The Women's

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the

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on September 1 and 3. Russia's

Anna Chicherova Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova (russian: Анна Владимировна Чичерова; born 22 July 1982) is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and origin ...

entered the competition as the favourite with a world leading jump of 2.07 m. Although

Blanka Vlašić Blanka Vlašić (; born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump. She is a two-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who ranks as the joint second highest female jumper of all time ...

had won world titles in 2007 and

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and was ranked second in the world, she was suffering from a leg injury and decided to compete after having initially withdrawn.

Antonietta Di Martino Antonietta Di Martino (born 1 June 1978) is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the women ...

had been the only other woman over 2.00 m that year. Emma Green,

Venelina Veneva-Mateeva Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (née ''Veneva,'' bg, Венелина Венева-Матеева, born June 13, 1974 in Ruse) is a Bulgarian high jumper. Biography Talented at a young age, she jumped 1.93 metres indoor in 1990 to record a world best p ...

, 2004 Olympic champion

Yelena Slesarenko Yelena Vladimirovna Slesarenko, née Sivushenko (russian: Елена Владимировна Слесаренко; born February 28, 1982 in Volgograd) is a Russian high jumper. Largely unknown before 2004, she kick started the season by cleari ...

and

Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Vila (; born 1 April 1979) is a retired high jumper who was the 2016 Olympic champion in the women's high jump. She was also a politician in the Partido Popular and a member of the Parliament of Cantabria. Biography Beitia firs ...

were the other established entrants, while Svetlana Shkolina was fourth in the world rankings.

Chaunté Lowe Chaunté Lowe ( née Howard; born January 12, 1984) is an American athlete who competes in the high jump. A four-time Olympian ( 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), she is the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2005 World Championship silver medalist ...

Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich (born Tempel; 10 January 1984 in Nordhausen) is a German high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the German ...

and reigning Olympic champion

Tia Hellebaut Tia Hellebaut (; born 16 February 1978 in Antwerp) is a retired Belgian track and field athlete, as well as a chemist, who started out in her sports career in the heptathlon, and afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 ...

were notable absences.High jump 2011
IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-27. It took 1.95 to make the final. The medalists clearly separated from the field in order, each clearing 2.00 Chicherova on her first, Vlašić on her second and Di Martino on her third. At 2.03 Chicherova remained clean while Vlašić again needed two attempts, with Di Martino unable to make the height. At 2.05, neither was able to make it, though Vlašić looked closer. After years of finishing one place behind Vlašić in major meets, it was the first time Chicherova was able to reverse those results.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the

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Final

References

External links

High jump results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Women's high jump

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

High jump at the World Athletics Championships 2011 in women's athletics