Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between August 18–20, at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates18 August 2016 (qualification)
20 August 2016 (final)
Competitors36 from 27 nations
Winning height1.97 m
Medalists
Ruth Beitia  Spain
Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria
Blanka Vlašić  Croatia

Summary

There were 17 athletes who made the final. The height of 1.93 proved to be the undoing for five of them, even though all of them had cleared 1.94 in qualifying the day earlier. Among the non-qualifiers were World indoor Champion Vashti Cunningham and European silver medalist Airinė Palšytė. Eight more were excised at 1.97 m, leaving the medalists plus one extra. Waving her fingers at the bar before she jumped, 37 year old Ruth Beitia remained perfect to that point. Mirela Demireva was jumping over her previous best but made it on her first attempt as well. She was in second place with one miss earlier in the competition. Blanka Vlašić had one miss at every height, a pattern that put her in third place. And making the bar on her last attempt, world leader Chaunté Lowe was in fourth place. All but Demireva had cleared 2.00 before, Lowe in 2016. Earlier in her career Vlašić made 2.00 routine and was attempting the world record of 2.10 on occasion. None of them could make 2.00 in the final and their earlier positions were confirmed. It was Beitia's first gold medal in World level competition. This was also the first Olympic women's high jump since 1980 where the winning height was below two metres.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes started with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they had failed at three jumps in a row, they would have been eliminated. After a successful jump, they received three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps had been completed, all athletes who had achieved the qualifying height went through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes had achieved the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes would have gone through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 m Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Olympic record  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 2.06 m Athens, Greece 28 August 2004
2016 World leading  Chaunté Lowe (USA) 2.01 Eugene, Oregon, United States 3 July 2016

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 18 August 201610:00Qualifications
Saturday, 20 August 201620:30Finals

Results

Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 1.94m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality1.801.851.891.921.94ResultNote
1BRuth Beitia Spainoooo1.94Q
AChaunte Lowe United Statesooooo1.94Q
BInika McPherson United Statesooo1.94Q, SB
BSvetlana Radzivil Uzbekistanooooo1.94Q
ALevern Spencer Saint Luciaooooo1.94Q
BBlanka Vlašić Croatiaoooo1.94Q
7BSofie Skoog Swedenooxooo1.94Q, PB
BAlessia Trost Italyooxooo1.94Q
9AMirela Demireva Bulgariaoooxxoo1.94Q
BKamila Lićwinko Polandoxoxoo1.94Q
11BAirinė Palšytė Lithuaniaoooxoxo1.94Q
12BMarie-Laurence Jungfleisch Germanyoooxxoxo1.94Q
13AIryna Gerashchenko Ukraineooooxxo1.94Q, SB
14BAlyxandria Treasure Canadaoooxoxxo1.94Q, PB
15AVashti Cunningham United Statesoxoxoxxo1.94Q
AMorgan Lake Great Britainoooxxoxxo1.94Q, PB
ADesirée Rossit Italyooxxooxxo1.94Q
18AMichaela Hruba Czech Republicooooxxx1.92
19AYuliya Levchenko Ukraineooxooxxx1.92
20ANadiya Dusanova Uzbekistanooxoxoxxx1.92
21BMaruša Černjul Sloveniaoooxxoxxx1.92
22BOksana Okuneva Ukraineoooxxx1.89
AEleanor Patterson Australiaooxxx1.89
AAna Simic Croatiaooxxx1.89
25BJeanelle Scheper Saint Luciaxoooxxx1.89
26BLinda Sandblom Finlandoxoxoxxx1.89
27ADoreen Amata Nigeriaoxxoxoxxx1.89
28APriscilla Frederick Antigua and Barbudaoxxoxxoxxx1.89
29AErika Kinsey Swedenooxxx1.85
BLissa Labiche Seychellesooxxx1.85
31AAkela Jones Barbadosoxoxxx1.85
32BTonje Angelsen Norwayxoxxx1.80
ALeontia Kallenou Cyprusxoxxx1.80SB
AValentina Liashenko Georgiaxoxxx1.80
BBarbara Szabó Hungaryxoxxx1.80
BNafissatou Thiam BelgiumDNS

Final

RankNameNationality1.881.931.972.00ResultNote
Ruth Beitia Spainoooxxx1.97
Mirela Demireva Bulgariaxoooxxx1.97PB
Blanka Vlašić Croatiaxoxoxoxxx1.97SB
4Chaunté Lowe United Statesooxxoxxx1.97
5Alessia Trost Italyooxxx1.93
6Levern Spencer Saint Luciaxooxxx1.93
7Sofie Skoog Swedenoxoxxx1.93
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Germanyoxoxxx1.93
9Kamila Lićwinko Polandxoxoxxx1.93
10Iryna Gerashchenko Ukraineoxxoxxx1.93
Morgan Lake Great Britainoxxoxxx1.93
Inika McPherson United Statesoxxoxxx1.93
13Airinė Palšytė Lithuaniaoxxx1.88
Svetlana Radzivil Uzbekistanoxxx1.88
Vashti Cunningham United Statesoxxx1.88
16Desirée Rossit Italyxoxxx1.88
17Alyxandria Treasure Canadaxxoxxx1.88

References

  1. "Women's high jump". Rio 2016 Organisation. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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