2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump


The women's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.
It took 1.92 to make the finals, eight competitors made it cleanly. In the finals, only 8 made 1.92, Ana Šimić, Doreen Amata and Levern Spencer who had made it clean 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 bobble at 1.92. Mariya Kuchina whose best achievement had been a tie for the World Indoor Championship, cleared it next as a personal best, but she was still clean. The 2012 Olympic Champion Anna Chicherova cleared it on her second attempt. Kamila Lićwinko, 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 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 2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987
Championship record Stefka Kostadinova 2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987
World leading2.03Lausanne, Switzerland9 July 2015
African record2.06Paris, France31 August 2003
Asian record1.99Athens, Greece13 July 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record2.05Des Moines, United States26 June 2010
South American record1.96Oristano, Italy8 September 1997
European record Stefka Kostadinova 2.09Rome, Italy30 August 1987
Oceanian record1.98Perth, Australia12 February 1989
Oceanian record1.98Ingolstadt, Germany17 July 1994

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 1.94 m or at least 12 best performers.
RankGroupNameNationality1.801.851.891.92MarkNotes
1BAna Šimićoooo1.92
1AAnna Chicherova–ooo1.92
1ABlanka Vlašić–ooo1.92
1ADoreen Amataoooo1.92
1ALevern Spenceroooo1.92
1BMariya Kuchinaoooo1.92
1Aoooo1.92
1BRuth Beitia–ooo1.92
9BEleanor Patterson–oxoo1.92
9BKamila Lićwinko–oxoo1.92
11BJeanelle Scheperooxxoo1.92
12BMirela Demirevaoxooxo1.92
13BSvetlana Radzivilooxoxxo1.92
14AAirinė Palšytėoooxxx1.89
14AMorgan Lakeoooxxx1.89
14BOksana Okunevaoooxxx1.89
14BSofie Skoogoooxxx1.89
18AErika Kinseyoxooxxx1.89
19BIsobel Pooleyooxoxxx1.89
19BOldřiška Marešováooxoxxx1.89
21ALissa Labicheoxoxxoxxx1.89
22BPriscilla Frederickooxxx1.85
23AIryna Herashchenkoxooxxx1.85
24BYuliya Levchenkooxoxxx1.85
25AEleriin Haasoxxoxxx1.85
26AZheng Xingjuanoxxx1.80
26BBarbara Szabóoxxx1.80
28AVenelina Veneva-Mateevaxoxxx1.80
AChaunté Lowexxx'
AValentina Liashenkoxxx'

Final

The final started at 18:30.
RankNameNationality1.881.921.951.971.992.012.03MarkNotes
Mariya Kuchinaoooooo xxx2.01
Blanka Vlašićoxooooo xxx2.01
Anna Chicherovao–oxooxoxxx2.01
Kamila Lićwinkoooooo xxx1.99=
Ruth Beitiaooxooo xxx1.99
ooox–xo xxx1.99
Jeanelle Scheperoo xxx1.92
Eleanor Pattersonxoo xxx1.92
Ana Šimićo xxx1.88
Mirela Demirevao xxx1.88
Svetlana Radzivilo xxx1.88
12Levern Spencerxo xxx1.88
12Doreen Amataxo xxx1.88