2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
# 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018.

With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the Women shared center stage with the Men's high jump.

## Summary

Russian Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, led the field of thirteen women that year through her clearance of 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) at the Stalingrad Cup. She was the strong favourite, having gone unbeaten since 2016 and as the two-time reigning World Champion outdoors. American Vashti Cunningham returned to defend her title and 2017 World runner-up, Yuliya Levchenko of Ukraine, also entered the event.

The overall performance of the field was poor. Seven athletes were eliminated after clearing the opening height of 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) only. Levchenko and Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria were eliminated next, with three failures at 1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in). Of the remaining four athletes only Lasitskene had achieved a clean scorecard after three heights. She then cleared the following height of 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), which none of the other athletes managed to achieve, becoming world indoor champion for a second time. The 20-year-old Cunningham took the silver medal by virtue of having only one failure before that height. Alessia Trost of Italy edged out Great Britain's Morgan Lake on countback to win the bronze medal – her first at senior world level. Lasitskene ended the competition on her own, clearing 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) before three failed attempts at a personal best and the championship record of Stefka Kostadinova (unbeaten since 1987).

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships :

| World indoor record | Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 2.08 | Arnstadt, Germany | 4 February 2006 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.05 | Indianapolis, United States | 8 March 1987 |
| World Leading | Mariya Lasitskene (ANA) | 2.04 | Volgograd, Russia | 27 January 2018 |

## Results

The final was started at 18:45.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.84 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 2.01 | 2.07 | Mark | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mariya Lasitskene | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.01 | |
| | Vashti Cunningham | United States (USA) | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 | |
| | Alessia Trost | Italy (ITA) | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 | SB |
| 4 | Morgan Lake | Great Britain (GBR) | xxo | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.93 | SB |
| 5 | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.89 | |
| 6 | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.89 | |
| 7 | Erika Kinsey | Sweden (SWE) | o | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 7 | Iryna Gerashchenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 7 | Inika McPherson | United States (USA) | o | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 10 | Sofie Skoog | Sweden (SWE) | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 10 | Michaela Hrubá | Czech Republic (CZE) | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 10 | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia (LCA) | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
| 13 | Yorgelis Rodríguez | Cuba (CUB) | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
