2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.[1][2]

Women's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Dates	March 20
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Winning height	1.96
Medalists
Vashti Cunningham    United States   Ruth Beitia    Spain   Kamila Lićwinko    Poland

2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m	men	women

Four athletes were perfect through 1.93, Sofie Skoog, Lavern Spencer, masters world record holder Ruth Beitia and still in high school, Vashti Cunningham, the new indoor world junior record holder. Airinė Palšytė and Kamila Lićwinko also managed the height but with several misses in the competition. At 1.96, Cunningham cleared it with room to spare on her first attempt, keeping the perfect round going, which turned out to be the gold medal performance. Beitia and Lićwinko cleared it on their second attempt with Beitia's perfect round beforehand being the difference for her silver medal. Palšytė also cleared 1.96 on her last attempt, but it was too little, too late. All athletes tried 1.99. The three medalists had been over 1.99 in the past but nobody made it on this day.

Cunningham becomes the youngest female Indoor World Champion, just one day older than the youngest male, Mohammed Aman from the 2012 Championships.