| Event: | Women's high jump |
| Competition: | 2022 World Championships |
| Venue: | Hayward Field |
| Dates: | 16 July (qualification) 19 July (final) |
| Competitors: | 31 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Label: | Winning height |
| Win Value: | 2.02 |
| Gold: | Eleanor Patterson |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Yaroslava Mahuchikh |
| Silvernoc: | UKR |
| Bronze: | Elena Vallortigara |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The women's high jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 and 19 July 2022.[1]
All twelve finalists cleared 1.89m, ten over 1.93m and eight over 1.96m. Iryna Herashchenko, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Elena Vallortigara and Eleanor Patterson all made 1.98m. Patterson took three attempts to make her clearance while Mahuchikh and Vallortigara were tied for the lead with perfect rounds going. At 2 metres, Vallortigara remained perfect, while the other three made it on their second attempts. At, Mahuchikh and Herashchenko missed, then Patterson succeeded on her first attempt to tie her National and continental record. When Vallortigara also missed, Patterson moved into first place. Mahuchikh made it on her second attempt, while the others failed. Neither Mahuchikh or Patterson could make 2.04m. Patterson was confirmed as the gold medalist, Mahuchikh silver and Vallortigara bronze.
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
| width=25% align=center | Record | width=25% align=center | Athlete & | width=10% align=center | width=25% align=center | Location | width=15% align=center | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 2.09 m | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 | ||||||
| Championship record | |||||||||
| World Leading | 2.03 m | Brno, Czech Republic | 22 June 2022 | ||||||
| African Record | 2.06 m | Saint-Denis, France | 31 August 2003 | ||||||
| Asian Record | 2.00 m | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 8 June 2021 | ||||||
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 2.05 m | Des Moines, United States | 26 June 2010 | ||||||
| South American Record | 1.96 m | Oristano, Italy | 8 September 1997 | ||||||
| European Record | 2.09 m | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 | ||||||
| Oceanian record | 2.02 m | Tokyo, Japan | 7 August 2021 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.96 m.[3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July | 11:10 | Qualification | |
| 19 July | 17:40 | Final |
Qualification: 1.95 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[4]
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.81 | 1.86 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.95 | Mark | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q | ||||
| 1 | A | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q | ||||
| 1 | A | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q | ||||
| 1 | A | – | – | o | o | o | 1.93 | q, | ||||
| 1 | B | – | – | o | o | o | 1.93 | q | ||||
| 6 | B | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.93 | q, | ||||
| 6 | B | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.93 | q, | ||||
| 8 | B | – | o | xo | xo | xo | 1.93 | q | ||||
| 9 | B | – | – | o | xo | xxo | 1.93 | q | ||||
| 10 | A | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | q | ||||
| 10 | B | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | q | ||||
| 10 | B | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | q | ||||
| 13 | B | – | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 14 | B | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 15 | A | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 15 | A | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 17 | A | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
| 18 | B | – | o | o | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 18 | B | – | – | o | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 20 | A | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 21 | A | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 21 | A | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 21 | A | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 21 | B | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.86 | ||||||
| 25 | B | o | xo | xxx | 1.81 | |||||||
| 25 | B | – | xo | xxx | 1.81 | |||||||
| 27 | A | xo | xo | xxx | 1.81 | |||||||
| 28 | A | o | xxx | 1.75 | ||||||||
| 28 | B | o | xxx | 1.75 | ||||||||
| A |
The final took place on 19 July at 17:40.[5]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.84 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.04 | Mark ! | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o | o | o | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 2.02 | = | ||||
| – | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.02 | |||||
| o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.00 | ||||||
| 4 | o | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.00 | |||||
| 5 | – | o | o | o | x- | xx | 1.96 | ||||||
| 5 | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.96 | |||||||
| 7 | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.96 | =, = | ||||||
| 8 | o | xxo | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.96 | |||||||
| 9 | o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||||
| 10 | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||||||
| 11 | o | o | xxx | 1.89 | |||||||||
| 12 | o | xo | xxx | 1.89 |