Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 21 August 2008 (qualification)
23 August 2008 (final)
Competitors 31 from 24 nations
Winning distance 2.05
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Tia Hellebaut  Belgium
2nd, silver medalist(s) Blanka Vlašić  Croatia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Chaunté Howard[1][2]  United States
Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21–23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[3]

The qualifying standards were 1.95 m (A standard) and 1.91 m (B standard).[4]

The field was narrowed to four athletes by 2.01m. Blanka Vlašić was in the driver's seat, with a perfect round. Vlašić remained in gold medal position by continuing her perfect round to 2.03m. Anna Chicherova moved into silver position with a first attempt clearance as well. Tia Hellebaut took two attempts to get over the height and was in bronze position. Yelena Slesarenko couldn't get over the height and finished in fourth. After Vlašić missed for the first time in the competition Hellebaut's fortunes reversed with a first attempt clearance of 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in), leapfrogging her into the lead. Vlašić cleared on her second attempt, while Chicherova ended her competition with three straight misses. The bar was moved up to an Olympic record 2.07m, just 2cm below the world record. Neither competitor could get over 2.07m.

Eight years after the competition, samples taken after the event were retested. Chicherova tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). The fourth- and fifth-place finishers, Yelena Slesarenko and Vita Palamar also tested positive in the 2016 re-tests. All three were disqualified from the Olympics, and their results were struck from the record.[5]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
Olympic record  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 2.06 Athens, Greece 28 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification criteria: 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.93 Result Notes
1 B Marina Aitova  Kazakhstan o o o o1.93q
1 B Ruth Beitia  Spain o o o o1.93q
1 A Tia Hellebaut  Belgium - o o o1.93q
1 B Vita Styopina  Ukraine o o o o1.93q
5 B Antonietta Di Martino  Italy xo o o o1.93q
5 A Ariane Friedrich  Germany - o xo o 1.93q
7 B Iva Straková  Czech Republic o o xxo o1.93q
8 B Chaunté Howard  United States o o o xo1.93q
8 A Svetlana Shkolina  Russia o o o xo1.93q
8 B Blanka Vlašić  Croatia o o o xo1.93q
11 B Emma Green  Sweden o o o xxo1.93q
12 A Romana Dubnová  Czech Republic o xo o xxo1.93q
13 A Doreen Amata  Nigeria o o o xxx1.89
13 B Melanie Skotnik  France o o o xxx1.89
15 A Svetlana Radzivil  Uzbekistan o xo o xxx1.89
16 A Amy Acuff  United States o o xo xxx1.89
16 B Nicole Forrester  Canada o o xo xxx1.89
18 B Anna Iljustsenko  Estonia o xxo xo xxx1.89
19 A Xingjuan Zheng  China xo o xxo xxx1.89
20 A Karina Vnukova  Lithuania o o xxx 1.85
21 A Sharon Day  United States xo o xxx 1.85
22 A Antonia Stergiou  Greece xo o xxx 1.85
23 B Nadiya Dusanova  Uzbekistan xxo o xxx 1.85
24 B Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia - xo xxx 1.85
25 A Yekaterina Yevseyeva  Kazakhstan o xxo xxx 1.85
26 A Noeng-Ruthai Chaipech  Thailand o xxx 1.80
26 A Inna Gliznuta  Moldova o xxx 1.80
B Tatiana Efimenko  Kyrgyzstan xxx NM
B Romary Rifka  Mexico xxx NM
DQ (8th) A Vita Palamar  Ukraine - o o xo 1.93 q
DQ (12th) A Anna Chicherova  Russia o o xo xo 1.93 q
DQ (14th) B Yelena Slesarenko  Russia o o xo xxo 1.93 q

NM - No Mark

Final

Rank Name Nationality 1.851.891.931.961.992.012.032.052.07HeightNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) Tia Hellebaut  Belgium ooooxoxoxoox--2.05 NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Blanka Vlašić  Croatia ooo ooooxoxxx2.05
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Chaunté Howard  United States ooxoxoxxoxxx 1.99 SB
4 Ariane Friedrich  Germany o-ooxxx 1.96
4 Ruth Beitia  Spain ooooxxx 1.96
6 Emma Green  Sweden oooxxoxxx 1.96 SB
7 Marina Aitova  Kazakhstan oooxxx 1.93
7 Antonietta Di Martino  Italy oooxxx 1.93
9 Iva Straková  Czech Republic ooxxoxxx 1.93
9 Vita Styopina  Ukraine ooxxoxxx 1.93
11 Svetlana Shkolina  Russia oxoxxoxxx 1.93
12 Romana Dubnová  Czech Republic oxox- 1.89
DQ (3rd)[1] Anna Chicherova  Russia oooxoxxoooxxx 2.03
DQ (4th)[5] Yelena Slesarenko  Russia ooxoxoxoxoxxx 2.01
DQ (5th)[5] Vita Palamar  Ukraine oooxoxoxx-x 1.99

NR = National Record / PB = Personal Best / SB = Season Best

References

  1. 1 2 Chicherova was officially stripped of her 2008 bronze medal on 6 October 2016, by the IOC following a positive test for Turinobol.
  2. ↑ Ruiz, Rebecca R. (November 21, 2016). "Olympics History Rewritten: New Doping Tests Topple the Podium". New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  4. ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  5. 1 2 3 "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.


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