# 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.

## Medalists

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

## Records

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

* Indoor
* 1.95

## Schedule

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

## Results
### Qualification

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.
| 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

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