# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.
It took 1.92 to make the finals, and eight competitors made it cleanly. In the finals, only eight cleared 1.92; Ana Šimić, Doreen Amata, and Levern Spencer, who had jumped it in qualification, missed three times. 1.95 lost Jeanelle Scheper and Eleanor Patterson, but the remaining six all made it through three heights to 1.99. Two-time champion Blanka Vlašić looked like her dominant self from six years earlier with a large clearance at 2.01, but she had one failure at 1.92. Mariya Kuchina, whose best achievement had been a tie for the World Indoor Championship, cleared it next as a personal best, and she was still clean. The 2012 Olympic champion Anna Chicherova cleared it on her second attempt. Kamila Lićwinko (the other half of that tie), returning bronze medalist Ruth Beitia, and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch were unable to make 2.01, so the medals were settled. The bar went up to 2.03, but nobody could make it, so the results were decided by the count back. Chicherova needed two attempts at the winning height, so she finished third. Of the two who made it their first time, that mistake earlier in the competition gave Vlašić another silver medal (her fourth in major competition), while Kuchina's perfect series was rewarded with the 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 | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 2.03 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 9 July 2015 |
| 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 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 1.94

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 August 2015 | 09:35 | Qualification |
| 29 August 2015 | 18:30 | Final |

## Results

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

### Qualification

Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.92 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Ana Šimić | Croatia (CRO) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Anna Chicherova | Russia (RUS) | – | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia (CRO) | – | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Doreen Amata | Nigeria (NGR) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia (LCA) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Mariya Kuchina | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | A | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Germany (GER) | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 1 | B | Ruth Beitia | Spain (ESP) | – | o | o | o | 1.92 | q |
| 9 | B | Eleanor Patterson | Australia (AUS) | – | o | xo | o | 1.92 | q |
| 9 | B | Kamila Lićwinko | Poland (POL) | – | o | xo | o | 1.92 | q |
| 11 | B | Jeanelle Scheper | Saint Lucia (LCA) | o | o | xxo | o | 1.92 | q |
| 12 | B | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | xo | o | xo | 1.92 | q |
| 13 | B | Svetlana Radzivil | Uzbekistan (UZB) | o | o | xo | xxo | 1.92 | q |
| 14 | A | Airinė Palšytė | Lithuania (LTU) | o | o | o | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 14 | A | Morgan Lake | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | o | o | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 14 | B | Oksana Okuneva | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | o | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 14 | B | Sofie Skoog | Sweden (SWE) | o | o | o | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 18 | A | Erika Kinsey | Sweden (SWE) | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 19 | B | Isobel Pooley | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 19 | B | Oldřiška Marešová | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 21 | A | Lissa Labiche | Seychelles (SEY) | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.89 | |
| 22 | B | Priscilla Frederick | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | o | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 23 | A | Iryna Herashchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 24 | B | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 25 | A | Eleriin Haas | Estonia (EST) | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 26 | A | Zheng Xingjuan | China (CHN) | o | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 26 | B | Barbara Szabó | Hungary (HUN) | o | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 28 | A | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | Bulgaria (BUL) | xo | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| | A | Chaunté Lowe | United States (USA) | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | A | Valentina Liashenko | Georgia (GEO) | xxx | | | | NM | |

### Final

The final started at 18:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | Mark | Notes |
| | Mariya Kuchina | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | PB |
| | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia (CRO) | o | xo | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | SB |
| | Anna Chicherova | Russia (RUS) | o | – | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.01 | |
| 4 | Kamila Lićwinko | Poland (POL) | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.99 | =NR |
| 5 | Ruth Beitia | Spain (ESP) | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | 1.99 | |
| 6 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Germany (GER) | o | o | o | x– | xo | xxx | | 1.99 | PB |
| 7 | Jeanelle Scheper | Saint Lucia (LCA) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.92 | |
| 8 | Eleanor Patterson | Australia (AUS) | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.92 | |
| 9 | Ana Šimić | Croatia (CRO) | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 9 | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 9 | Svetlana Radzivil | Uzbekistan (UZB) | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 12 | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia (LCA) | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |
| 12 | Doreen Amata | Nigeria (NGR) | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.88 | |