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

Qualifying round

Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.93	Result	Notes
1	B	Marina Aitova Marina Aitova Marina Aitova, née Korzhova is a Kazakhstani high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Athens....	o	o	o	o	1.93	q
1	B	Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Vila is a high jumper from Spain.With 2.01 metres indoor and 2.02 metres outdoor she holds the current Spanish records.-Achievements:-References:*-External links:...	o	o	o	o	1.93	q
1	A	Tia Hellebaut Tia Hellebaut Tia Hellebaut is a Belgian track and field athlete who started out in the heptathlon, but afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outdoors....	-	o	o	o	1.93	q
1	B	Vita Styopina	o	o	o	o	1.93	q
5	B	Antonietta Di Martino Antonietta Di Martino Antonietta Di Martino is an Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres outdoor and 2,04 metres indoor.-Career:...	xo	o	o	o	1.93	q
5	A	Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich, born Tempel is a German high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	-	o	xo	o	1.93	q
7	B	Iva Straková	o	o	xxo	o	1.93	q
8	B	Chaunte Howard Chaunte Howard Chaunté Lowe is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the American record holder in the high jump with a height of 2.05 m.-Early career:...	o	o	o	xo	1.93	q
8	A	Vita Palamar Vita Palamar Vita Palamar is a female high jumper from Ukraine. Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set an indoor best of 1.96 m to win the Hochsprung mit Musik in 2001.-Achievements:-External links:...	-	o	o	xo	1.93	q
8	A	Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Vladimirovna Shkolina is a Russian high jumper. Her personal best is 2.00 metres, achieved in February 2010 in Arnstadt-Early career:...	o	o	o	xo	1.93	q
8	B	Blanka Vlašić Blanka Vlašic Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...	o	o	o	xo	1.93	q
12	A	Anna Chicherova Anna Chicherova Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	o	o	xo	xo	1.93	q
13	B	Emma Green Emma Green Emma Anna-Maria Green Tregaro is an athlete competing in high jump. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	o	o	o	xxo	1.93	q
14	A	Romana Dubnova	o	xo	o	xxo	1.93	q
14	B	Elena Slesarenko	o	o	xo	xxo	1.93	q
16	A	Doreen Amata Doreen Amata Doreen Amata is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event.Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa...	o	o	o	xxx	1.89
16	B	Melanie Skotnik Melanie Skotnik Melanie Melfort is a French high jumper. She holds both German and French citizenship through her parentage and represented Germany until 2003....	o	o	o	xxx	1.89
18	A	Svetlana Radzivil Svetlana Radzivil Svetlana Radzivil is an Uzbekistani high jumper.She was born in Tashkent. She finished ninth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and thirteenth at the 2004 World Junior Championships. In 2006 she won the 2006 World Junior Championships, in a new personal best jump of 1.91 metres, and finished...	o	xo	o	xxx	1.89
19	A	Amy Acuff Amy Acuff Amy Lyn Acuff is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field...	o	o	xo	xxx	1.89
19	B	Nicole Forrester Nicole Forrester Nicole Forrester is a Canadian high jumper. She was discovered working at McDonald's by Dave Hunt, who suggested she learn how to high jump. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Thessaloniki...	o	o	xo	xxx	1.89
21	B	Anna Iljustsenko Anna Iljuštšenko Anna Iljuštšenko is an Estonian high jumper.She finished ninth at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a jump of 1.80 metres...	o	xxo	xo	xxx	1.89
22	A	Xingjuan Zheng	xo	o	xxo	xxx	1.89
23	A	Karina Vnukova Karina Vnukova Karina Vnukova is a Lithuanian high jumper.She finished eighth at the 2001 World Youth Championships. She later competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	o	o	xxx		1.85
24	A	Sharon Day	xo	o	xxx		1.85
24	A	Antonia Stergiou	xo	o	xxx		1.85
26	B	Nadiya Dusanova Nadiya Dusanova Nadiya Dusanova is a Uzbekistani high jumper.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best jump is 1.98 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Tashkent. This was the Asian record, although she shared it with two athletes: Yekaterina Yevseyeva and Svetlana Radzivil...	xxo	o	xxx		1.85
27	B	Levern Spencer Levern Spencer Levern Donaline Spencer is a Saint Lucian high jumper.-Biography:Spencer was an All-American high jumper for the University of Georgia and 2008 Olympian for St Lucia, set a new facility record at the Georgia Invitational in Athens, Georgia on Saturday 8 May 2010, clearing 1.98m to cruise to a...	-	xo	xxx		1.85
28	A	Yekaterina Yevseyeva Yekaterina Yevseyeva Yekaterina Yevseyeva is a Kazakh high jumper.She was born in Almaty. She won bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships...	o	xxo	xxx		1.85
29	A	Noeng-Ruthai Chaipech	o	xxx			1.80
29	A	Inna Gliznuta Inna Gliznuta Inna Gliznuta is a Moldovan high jumper.She finished second at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Seoul, fourteenth at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto, eighth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships in Paris and fourth at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing...	o	xxx			1.80

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Romary Rifka

María Romary Rifka González is a female Mexican high jumper. She is married to track & field athlete, Alejandro Cárdenas. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in April 2004 in Xalapa. This is the current Mexican record.-Achievements:-References:...

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.89	1.93	1.96	1.99	2.01	2.03	2.05	2.07	Height	Notes
	Tia Hellebaut Tia Hellebaut Tia Hellebaut is a Belgian track and field athlete who started out in the heptathlon, but afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outdoors....		o	o	o	o	xo	xo	xo	o	x--	2.05	NR, =WL
	Blanka Vlašić Blanka Vlašic Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...		o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.05	=WL
	Anna Chicherova Anna Chicherova Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		o	o	o	xo	xxo	o	o	xxx		2.03	=PB
4	Yelena Slesarenko Yelena Slesarenko -2004:Largely unknown before 2004, she kickstarted the season by clearing 2.04 metres and winning the World Indoor Championships. When the outdoor season started she won the SPAR European Cup with the same result, improving her personal best from 1.97...		o	o	xo	xo	xo	xo	xxx			2.01
5	Vita Palamar Vita Palamar Vita Palamar is a female high jumper from Ukraine. Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set an indoor best of 1.96 m to win the Hochsprung mit Musik in 2001.-Achievements:-External links:...		o	o	o	xo	xo	xx-	x			1.99
6	Chaunte Howard Chaunte Howard Chaunté Lowe is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the American record holder in the high jump with a height of 2.05 m.-Early career:...		o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx				1.99	SB
7	Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich, born Tempel is a German high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		o
o	o	xxx					1.96
7	Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Vila is a high jumper from Spain.With 2.01 metres indoor and 2.02 metres outdoor she holds the current Spanish records.-Achievements:-References:*-External links:...		o	o	o	o	xxx					1.96
9	Emma Green Emma Green Emma Anna-Maria Green Tregaro is an athlete competing in high jump. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.96	SB
10	Marina Aitova Marina Aitova Marina Aitova, née Korzhova is a Kazakhstani high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Athens....		o	o	o	xxx						1.93
10	Antonietta Di Martino Antonietta Di Martino Antonietta Di Martino is an Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres outdoor and 2,04 metres indoor.-Career:...		o	o	o	xxx						1.93
12	Iva Straková		o	o	xxo	xxx						1.93
12	Vita Styopina		o	o	xxo	xxx						1.93
14	Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Vladimirovna Shkolina is a Russian high jumper. Her personal best is 2.00 metres, achieved in February 2010 in Arnstadt-Early career:...		o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.93
15	Romana Dubnova		o	xo	x-							1.89

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

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