2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's high jump at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 15 and 17 August 2014.

Medalists

Gold	Ruth Beitia
Silver	Mariya Kuchina
Bronze	Ana Šimić

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record		2.09 m	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
European record		2.09 m	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
Championship record		2.03 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	9 August 2006
			Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading		2.01 m	Eugene, United States	31 May 2014
European Leading		2.01 m	Eugene, United States	31 May 2014

World best results in 2014

The world best results in Europe in 2014 before the European Athletics Championships are :

	Athlète	Pays	Result	Lieu	Date
1			2.01 m		31 May 2014
2			2.00 m		5 July 2014 20 July 2014
2			2.00 m		5 July 2014
4			1.99 m		31 May 2014
4			1.99 m		31 May 2014
6			1.98 m		21 May 2014
6			1.98 m		28 June 2014
6			1.98 m		27 July 2014
9			1.97 m		4 June 2014
9			1.97 m		14 August 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
15 August 2014	10:35	Qualification
17 August 2014	15:16	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.89	Mark	Note
1	A			–	–	o	o	o	1.89	q
1	B			–	o	o	o	o	1.89	q
1	B			–	o	o	o	o	1.89	q
4	B			–	o	xo	xo	o	1.89	q
5	A			–	–	o	o	xo	1.89	q
5	A			–	–	o	o	xo	1.89	q
7	A			–	–	o	o	xxo	1.89	q
7	B			–	o	o	o	xxo	1.89	q
9	A			–	–	o	xo	xxo	1.89	q
9	B			–	xxo	o	xxo	xxo	1.89	q
11	A			–	o	o	o	xxx	1.85	q
11	A			o	o	o	o	xxx	1.85	q
11	B			–	o	o	o	xxx	1.85	q
11	B			–	o	o	o	xxx	1.85	q
11	B			–	o	o	o	xxx	1.85	q
16	A			–	o	xo	o	xxx	1.85
17	A			–	o	o	xo	xxx	1.85
17	A			–	o	o	xo	xxx	1.85
17	B			–	o	o	xo	xxx	1.85
20	B			–	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.85
21	A			–	o	o	xxx		1.80
22	A			o	o	xxx			1.75
	B

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.94	1.97	1.99	2.01	2.03	Mark	Note
			o	xo	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.01	=WL
			o	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.99
			o	o	o	xo	o	xxx		1.99	PB
			xo	o	o	xo	o	xxx		1.99	=NR
			o	o	xo	o	xxx			1.97	PB
			o	o	o	xxx				1.94
			o	o	xo	xxx				1.94	NUR
			o	o	xxo	xxx				1.94	PB
			o	o	xxx					1.90
			o	o	xxx					1.90
			o	o	xxx					1.90
			o	o	xxx					1.90	=SB
13			xo	o	xx–	x				1.90
14			o	xxx						1.85
14			o	xxx						1.85	=SB

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification results . 2014-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918182553/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW071900_C73ZZ.pdf . 2016-09-18 . dead .
2. Web site: Final results . 2014-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170318073006/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW071101_C73M.pdf . 2017-03-18 . dead .