2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Oregon Convention Center
Dates March 20
Competitors 11 from 10 nations
Winning height 1.96
Medalists
 Vashti Cunningham   United States
 Ruth Beitia   Spain
 Kamila Lićwinko   Poland
Events at the
2016 IAAF World Indoor
Championships
Track events
60 m   men   women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m men women

The women's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.[1][2]

Four athletes were perfect through 1.93, Sofie Skoog, Lavern Spencer, masters world record holder Ruth Beitia and still in high school, Vashti Cunningham, the new indoor world junior record holder. Airinė Palšytė and Kamila Lićwinko also managed the height but with several misses in the competition. At 1.96, Cunningham cleared it with room to spare on her first attempt, keeping the perfect round going, which turned out to be the gold medal performance. Beitia and Lićwinko cleared it on their second attempt with Beitia's perfect round beforehand being the difference for her silver medal. Palšytė also cleared 1.96 on her last attempt, but it was too little, too late. All athletes tried 1.99. The three medalists had been over 1.99 in the past but nobody made it on this day.

Cunningham becomes the youngest female Indoor World Champion, just one day older than the youngest male, Mohammed Aman from the 2012 Championships.

Results

The final was started 13:00.[3]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.84 1.89 1.93 1.96 1.99 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Vashti Cunningham  United States o o o o xxx 1.96
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ruth Beitia  Spain o o o xo xxx 1.96
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kamila Lićwinko  Poland xo o xo xo xxx 1.96
4 Airinė Palšytė  Lithuania xo o xxo xxo xxx 1.96
5 Sofie Skoog  Sweden o o o xxx 1.93
5 Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia o o o xxx 1.93
7 Alessia Trost  Italy o o xo xxx 1.93
8 Erika Kinsey  Sweden o xxo xxo xxx 1.93 SB
9 Doreen Amata  Nigeria o o xxx 1.89
10 Lissa Labiche  Seychelles o xxo xxx 1.89 NR
10 Isobel Pooley  Great Britain o xxo xxx 1.89
11 Priscilla Frederick  Antigua and Barbuda DNS

References

  1. ↑ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ Final results
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