2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

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Chaunté Lowe celebrating her win.

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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chaunté Lowe  United States o o xo xo o xxx 1.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonietta Di Martino  Italy o o o o xxx 1.95 =SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Chicherova  Russia o o o o xxx 1.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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.