2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
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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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| width=200 bgcolor=gold|Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver|Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966|Bronze |
| Chaunté Lowe {{USA}} |Antonietta Di Martino |Not awarded |
Records
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| colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships |
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| World record
|{{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}} |2.08 |4 February 2006 |
| Championship record
|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}} |2.05 |8 March 1987 |
| World Leading
|{{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}} |2.06 |Arnstadt, Germany |4 February 2012 |
| African record
|{{flagathlete|Hestrie Cloete|RSA}} |1.97 |18 February 2001 |
| Asian record
|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Zalevskaya|KAZ}} |1.98 |2 March 1996 |
| European record
|{{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}} |2.08 |Arnstadt, Germany |4 February 2006 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record |{{flagathlete|Chaunté Lowe|USA}} |2.02 |Albuquerque, United States |26 February 2012 |
| Oceanian Record
|{{flagathlete|Alison Inverarity|AUS}} |1.97 |13 March 1993 |
| South American record
|{{flagathlete|Solange Witteveen|ARG}} |1.94 |9 February 2000 |
Qualification standards
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| Indoor |
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| 1.95 |
Schedule
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! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| March 9, 2012 | 9:30 | Qualification |
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|March 10, 2012 | 18:15 | Final |
Results
=Qualification=
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-HJ-W-q----.RS6.pdf|title=2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (qualification)|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=2012-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225452/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-HJ-W-q----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=2012-08-27|url-status=dead}}
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| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | Result | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Anna Chicherova | align=left| {{RUS}} | - | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q |
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| 1 | align=left| Ebba Jungmark | align=left| {{SWE}} | - | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q, =SB |
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| 3 | align=left| Antonietta Di Martino | align=left| {{ITA}} | - | o | o | o | xo | 1.95 | Q, SB |
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| 3 | align=left| Chaunté Lowe | align=left| {{USA}} | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.95 | Q |
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| 5 | align=left| Svetlana Radzivil | align=left| {{UZB}} | o | o | o | xxo | xo | 1.95 | Q, SB |
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| 6 | align=left| Tia Hellebaut | align=left| {{BEL}} | o | xo | o | xxo | xo | 1.95 | Q |
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| 7 | align=left| Ruth Beitia | align=left| {{ESP}} | - | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
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| 7 | align=left| Esthera Petre | align=left| {{ROU}} | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
| 9 | align=left| Airinė Palšytė | align=left| {{LTU}} | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | SB |
| 9 | align=left| Irina Gordeeva | align=left| {{RUS}} | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 9 | align=left| Emma Green Tregaro | align=left| {{SWE}} | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 12 | align=left| Anna Iljuštšenko | align=left| {{EST}} | o | o | o | xxx | 1.88 | ||
| 13 | align=left| Zheng Xingjuan | align=left| {{CHN}} | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | ||
| 14 | align=left| Ana Šimić | align=left| {{CRO}} | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.88 | ||
| 15 | align=left| Levern Spencer | align=left| {{LCA}} | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.88 | SB | |
| 15 | align=left| Tonje Angelsen | align=left| {{NOR}} | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.88 | ||
| 17 | align=left| Oksana Okuneva | align=left| {{UKR}} | o | xo | xxx | 1.83 | |||
| 18 | align=left| Marina Aitova | align=left| {{KAZ}} | o | xxo | xxx | 1.83 | |||
| {{hs|99}} | align=left| Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | align=left| {{BUL}} | - | xxx | {{sort|0.01|NM}} | ||||
| {{hs|99}} | align=left| Inika McPherson | align=left| {{USA}} | xxx | {{sort|0.01|NM}} | |||||
| {{hs|99}} | align=left| Burcu Ayhan | align=left| {{TUR}} | {{sort|0.00|DNS}} |
=Final=
8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:16 and ended at 19:24.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-HJ-W-f--A--.RS1.pdf|title=2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump (final)|publisher = Omega Timing|accessdate=2012-03-10}}
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| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.01 | Result | Notes |
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| {{gold01}} | align=left| Chaunté Lowe | align=left| {{USA}} | o | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.98 | |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| Antonietta Di Martino | align=left| {{ITA}} | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | =SB | |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| Anna Chicherova | align=left| {{RUS}} | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | ||
| {{silver02}} | align=left| Ebba Jungmark | align=left| {{SWE}} | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | =SB | |
| 5 | align=left| Tia Hellebaut | align=left| {{BEL}} | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | ||
| 6 | align=left| Ruth Beitia | align=left| {{ESP}} | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | SB | |
| 7 | align=left| Esthera Petre | align=left| {{ROU}} | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.92 | |||
| 8 | align=left| Svetlana Radzivil | align=left| {{UZB}} | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 |
References
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