Women's High Jump Updates - London 2012 Olympic Games
Women's High Jump Updates - London 2012 Olympic Games
In her first Olympic Games, Brigetta Barrett of the University of Arizona wowed the crowd as she won the silver medal in the women's high jump final with a new personal best of 2.03. 21 year-old Barrett beat out a stacked field that included 2008 Olympic Champion Tia Hellabaut and American record holder Chaunte Lowe. The gold medal was won by 2012 World Indoor Champion and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Anna Chicherova of Russia with a height of 2.05. Bronze was won by 2011 World Championships finalist Svetlana Shkolona of Russia.
11 August 2012 - 19:00
Position |
Bib |
Athlete |
Country |
Mark |
. |
1 |
2850 |
RUS |
2.05 |
. |
|
2 |
3268 |
USA |
2.03 |
(PB) |
|
3 |
2894 |
RUS |
2.03 |
(PB) |
|
4 |
1642 |
ESP |
2.00 |
(=SB) |
|
5 |
1145 |
BEL |
1.97 |
(=SB) |
|
6 |
3305 |
USA |
1.97 |
. |
|
7 |
3337 |
UZB |
1.97 |
(SB) |
|
8 |
3005 |
SWE |
1.93 |
. |
|
9 |
1787 |
FRA |
1.93 |
(=SB) |
|
10 |
2860 |
RUS |
1.93 |
. |
|
11 |
2437 |
LTU |
1.89 |
. |
|
12 |
3082 |
TUR |
1.89 |
Lowe, Barrett qualify for final; Acuff out
American Chaunte Lowe and Brigetta Barrett, both contenders for Olympic gold, have qualified for the high jump final set to take place on Saturday. Lowe had a complete clean slate on her way to clearing 1.93 meters while Barrett took two attempts to jump the height.
The Americans' chief rivals, Anna Chicherova of Russia, Ruth Beitia of Spain and defending champion Tia Hellebaut of Belgium, also qualified to the final.
Five-time Olympian Amy Acuff missed the final after failing to clear 1.90 meters.
Position | Bib | Athlete | Country | Mark | . |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1642 | Ruth Beitia | ESP | 1.93 q | |
1 | 1787 | Melanie Melfort | FRA | 1.93 q | (=SB) |
1 | 2850 | Anna Chicherova | RUS | 1.93 q | |
1 | 3005 | Emma Green Tregaro | SWE | 1.93 q | |
5 | 3082 | Burcu Ayhan | TUR | 1.93 q | (SB) |
6 | 2437 | Airiné Palšyté | LTU | 1.93 q | |
6 | 3268 | Brigetta Barrett | USA | 1.93 q | |
8 | 1934 | Ariane Friedrich | GER | 1.93 | (SB) |
9 | 3163 | Olena Holosha | UKR | 1.90 | |
10 | 1397 | Xingjuan Zheng | CHN | 1.90 | |
11 | 2771 | Esthera Petre | ROU | 1.85 | |
11 | 3333 | Nadiya Dusanova | UZB | 1.85 | |
13 | 2113 | Deirdre Ryan | IRL | 1.85 | |
14 | 2601 | Tonje Angelsen | NOR | 1.85 | |
15 | 1535 | Oldriška Marešová | CZE | 1.80 | |
15 | 3021 | Wanida Boonwan | THA | 1.80 | |
15 | 3358 | Thi Viet Anh Duong | VIE | 1.80 |
ATHLETE | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ruth Beitia | - | - | O | O | O | - |
Melanie Melfort | O | O | O | O | O | - |
Anna Chicherova | - | - | O | O | O | - |
Emma Green Tregaro | - | - | O | O | O | - |
Burcu Ayhan | O | O | - | XO | O | - |
Airiné Palšyté | O | O | O | O | XO | - |
Brigetta Barrett | O | O | O | O | XO | - |
Ariane Friedrich | - | - | O | O | XXO | XXX |
Olena Holosha | - | O | O | O | XXX | |
Xingjuan Zheng | - | O | O | XXO | XXX | |
Esthera Petre | O | O | O | XXX | ||
Nadiya Dusanova | - | O | O | XXX | ||
Deirdre Ryan | - | O | XO | XXX | ||
Tonje Angelsen | - | O | XXO | XXX | ||
Oldriška Marešová | O | O | XXX | |||
