2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump explained

The women's high jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Chaunté Lowe	Antonietta Di Martino Anna Chicherova Ebba Jungmark	Not awarded

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		2.08	Arnstadt, Germany	4 February 2006
Championship record		2.05	Indianapolis, United States	8 March 1987
World Leading		2.06	Arnstadt, Germany	4 February 2012
African record		1.97	Birmingham, Great Britain	18 February 2001
Asian record		1.98	Samara, Russia	2 March 1996
European record		2.08	Arnstadt, Germany	4 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record		2.02	Albuquerque, United States	26 February 2012
Oceanian Record		1.97	Toronto, Canada	13 March 1993
South American record		1.94	Brno, Czech Republic	9 February 2000

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	9:30	Qualification
March 10, 2012	18:15	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 1.95 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 20 athletes from 17 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition The qualification round started at 09:37 and ended at 11:46.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.78	1.83	1.88	1.92	1.95	Result	Notes
1			-	o	o	o	o	1.95	Q
1			-	o	o	o	o	1.95	Q, =SB
3			-	o	o	o	xo	1.95	Q, SB
3			o	o	o	o	xo	1.95	Q
5			o	o	o	xxo	xo	1.95	Q, SB
6			o	xo	o	xxo	xo	1.95	Q
7			-	o	o	o	xxx	1.92	q
7			o	o	o	o	xxx	1.92	q
9			o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92	SB
9			-	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92
9			-	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92
12			o	o	o	xxx		1.88
13			o	o	xo	xxx		1.88
14			o	xxo	xo	xxx		1.88
15			o	o	xxo	xxx		1.88	SB
15			o	o	xxo	xxx		1.88
17			o	xo	xxx			1.83
18			o	xxo	xxx			1.83
			-	xxx
			xxx

Final

8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:16 and ended at 19:24.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.84	1.88	1.92	1.95	1.98	2.01	Result	Notes
			o	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	1.98
			o	o	o	o	xxx		1.95	=SB
			o	o	o	o	xxx		1.95
			o	o	o	o	xxx		1.95	=SB
5			o	xo	o	o	xxx		1.95
6			o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.95	SB
7			o	xxo	o	xxx			1.92
8			o	o	xo	xxx			1.92

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (qualification). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225452/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-HJ-W-q----.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10.