# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–17 August.
It took 1.92 to make the final. In the final, six competitors cleared 1.97, world leader and Olympic silver medalist Brigetta Barrett, Olympic gold medalist and defending champion Anna Chicherova, and European indoor champion Ruth Beitia still perfect. But at 2.00, only Barrett and Olympic bronze medalist Svetlana Shkolina made it, both on the first attempt, giving Barrett the lead and leaving Chicherova and Beitia tied for bronze. At 2.03, Shkolina reversed that position with a first attempt clearance. Barrett had no answer.
The answer came in February 2019 when Shkolina was handed a four-year ban for doping, retroactive to 2012, disqualifying her gold medal.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 |
| Championship record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 |
| World leading | Brigetta Barrett (USA) | 2.04 | Des Moines, United States | 22 June 2013 |
| African record | Hestrie Cloete (RSA) | 2.06 | Paris, France | 31 August 2003 |
| Asian record | Marina Aitova (KAZ) | 1.99 | Athens, Greece | 13 July 2009 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Chaunté Howard Lowe (USA) | 2.05 | Des Moines, United States | 26 June 2010 |
| South American record | Solange Witteveen (ARG) | 1.96 | Oristano, Italy | 8 September 1997 |
| European record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 |
| Oceanian record | Vanessa Browne-Ward (AUS) | 1.98 | Perth, Australia | 12 February 1989 |
| Oceanian record | Alison Inverarity (AUS) | 1.98 | Ingolstadt, Germany | 17 July 1994 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 15 August 2013 | 09:40 | Qualification |
| 17 August 2013 | 18:00 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.88 | 1.92 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Irina Gordeeva | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Anna Chicherova | Russia (RUS) | – | – | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Alessia Trost | Italy (ITA) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Emma Green Tregaro | Sweden (SWE) | – | – | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Svetlana Shkolina | Russia (RUS) | – | – | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Airinė Palšytė | Lithuania (LTU) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Ruth Beitia | Spain (ESP) | – | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 8 | B | Brigetta Barrett | United States (USA) | – | xxo | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 8 | A | Zheng Xingjuan | China (CHN) | – | o | xxo | o | 1.92 | q, SB |
| 10 | B | Kamila Stepaniuk | Poland (POL) | o | o | xo | xo | 1.92 | q |
| 11 | A | Justyna Kasprzycka | Poland (POL) | – | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | q |
| 11 | A | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia (LCA) | – | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | q |
| 11 | A | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Germany (GER) | o | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | q |
| 14 | A | Nadiya Dusanova | Uzbekistan (UZB) | – | o | o | xxx | 1.88 | |
| 15 | A | Oksana Okuneva | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.88 | |
| 16 | B | Maayan Furman-Shahaf | Israel (ISR) | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | |
| 16 | B | Anna Iljuštšenko | Estonia (EST) | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | |
| 18 | A | Inika McPherson | United States (USA) | – | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.88 | |
| 19 | B | Ana Šimić | Croatia (CRO) | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.88 | |
| 20 | B | Barbara Szabó | Hungary (HUN) | o | o | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 20 | B | Burcu Yüksel | Turkey (TUR) | o | o | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 20 | B | Antonia Stergiou | Greece (GRE) | o | o | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 20 | B | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 24 | B | Jeanelle Scheper | Saint Lucia (LCA) | xo | o | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 25 | A | Marina Aitova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | o | xo | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 26 | B | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.83 | |
| 27 | A | Miyuki Fukumoto | Japan (JPN) | o | xxx | | | 1.78 | |

### Final

The final was started at 18:00.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.05 | Mark | Notes |
| DSQ | Svetlana Shkolina | Russia (RUS) | o | xo | o | o | o | xx- | 2.03 | PB |
| | Brigetta Barrett | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| | Ruth Beitia | Spain (ESP) | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.97 | |
| | Anna Chicherova | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.97 | |
| 4 | Emma Green Tregaro | Sweden (SWE) | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.97 | SB |
| 5 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Poland (POL) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.97 | PB |
| 6 | Kamila Stepaniuk | Poland (POL) | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.93 | |
| 7 | Alessia Trost | Italy (ITA) | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.93 | |
| 8 | Zheng Xingjuan | China (CHN) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.93 | SB |
| 9 | Irina Gordeeva | Russia (RUS) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.93 | |
| 10 | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia (LCA) | o | xxx | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 11 | Airinė Palšytė | Lithuania (LTU) | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.89 | |
| | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Germany (GER) | xxx | | | | | | NM | |