Wanida Boonwan | O | O | XXX | |||
Thi Viet Anh Duong | O | O | XXX |
Position | Bib | Athlete | Country | Mark | . |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3337 | Svetlana Radzivil | UZB | 1.96 Q | (SB) |
2 | 1145 | Tia Hellebaut | BEL | 1.93 q | |
2 | 2894 | Svetlana Shkolina | RUS | 1.93 q | |
2 | 3305 | Chaunté Lowe | USA | 1.93 q | |
5 | 2860 | Irina Gordeeva | RUS | 1.93 q | |
6 | 2000 | Adonía Steryíou | GRE | 1.93 | (SB) |
7 | 1672 | Anna Iljuštšenko | EST | 1.90 | |
8 | 2577 | Doreen Amata | NGR | 1.90 | (SB) |
9 | 2416 | Levern Spencer | LCA | 1.90 | |
10 | 1271 | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | BUL | 1.85 | |
10 | 1498 | Lesyani Mayor | CUB | 1.85 | |
10 | 2916 | Lissa Labiche | SEY | 1.85 | |
10 | 3007 | Ebba Jungmark | SWE | 1.85 | |
10 | 3266 | Amy Acuff | USA | 1.85 | |
15 | 1459 | Ana Šimic | CRO | 1.80 | |
15 | 2073 | Sahana Kumari | IND | 1.80 | |
17 | 3194 | Vita Styopina | UKR | 1.80 | |
2275 | Marina Aitova | KAZ | NM |
ATHLETE | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Svetlana Radzivil | O | O | O | O | XXO | O |
Tia Hellebaut | - | - | O | O | O | - |
Svetlana Shkolina | - | - | O | O | O | - |
Chaunté Lowe | - | O | O | O | O | - |
Irina Gordeeva | - | O | O | O | XO | XX |
Adonía Steryíou | O | XO | O | XXO | XO | XXX |
Anna Iljuštšenko | - | O | O | O | XXX | |
Doreen Amata | - | O | X- | O | XXX | |
Levern Spencer | - | O | XO | XXO | XXX | |
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | - | O | O | XXX | ||
Lesyani Mayor | O | O | O | XXX | ||
Lissa Labiche | O | O | O | XXX | ||
Ebba Jungmark | - | O | O | XXX | ||
Amy Acuff | O | O | O | XXX | ||
Ana Šimic | - | O | XXX | |||
Sahana Kumari | - | O | XXX | |||
Vita Styopina | XO | XO | XXR | |||
Marina Aitova | R |
last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT
2012 London Olympic Games
High Jump Schedule:
Day 7, Aug 9th - Qualification (3:30am CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 9, Aug 11th - Final (1:00pm CT)
High Jump Records:
World Record - 2.09 m - Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 9/30/1987
Olympic Record - 2.06 m - Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 9/28/2004
American Record - 2.05 m - Chaunte Lowe (USA) 6/26/2010
The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Anna Chicherova, Russia (2.07/2.03) - With the two best jumps in the world this year, and a World Championships Gold, it'll be tough to down this rowdy Russian.
2. Chaunte' Lowe, USA (2.05/2.02) - Lowe has been jumping well of late and as the 2012 World Indoor champ, you just can't count her out.
3. Brigetta Barrett (2.01/2.01) - Coming off a fresh PB at the trials, I'm gonna take Barrett's youthful legs over Russia's Shkolina.
The Americans:
1. Chaunte' Lowe (2.05/2.01) - US record holder and World Indoor champ this year.
2. Brigetta Barrett (2.01/2.01) - Coming off a big PB at the trials
3. Amy Acuff (2.01/1.95) - The seasoned vet giving it at least one last go.
Past High Jump Olympic Results: (from wiki)
2008
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2004
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2000
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