2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.

## Summary

As might have been predictable, the six members of the female two metres club were the last six left in the competition at 2 metres. The newest member Karyna Demidik saved one attempt, but missed. First over was defending champion Mariya Lasitskene, who still had a clean round going. That was matched by Vashti Cunningham also maintaining a clean round. After two misses, returning silver medalist Yuliya Levchenko made it over. Returning bronze medalist Kamila Lićwinko was not so lucky and exited the competition. Next up newly tied U20 record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh got over.

At 2.02m, Lasitskene continued her perfect series. Cunningham missed, and then Mahuchikh got over to set a new U20 record. Neither Levchenko or Cunningham could get over, leaving Cunningham with the bronze. At 2.04m, Lasitskene still remained perfect. After two misses, Mahuchikh got over again, setting a second new U20 record in the same competition; a 4 cm personal improvement. That was it, as Lasitskene had the advantage. Mahuchikh, with silver in her pocket, chose not to continue for a third personal best. Lasitskene took three failed attempts at 2.08m.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 30 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Championship | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 30 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| World leading | 2.06 | Mariya Lasitskene | ANA | 20 Jun 2019 | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| African | 2.06 | Hestrie Cloete | RSA | 31 Aug 2003 | Paris, France |
| Asian | 1.99 | Marina Aitova | KAZ | 13 Jul 2009 | Athens, Greece |
| NACAC | 2.05 | Chaunté Howard Lowe | USA | 26 Jun 2010 | Des Moines, United States |
| South American | 1.96 | Solange Witteveen | ARG | 8 Sep 1997 | Oristano, Italy |
| European | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 30 Aug 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Oceanian | 1.98 | Vanessa Browne-Ward | AUS | 12 Feb 1989 | Perth, Australia |
| Oceanian | 1.98 | Alison Inverarity | AUS | 17 Jul 1994 | Ingolstadt, Germany |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 27 September | 18:40 | Qualification |
| 30 September | 20:30 | Final |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 1.94 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.92 | 1.94 | Mark | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Vashti Cunningham | United States (USA) | – | – | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 1 | B | Karyna Demidik | Belarus (BLR) | – | o | o | o | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 3 | A | Mariya Lasitskene | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | – | – | o | xo | o | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 4 | A | Imke Onnen | Germany (GER) | – | o | o | o | xxo | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 4 | A | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine (UKR) | – | o | xo | o | xo | o | 1.94 | Q |
| 6 | A | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria (BUL) | – | – | o | o | xxo | xo | 1.94 | Q |
| 7 | B | Kamila Lićwinko | Poland (POL) | – | – | o | o | xo | xxo | 1.94 | Q |
| 8 | B | Svetlana Radzivil | Uzbekistan (UZB) | – | o | xxo | o | xxo | xxo | 1.94 | Q, SB |
| 9 | B | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | – | o | o | o | o | – | 1.92 | q |
| 9 | A | Tynita Butts | United States (USA) | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | q, PB |
| 11 | A | Claire Orcel | Belgium (BEL) | – | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
| 12 | A | Ana Šimić | Croatia (CRO) | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | q |
| 13 | B | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia (LCA) | – | xo | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 14 | A | Alessia Trost | Italy (ITA) | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 15 | B | Nicola McDermott | Australia (AUS) | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.90 | |
| 16 | A | Maruša Černjul | Slovenia (SLO) | – | xo | o | o | xxx | | 1.90 | |
| 17 | B | Elena Vallortigara | Italy (ITA) | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.90 | |
| 18 | B | Erika Kinsey | Sweden (SWE) | – | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 18 | B | Inika McPherson | United States (USA) | – | – | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 18 | A | Marija Vuković | Montenegro (MNE) | – | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 18 | A | Morgan Lake | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | – | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 22 | B | Airinė Palšytė | Lithuania (LTU) | – | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 23 | B | Iryna Gerashchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | – | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 24 | B | María Fernanda Murillo | Colombia (COL) | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 24 | A | Daniela Stanciu | Romania (ROM) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 26 | A | Nadiya Dusanova | Uzbekistan (UZB) | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 27 | B | Christina Honsel | Germany (GER) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 28 | B | Ella Junnila | Finland (FIN) | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 29 | A | Alysha Burnett | Australia (AUS) | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.70 | |
| 29 | B | Erika Seyama | Eswatini (SWZ) | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.70 | |

### Final

The final was started on 30 September at 20:30.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.84 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.04 | 2.08 | Mark | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mariya Lasitskene | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.04 | |
| | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | o | xo | o | xxo | o | xxo | r | 2.04 | WJR |
| | Vashti Cunningham | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.00 | =PB |
| 4 | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 5 | Kamila Lićwinko | Poland (POL) | xo | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | 1.98 | SB |
| 6 | Karyna Demidik | Belarus (BLR) | o | o | o | xo | xx- | x | | | | 1.96 | |
| 7 | Ana Šimić | Croatia (CRO) | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 8 | Tynita Butts | United States (USA) | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | PB |
| 9 | Imke Onnen | Germany (GER) | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 10 | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 11 | Claire Orcel | Belgium (BEL) | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 12 | Svetlana Radzivil | Uzbekistan (UZB) | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
