The women's

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at the

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took place at the

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on 19 & 21 August 2022.

Records

Schedule

Results

In the absence of Mariya Lasitskene,

Yaroslava Mahuchikh Yaroslava Oleksiivna Mahuchikh (, ; born 19 September 2001) is a Ukrainian high jumper and women's high jump world record holder. She won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump, 2024 Summer Olympics, 2 ...

of Ukraine was the overwhelming favourite, going into the Championships with her season's best of 2.03m. Iryna Herashchenko of Ukraine and bronze medallist of the

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Italy's Elena Vallortigara were the only other competitors in the field who cleared 2.00m earlier in the season. In the final only two athletes cleared 1.95m, with Mahuchikh securing the win on countback and Montenegro's Marija Vuković finally winning her first major international medal with silver. 17-year-old

Angelina Topić Angelina Topić ( sr-Cyrl, Ангелина Топић; born 26 July 2005) is a Serbian athlete specializing in the high jump. At the age of 17, she won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest medallis ...

took bronze. The winning height of 1.95m was the lowest in Championships' history since 1974.

Qualification

Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q).

Final

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2022 European Athletics Championships, Women's high jump High jump W High jump at the European Athletics Championships

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