The women's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21–23 August at the

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Summary

The qualifying standards were 1.95 m (A standard) and 1.91 m (B standard). The field was narrowed to four athletes by 2.01m. Blanka Vlašić was in the driver's seat, with a perfect round. Vlašić remained in gold medal position by continuing her perfect round to 2.03m.

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 ...

moved into silver position with a first attempt clearance as well. Tia Hellebaut took two attempts to get over the height and was in bronze position. Yelena Slesarenko couldn't get over the height and finished in fourth. After Vlašić missed for the first time in the competition Hellebaut's fortunes reversed with a first attempt clearance of , leapfrogging her into the lead. Vlašić cleared on her second attempt, while Chicherova ended her competition with three straight misses. The bar was moved up to an Olympic record 2.07m, just 2cm below the world record. Neither competitor could get over 2.07m. Eight years after the competition, samples taken after the event were retested. Chicherova tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). The fourth- and fifth-place finishers, Yelena Slesarenko and

Vita Palamar Vita Palamar ( uk, Віта Паламар; born 12 October 1977 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union) is a female high jumper from Ukraine. Career Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set ...

also tested positive in the 2016 re-tests. All three were disqualified from the Olympics, and their results were struck from the record. Medals of other athletes have been reallocated by IAAF.IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. High Jump women.
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification criteria: 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. NM - No Mark

Final

NR = National Record / PB = Personal Best / SB = Season Best

References

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