2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates10 August (qualification)
12 August (final)
Competitors30 from 22 nations
Winning height2.03
Medalists
gold medal    Authorised Neutral Athletes
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Poland
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The women's high jump competition at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10–12 August.[1]

Summary

In the final, three were perfect to 1.95 metres, 2017 number one Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER). Three others made it over 1.95 metres to stay in the competition. At 1.97 metres, both Lasitskene and Levchenko remained perfect. On her final attempt Kamila Lićwinko (POL) made it to define the medalists. Lićwinko mixed up the order by jumping 1.99 metres on her first attempt. Levchenko remained perfect to hold the lead, but when Lasitskene missed her first attempt, she dropped to third. Strategically passing to 2.01 metres, Lasitskene cleared it on her first attempt after Lićwinko had missed, to move into silver medal position. That turned into gold after Levchenko missed her first attempt. Lićwinko missed her second attempt and dropped to bronze when Levchenko made hers. Lićwinko passed for one heroic jump at 2.03 metres for the win. She missed, Lasitskene made it, then Levchenko missed three in a row to end the competition. Lasitskene took three shots at 2.08 metres.

Lasitskene was the first Authorised Neutral Athlete to win a gold medal. For the medal ceremony, the IAAF anthem was played as a substitute.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova  BUL 30 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
Championship 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova  BUL 30 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading 2.06 Maria Lasitskene  RUS 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne, Switzerland
African 2.06 Hestrie Cloete  RSA 31 Aug 2003 Paris, France
Asian 1.99 Marina Aitova  KAZ 13 Jul 2009 Athens, Greece
NACAC 2.05 Chaunté Howard Lowe  USA 26 Jun 2010 Des Moines, United States
South American 1.96 Solange Witteveen  ARG 8 Sep 1997 Oristano, Italy
European 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova  BUL 30 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
Oceanian 1.98 Vanessa Browne-Ward  AUS 12 Feb 1989 Perth, Australia
Alison Inverarity  AUS 17 Jul 1994 Ingolstadt, Germany

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.94 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
10 August 19:10 Qualification
12 August 19:05 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 10 August, in two groups, both starting at 19:10.[6] Athletes attaining a mark of 1.94 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 Mark Notes
1 B Mariya Lasitskene  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o 1.92 q
B Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine (UKR) o o o o q
B Kamila Lićwinko  Poland (POL) o o o q
4 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o xo o q
A Inika McPherson  United States (USA) o xo o q
6 A Vashti Cunningham  United States (USA) o o o xo q
B Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o o o xo q, SB
B Morgan Lake  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o o xo q
A Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania (LTU) o o o xo q
10 B Michaela Hrubá  Czech Republic (CZE) o o xo xo q
11 B Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o o xxo q
A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o xxo q
13 B Maruša Černjul  Slovenia (SLO) o o o xxx 1.89
B Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine (UKR) o o o xxx
A Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia (LCA) o o o xxx
16 A Irina Gordeeva  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o xo o xxx
17 A Kimberly Williamson  Jamaica (JAM) o xxo o xxx
18 B Sofie Skoog  Sweden (SWE) o o xo xxx
19 B Alessia Trost  Italy (ITA) o o xxo xxx
20 A Oksana Okuneva  Ukraine (UKR) o xxo xxo xxx
21 B Nadiya Dusanova  Uzbekistan (UZB) o o xxx 1.85
A Erika Kinsey  Sweden (SWE) o o xxx
B Alyxandria Treasure  Canada (CAN) o o xxx
A Marija Vuković  Montenegro (MNE) o o xxx
25 A Ana Šimić  Croatia (CRO) o xo xxx
26 A Tatiana Gousin  Greece (GRE) xo xxo xxx
27 B Elizabeth Patterson  United States (USA) o xxx 1.80
28 A Erika Furlani  Italy (ITA) xo xxx
29 B Linda Sandblom  Finland (FIN) xxo xxx
A Nicola McDermott  Australia (AUS) xxx NH

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 19:05. The results were as follows:[8]

Rank Name Nationality 1.84 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.03 2.08 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mariya Lasitskene  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o o o x- o o xxx 2.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine (UKR) o o o o o o xo xxx 2.01 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kamila Lićwinko  Poland (POL) o o xo xo xxo o xx- x 1.99 SB
4 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch  Germany (GER) o o o o xxx 1.95
5 Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o xo o xxx SB
6 Morgan Lake  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) o o o xo xxx
7 Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania (LTU) o o o xxx 1.92
Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria (BUL) o o o xxx SB
9 Inika McPherson  United States (USA) - xo o xxx
10 Vashti Cunningham  United States (USA) o o xxo xxx
11 Michaela Hrubá  Czech Republic (CZE) o xo xxo xxx
12 Ruth Beitia  Spain (ESP) o o xxx 1.88

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "High Jump Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "High Jump Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "High Jump Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "High Jump Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "High Jump Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.