2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

Women's high jump2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Dates	March 20
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Winning height	1.96
Medalists
Vashti Cunningham   United States   Ruth Beitia   Spain   Kamila Lićwinko   Poland

Events at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m		men		women

The women's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.

Four athletes were perfect through 1.93, Sofie Skoog, Lavern Spencer, masters world record holder Ruth Beitia and still in high school, Vashti Cunningham, the new indoor world junior record holder. Airinė Palšytė and Kamila Lićwinko also managed the height but with several misses in the competition. At 1.96, Cunningham cleared it with room to spare on her first attempt, keeping the perfect round going, which turned out to be the gold medal performance. Beitia and Lićwinko cleared it on their second attempt with Beitia's perfect round beforehand being the difference for her silver medal. Palšytė also cleared 1.96 on her last attempt, but it was too little, too late. All athletes tried 1.99. The three medalists had been over 1.99 in the past but nobody made it on this day.

Cunningham becomes the youngest female Indoor World Champion, just one day older than the youngest male, Mohammed Aman from the 2012 Championships.

Results

The final was started 13:00.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.84	1.89	1.93	1.96	1.99	Result	Notes
	Vashti Cunningham	United States	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.96
	Ruth Beitia	Spain	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.96
	Kamila Lićwinko	Poland	xo	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.96
4	Airinė Palšytė	Lithuania	xo	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	1.96
5	Sofie Skoog	Sweden	o	o	o	xxx		1.93
5	Levern Spencer	Saint Lucia	o	o	o	xxx		1.93
7	Alessia Trost	Italy	o	o	xo	xxx		1.93
8	Erika Kinsey	Sweden	o	xxo	xxo	xxx		1.93	SB
9	Doreen Amata	Nigeria	o	o	xxx			1.89
10	Lissa Labiche	Seychelles	o	xxo	xxx			1.89	NR
10	Isobel Pooley	Great Britain	o	xxo	xxx			1.89
	Priscilla Frederick	Antigua and Barbuda						DNS