 1.86 18 B Vashti Cunningham – – o xxx 1.86 20 A Kristina Ovchinnikova xo o o xxx 1.86 21 A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch o o xo xxx 1.86 21 A Sini Lällä o o xo xxx 1.86 21 A Urtė Baikštytė o o xo xxx 1.86 21 B Heta Tuuri o o xo xxx 1.86 25 B Emily Borthwick o xo xxx 1.81 25 B Rachel Glenn – xo xxx 1.81 27 A Laura Zialor xo xo xxx 1.81 28 A Lu Jiawen o xxx 1.75 28 B Jennifer Rodríguez o xxx 1.75 A Morgan Lake

Final The final took place on 19 July at 17:40.Final Results

Rank Name Nationality 1.84 1.89 1.93 1.96 1.98 2.00 2.02 2.04 Mark Notes Eleanor Patterson o o o o xxo xo o xxx 2.02 = Yaroslava Mahuchikh – o o o o xo xo xxx 2.02 Elena Vallortigara o o o o o o xxx 2.00 4 Iryna Herashchenko o o o xo o xo xxx 2.00 5 Safina Sadullayeva – o o o x- xx 1.96 5 Nicola Olyslagers o o o o xxx 1.96 7 Karmen Bruus o xo xo xo xxx 1.96 =, = 8 Nadezhda Dubovitskaya o xxo xxo xo xxx 1.96 9 Lamara Distin o o o xxx 1.93 10 Daniela Stanciu xo o xxo xxx 1.93 11 Kimberly Williamson o o xxx 1.89 12 Lia Apostolovski o xo xxx 1.89

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