The women's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.
Summary As might have been predictable, the six members of the female two metres club were the last six left in the competition at 2 metres. The newest member Karyna Demidik saved one attempt, but missed. First over was defending champion Mariya Lasitskene, who still had a clean round going. That was matched by Vashti Cunningham also maintaining a clean round. After two misses, returning silver medalist Yuliya Levchenko made it over. Returning bronze medalist Kamila Lićwinko was not so lucky and exited the competition. Next up newly tied U20 record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh got over.
At 2.02m, Lasitskene continued her perfect series. Cunningham missed, and then Mahuchikh got over to set a new U20 record. Neither Levchenko or Cunningham could get over, leaving Cunningham with the bronze. At 2.04m, Lasitskene still remained perfect. After two misses, Mahuchikh got over again, setting a second new U20 record in the same competition; a 4 cm personal improvement. That was it, as Lasitskene had the advantage. Mahuchikh, with silver in her pocket, chose not to continue for a third personal best. Lasitskene took three failed attempts at 2.08m.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld2.09Stefka Kostadinova 30 Aug 1987Rome, ItalyChampionship2.09Stefka Kostadinova 30 Aug 1987Rome, ItalyWorld leading2.06Mariya Lasitskene20 Jun 2019Ostrava, Czech RepublicAfrican2.06Hestrie 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
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round27 September 18:40 Qualification30 September 20:30 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
Rank Group Name Nationality 1.70 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.92 1.94 Mark Notes1 A Vashti Cunningham – – o o o o 1.94 B Karyna Demidik – o o o o o 1.94 3 A Mariya Lasitskene – – o xo o o 1.94 4 A Imke Onnen – o o o xxo o 1.94 A Yaroslava Mahuchikh – o xo o xo o 1.94 6 A Mirela Demireva – – o o xxo xo 1.94 7 B Kamila Lićwinko – – o o xo xxo 1.94 8 B Svetlana Radzivil – o xxo o xxo xxo 1.94 , 9 B Yuliya Levchenko – o o o o – 1.92 A Tynita Butts – o o o o xxx 1.92 , 11 A Claire Orcel – o o xo o xxx 1.92 12 A Ana Šimić – o o o xo xxx 1.92 13 B Levern Spencer – xo o xxo xo xxx 1.92 14 A Alessia Trost – o o o xxo xxx 1.92 15 B Nicola McDermott – o o o xxx 1.90 16 A Maruša Černjul – xo o o xxx 1.90 17 B Elena Vallortigara o o o xo xxx 1.90 18 B Erika Kinsey – o o xxx 1.85 B Inika McPherson – – o xxx 1.85 A Marija Vuković – o o xxx 1.85 A Morgan Lake – o o xxx 1.85 22 B Airinė Palšytė – xo o xxx 1.85 23 B Iryna Gerashchenko – o xo xxx 1.85 24 B María Fernanda Murillo – o xxo xxx 1.85 A Daniela Stanciu o o xxo xxx 1.85 26 A Nadiya Dusanova o o xxx 1.80 27 B Christina Honsel o xo xxx 1.80 28 B Ella Junnila xo xo xxx 1.80 29 A Alysha Burnett xo xxx 1.70 B Erika Seyama xo xxx 1.70
Final The final was started on 30 September at 20:30.
Rank Name Nationality 1.841.891.931.961.982.002.022.042.08 Mark NotesMariya Lasitskeneooooooooxxx2.04 Yaroslava Mahuchikhoxooxooxxooxxo2.04Vashti Cunninghamooooooxxx 2.00= 4Yuliya Levchenko oooooxxoxxx 2.00 5Kamila Lićwinkoxooxoxxoxoxxx 1.986Karyna Demidikoooxoxx-x 1.96 7Ana Šimićoooxxx 1.93 8Tynita Butts oxxoxoxxx 1.939Imke Onnenxooxxx 1.89 10Mirela Demirevaoxoxxx 1.89 11Claire Orceloxxoxxx 1.89 12Svetlana Radzivilxoxxoxxx 1.89
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