2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There was a total of 25 participating athletes, with the final being held on Sunday, 31 August 2003.

Medalists edit

Gold	Hestrie Cloete South Africa (RSA)
Silver	Marina Kuptsova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden (SWE)

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.2003 – 18:45h	29.08.2003 – 18:45h
Final Round
31.08.2003 – 16:45h

Abbreviations edit

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: 1.93 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.80	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.93	Result	Notes
1	A	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	–	o	o	o	o	1.93	Q
1	A	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	–	o	o	o	o	1.93	Q
1	A	Vita Styopina	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	o	1.93	Q
1	B	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	–	o	o	o	o	1.93	Q
5	B	Ruth Beitia	Spain	xo	o	o	o	o	1.93	Q
6	B	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	–	o	–	xxo	o	1.93	Q
7	A	Amy Acuff	United States	o	o	o	o	xo	1.93	Q
7	A	Juana Arrendel	Dominican Republic	o	o	o	o	xo	1.93	Q
7	A	Marina Kuptsova	Russia	o	o	o	o	xo	1.93	Q
10	A	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	xo	o	o	o	xo	1.93	Q
11	B	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.91	q
12	B	Anna Chicherova	Russia	xo	o	xo	o	xxx	1.91	q
13	A	Marta Mendía	Spain	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx	1.91
14	B	Oana Pantelimon	Romania	o	o	o	xxx		1.88
15	B	Inha Babakova	Ukraine	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.88
16	B	Daniela Rath	Germany	–	xo	xxo	xxx		1.88
17	B	Antonella Bevilacqua	Italy	o	o	xxx			1.85
18	A	Gaëlle Niaré	France	o	xo	xxx			1.85
18	B	Solange Witteveen	Argentina	o	xo	xxx			1.85
20	A	Anne Gerd Eieland	Norway	o	xxo	xxx			1.85
21	B	Romary Rifka	Mexico	o	xxx				1.80
22	A	Iva Straková	Czech Republic	xo	xxx				1.80
22	B	Marina Aitova	Kazakhstan	xo	xxx				1.80
	A	Miki Imai	Japan	xxx					NM
	B	Gwen Wentland	United States						DNS

Final edit

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.95	1.98	2.00	2.02	2.04	2.06	2.10	Result	Notes
	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.06	WL, AR
	Marina Kuptsova	Russia	o	o	xo	o	o	x–	x–	x		2.00
	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	o	o	o	xxo	xo	x–	xx			2.00
4	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.98	SB
5	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	o	o	o	xxx						1.95
6	Anna Chicherova	Russia	o	xo	o	xxx						1.95
7	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	–	o	xo	xxx						1.95
8	Juana Arrendel	Dominican Republic	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.95	SB
9	Amy Acuff	United States	o	o	xxx							1.90
9	Vita Styopina	Ukraine	o	o	xxx							1.90
11	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	o	xo	xxx							1.90
11	Ruth Beitia	Spain	o	xo	xxx							1.90