2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump explained

The Women's high jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 3.

Russia's Anna Chicherova entered the competition as the favourite with a world leading jump of 2.07 m. Although Blanka Vlašić had won world titles in 2007 and 2009 and was ranked second in the world, she was suffering from a leg injury and decided to compete after having initially withdrawn. Antonietta Di Martino had been the only other woman over 2.00 m that year. Emma Green, Venelina Veneva-Mateeva, 2004 Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko and Ruth Beitia were the other established entrants, while Svetlana Shkolina was fourth in the world rankings. Chaunté Lowe, Ariane Friedrich and reigning Olympic champion Tia Hellebaut were notable absences.^{[1] [2]} It took 1.95 to make the final.

The medalists clearly separated from the field in order, each clearing 2.00 Chicherova on her first, Vlašić on her second and Di Martino on her third. At 2.03 Chicherova remained clean while Vlašić again needed two attempts, with Di Martino unable to make the height. At 2.05, neither was able to make it, though Vlašić looked closer. After years of finishing one place behind Vlašić in major meets, it was the first time Chicherova was able to reverse those results.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Anna Chicherova	Blanka Vlašić	Antonietta Di Martino

Records

World record		2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
Championship record		2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
World leading		2.07	Cheboksary, Russia	22 July 2011
African record		2.06	Paris, France	31 August 2003
Asian record		1.99	Athens, Greece	13 July 2009
North, Central American and Caribbean record		2.05	Des Moines, IA, United States	26 June 2010
South American record		1.96	Oristano, Italy	8 September 1997
European record		2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
Oceanian record		1.98	Perth, Australia	12 February 1989
			Ingolstadt, Germany	17 July 1994

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 1, 2011	10:45	Qualification
September 3, 2011	19:00	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	1.95	Result	Notes
1	B			o	o	o	o	o	o	1.95	Q
1	A			–	–	o	o	o	o	1.95	Q
1	B			–	o	o	o	o	o	1.95	Q
1	B			–	–	o	o	o	o	1.95	Q
5	A			–	–	o	o	o	xo	1.95	Q, SB
5	A			–	–	o	o	o	xo	1.95	Q
7	B			–	–	o	o	xxo	xo	1.95	Q, =NR
7	A			–	o	o	o	xxo	xo	1.95	Q, NR
9	B			–	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.95	Q, SB
9	B			–	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.95	Q
9	B			–	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.95	Q, PB
12	A			–	xo	o	xo	xo	xxo	1.95	Q
13	A			–	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92
14	B			o	o	o	xo	o	xxx	1.92
15	A			–	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	1.92
16	A			–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92
17	B			–	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.92
18	A			o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.92
19	B			–	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
19	B			–	o	o	o	xxx		1.89
21	A			–	o	xo	o	xxx		1.89
22	B			o	o	o	xxx			1.85
23	A			o	xo	o	xxx			1.85
24	B			o	xxo	o	xxx			1.85
25	A			–	o	xxo	xxx			1.85
25	A			o	o	xxo	xxx			1.85	SB
27	A			o	o	xxx				1.80
28	B			o	xo	xxx				1.80
29	A			xo	xxx					1.75

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.89	1.93	1.97	2.00	2.03	2.05	Result	Notes
			o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.03
			o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.03	SB
			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.00	=SB
			o	xo	o	xxx			1.97	=SB
			o	o	xxo	xxx			1.97
			xo	o	xxx				1.93
			xo	o	xxx				1.93
			xo	xo	xxx				1.93
			xo	xo	xxx				1.93
10			o	xxo	xxx				1.93
11			o	xxx					1.89
12			xo	xxx					1.89

External links

• High jump results at IAAF website

Notes and References

1. Johnson, Len (2011-08-20). Women's High Jump – PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-27.
2. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2011/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=HJ/detail.html High jump 2011