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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

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Chaunté Lowe celebrating her win.

The women's high jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Medalists

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

Records

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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

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Indoor
1.95

Schedule

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

Results

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Qualification

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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.[1]

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

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8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:16 and ended at 19:24.[2]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.84 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.98 2.01 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chaunté Lowe United States o o xo xo o xxx 1.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonietta Di Martino Italy o o o o xxx 1.95 =SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anna Chicherova Russia o o o o xxx 1.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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

References

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  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (qualification)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-10.