title: 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
text: # 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
  
  The women's high jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Chaunté Lowe United States | Antonietta Di Martino Italy Anna Chicherova Russia Ebba Jungmark Sweden | Not awarded |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
  
  | World 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 | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 2.06 | Arnstadt, Germany | 4 February 2012 |
  | African record | Hestrie Cloete (RSA) | 1.97 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 18 February 2001 |
  | Asian record | Svetlana Zalevskaya (KAZ) | 1.98 | Samara, Russia | 2 March 1996 |
  | European record | Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 2.08 | Arnstadt, Germany | 4 February 2006 |
  | North and Central American and Caribbean record | Chaunté Lowe (USA) | 2.02 | Albuquerque, United States | 26 February 2012 |
  | Oceanian Record | Alison Inverarity (AUS) | 1.97 | Toronto, Canada | 13 March 1993 |
  | South American record | Solange Witteveen (ARG) | 1.94 | Brno, Czech Republic | 9 February 2000 |
  
  ## Qualification standards
  
  * Indoor
  * 1.95
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | March 9, 2012 | 9:30 | Qualification |
  | March 10, 2012 | 18:15 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification standard: 1.95 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 20 athletes from 17 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition The qualification round started at 09:37 and ended at 11:46.
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Anna Chicherova | Russia | - | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q |
  | 1 | Ebba Jungmark | Sweden | - | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q, =SB |
  | 3 | Antonietta Di Martino | Italy | - | o | o | o | xo | 1.95 | Q, SB |
  | 3 | Chaunté Lowe | United States | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.95 | Q |
  | 5 | Svetlana Radzivil | Uzbekistan | o | o | o | xxo | xo | 1.95 | Q, SB |
  | 6 | Tia Hellebaut | Belgium | o | xo | o | xxo | xo | 1.95 | Q |
  | 7 | Ruth Beitia | Spain | - | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
  | 7 | Esthera Petre | Romania | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
  | 9 | Airinė Palšytė | Lithuania | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | SB |
  | 9 | Irina Gordeeva | Russia | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
  | 9 | Emma Green Tregaro | Sweden | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
  | 12 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Estonia | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.88 | |
  | 13 | Zheng Xingjuan | China | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
  | 14 | Ana Šimić | Croatia | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
  | 15 | Levern Spencer | Saint Lucia | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.88 | SB |
  | 15 | Tonje Angelsen | Norway | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.88 | |
  | 17 | Oksana Okuneva | Ukraine | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.83 | |
  | 18 | Marina Aitova | Kazakhstan | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.83 | |
  | | Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | Bulgaria | - | xxx | | | | NM | |
  | | Inika McPherson | United States | xxx | | | | | NM | |
  | | Burcu Ayhan | Turkey | | | | | | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:16 and ended at 19:24.
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.01 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Chaunté Lowe | United States | o | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.98 | |
  | | Antonietta Di Martino | Italy | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.95 | =SB |
  | | Anna Chicherova | Russia | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.95 | |
  | | Ebba Jungmark | Sweden | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.95 | =SB |
  | 5 | Tia Hellebaut | Belgium | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | 1.95 | |
  | 6 | Ruth Beitia | Spain | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.95 | SB |
  | 7 | Esthera Petre | Romania | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | 1.92 | |
  | 8 | Svetlana Radzivil | Uzbekistan | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.92 | |
  