The women's high jump competition at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on .Start list

Summary In the final, three were perfect to 1.95 metres, 2017 number one Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) and Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER). Three others made it over 1.95 metres to stay in the competition. At 1.97 metres, both Lasitskene and Levchenko remained perfect. On her final attempt Kamila Lićwinko (POL) made it to define the medalists. Lićwinko mixed up the order by jumping 1.99 metres on her first attempt. Levchenko remained perfect to hold the lead, but when Lasitskene missed her first attempt, she dropped to third. Strategically passing to 2.01 metres, Lasitskene cleared it on her first attempt after Lićwinko had missed, to move into silver medal position. That turned into gold after Levchenko missed her first attempt. Lićwinko missed her second attempt and dropped to bronze when Levchenko made hers. Lićwinko passed for one heroic jump at 2.03 metres for the win. She missed, Lasitskene made it, then Levchenko missed three in a row to end the competition. Lasitskene took three shots at 2.08 metres.

Lasitskene was the first Authorised Neutral Athlete to win a gold medal. For the medal ceremony, the IAAF anthem was played as a substitute.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld2.09Stefka Kostadinova 30 Aug 1987Rome, ItalyChampionship2.09Stefka Kostadinova 30 Aug 1987Rome, ItalyWorld leading2.06Maria Lasitskene6 Jul 2017Lausanne, SwitzerlandAfrican2.06Hestrie Cloete31 Aug 2003Paris, FranceAsian1.99Marina Aitova13 Jul 2009Athens, GreeceNACAC2.05Chaunté Howard Lowe26 Jun 2010Des Moines, United StatesSouth American1.96Solange Witteveen8 Sep 1997Oristano, ItalyEuropean2.09Stefka Kostadinova Rome, ItalyOceanian1.98Vanessa Browne-Ward12 Feb 1989Perth, AustraliaAlison Inverarity17 Jul 1994Ingolstadt, Germany

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.94 metres.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round10 August 19:10 Qualification12 August 19:05 Final

Results

Qualification The qualification round took place on 10 August, in two groups, both starting at 19:10. Athletes attaining a mark of 1.94 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.92 Mark Notes1 B Mariya Lasitskene – o o o 1.92 B Yuliya Levchenko o o o o B Kamila Lićwinko – o o o 4 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson o o xo o A Inika McPherson – o xo o 6 A Vashti Cunningham o o o xo B Mirela Demireva o o o xo , B Morgan Lake o o o xo A Airinė Palšytė o o o xo 10 B Michaela Hrubá o o xo xo 11 B Ruth Beitia o o o xxo A Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch o o o xxo 13 B Maruša Černjul o o o xxx 1.89 B Iryna Herashchenko o o o xxx A Levern Spencer o o o xxx 16 A Irina Gordeeva o xo o xxx 17 A Kimberly Williamson o xxo o xxx 18 B Sofie Skoog o o xo xxx 19 B Alessia Trost o o xxo xxx 20 A Oksana Okuneva o xxo xxo xxx 21 B Nadiya Dusanova o o xxx 1.85 A Erika Kinsey o o xxx B Alyxandria Treasure o o xxx A Marija Vuković o o xxx 25 A Ana Šimić o xo xxx 26 A Tatiana Gousin xo xxo xxx 27 B Elizabeth Patterson o xxx 1.80 28 A Erika Furlani xo xxx 29 B Linda Sandblom xxo xxx A Nicola McDermott xxx

Final The final took place on 12 August at 19:05. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality 1.84 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 1.99 2.01 2.03 2.08 Mark Notes Mariya Lasitskene o o o o o x- o o xxx 2.03 Yuliya Levchenko o o o o o o xo xxx 2.01 Kamila Lićwinko o o xo xo xxo o xx- x 1.99 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch o o o o xxx 1.95 Katarina Johnson-Thompson o o xo o xxx Morgan Lake o o o xo xxx Airinė Palšytė o o o xxx 1.92 Mirela Demireva o o o xxx Inika McPherson - xo o xxx 10 Vashti Cunningham o o xxo xxx 11 Michaela Hrubá o xo xxo xxx 12 Ruth Beitia o o xxx 1.88

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