2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Chaunté Lowe celebrating her win.

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Chaunté Lowe
  United States
Antonietta Di Martino
  Italy
Anna Chicherova
  Russia
Ebba Jungmark
  Sweden
Not awarded

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record   Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 2.08 Arnstadt, Germany 4 February 2006
Championship record   Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.05 Indianapolis, United States 8 March 1987
World Leading   Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.06 Arnstadt, Germany 4 February 2012
African record   Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 1.97 Birmingham, Great Britain 18 February 2001
Asian record   Svetlana Zalevskaya (KAZ) 1.98 Samara, Russia 2 March 1996
European record   Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 2.08 Arnstadt, Germany 4 February 2006
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
  Chaunté Lowe (USA) 2.02 Albuquerque, United States 26 February 2012
Oceanian Record   Alison Inverarity (AUS) 1.97 Toronto, Canada 13 March 1993
South American record   Solange Witteveen (ARG) 1.94 Brno, Czech Republic 9 February 2000

Qualification standards edit

Indoor
1.95

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 9:30 Qualification
March 10, 2012 18:15 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification standard: 1.95 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 20 athletes from 17 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition The qualification round started at 09:37 and ended at 11:46.[1]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.78 1.83 1.88 1.92 1.95 Result Notes
1 Anna Chicherova   Russia - o o o o 1.95 Q
1 Ebba Jungmark   Sweden - o o o o 1.95 Q, =SB
3 Antonietta Di Martino   Italy - o o o xo 1.95 Q, SB
3 Chaunté Lowe   United States o o o o xo 1.95 Q
5 Svetlana Radzivil   Uzbekistan o o o xxo xo 1.95 Q, SB
6 Tia Hellebaut   Belgium o xo o xxo xo 1.95 Q
7 Ruth Beitia   Spain - o o o xxx 1.92 q
7 Esthera Petre   Romania o o o o xxx 1.92 q
9 Airinė Palšytė   Lithuania o o o xo xxx 1.92 SB
9 Irina Gordeeva   Russia - o o xo xxx 1.92
9 Emma Green Tregaro   Sweden - o o xo xxx 1.92
12 Anna Iljuštšenko   Estonia o o o xxx 1.88
13 Zheng Xingjuan   China o o xo xxx 1.88
14 Ana Šimić   Croatia o xxo xo xxx 1.88
15 Levern Spencer   Saint Lucia o o xxo xxx 1.88 SB
15 Tonje Angelsen   Norway o o xxo xxx 1.88
17 Oksana Okuneva   Ukraine o xo xxx 1.83
18 Marina Aitova   Kazakhstan o xxo xxx 1.83
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva   Bulgaria - xxx NM
Inika McPherson   United States xxx NM
Burcu Ayhan   Turkey DNS

Final edit

8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:16 and ended at 19:24.[2]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.84 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.98 2.01 Result Notes
  Chaunté Lowe   United States o o xo xo o xxx 1.98
  Antonietta Di Martino   Italy o o o o xxx 1.95 =SB
  Anna Chicherova   Russia o o o o xxx 1.95
  Ebba Jungmark   Sweden o o o o xxx 1.95 =SB
5 Tia Hellebaut   Belgium o xo o o xxx 1.95
6 Ruth Beitia   Spain o o o xo xxx 1.95 SB
7 Esthera Petre   Romania o xxo o xxx 1.92
8 Svetlana Radzivil   Uzbekistan o o xo xxx 1.92

References edit

  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (qualification)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.