2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Competition:	2015 World Championships
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	27 August (qualification) 29 August (final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	22
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	2.01
Gold:	Mariya Kuchina
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Blanka Vlašić
Silvernoc:	CRO
Bronze:	Anna Chicherova
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The women's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.^{[1] [2]}

It took 1.92 to make the finals, and eight competitors made it cleanly. In the finals, only eight cleared 1.92; Ana Šimić, Doreen Amata, and Levern Spencer, who had jumped it 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 failure at 1.92. Mariya Kuchina, whose best achievement had been a tie for the World Indoor Championship, cleared it next as a personal best, and she was still clean. The 2012 Olympic champion Anna Chicherova cleared it on her second attempt. Kamila Lićwinko (the other half of that tie), 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 (her fourth in major competition), while Kuchina's perfect series was rewarded with the gold medal.^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[4]

World record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
Championship record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
World leading		2.03	Lausanne, Switzerland	9 July 2015
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, United States	26 June 2010
South American record		1.96	Oristano, Italy	8 September 1997
European record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	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
27 August 2015	09:35	Qualification
29 August 2015	18:30	Final

Results

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

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q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).^[5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	Mark	Notes
1	B			o	o	o	o	1.92
1	A			–	o	o	o	1.92
1	A			–	o	o	o	1.92
1	A			o	o	o	o	1.92
1	A			o	o	o	o	1.92
1	B			o	o	o	o	1.92
1	A			o	o	o	o	1.92
1	B			–	o	o	o	1.92
9	B			–	o	xo	o	1.92
9	B			–	o	xo	o	1.92
11	B			o	o	xxo	o	1.92
12	B			o	xo	o	xo	1.92
13	B			o	o	xo	xxo	1.92
14	A			o	o	o	xxx	1.89
14	A			o	o	o	xxx	1.89
14	B			o	o	o	xxx	1.89
14	B			o	o	o	xxx	1.89
18	A			o	xo	o	xxx	1.89
19	B			o	o	xo	xxx	1.89
19	B			o	o	xo	xxx	1.89
21	A			o	xo	xxo	xxx	1.89
22	B			o	o	xxx		1.85
23	A			xo	o	xxx		1.85
24	B			o	xo	xxx		1.85
25	A			o	xxo	xxx		1.85
26	A			o	xxx			1.80
26	B			o	xxx			1.80
28	A			xo	xxx			1.80
	A			xxx
	A			xxx

Final

The final started at 18:30.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.88	1.92	1.95	1.97	1.99	2.01	2.03	Mark	Notes
			o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.01
			o	xo	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.01
			o	–	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	2.01
			o	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.99	=
			o	o	xo	o	o	xxx		1.99
			o	o	o	x–	xo	xxx		1.99
			o	o	xxx					1.92
			xo	o	xxx					1.92
			o	xxx						1.88
			o	xxx						1.88
			o	xxx						1.88
12			xo	xxx						1.88
12			xo	xxx						1.88

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2015: Timetable . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ . dead . 1 December 2014 . 10 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . Beijing 2015 .
2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HJ-W-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
3. Web site: REPORT: WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015. 29 August 2015. iaaf.org. 2 September 2015.
4. Web site: Records & Lists – high jump. IAAF. 14 August 2015.
5. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HJ-W-q----.RS4.pdf Qualification results
6. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HJ-W-f----.RS6.pdf Final results