2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

As might have been predictable, the six members of the female two metres club were the last six left in the competition at 2 metres. The newest member Karyna Demidik saved one attempt, but missed. First over was defending champion Mariya Lasitskene, who still had a clean round going. That was matched by Vashti Cunningham also maintaining a clean round. After two misses, returning silver medalist Yuliya Levchenko made it over. Returning bronze medalist Kamila Lićwinko was not so lucky and exited the competition. Next up newly tied U20 record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh got over.

At 2.02m, Lasitskene continued her perfect series. Cunningham missed, and then Mahuchikh got over to set a new U20 record. Neither Levchenko or Cunningham could get over, leaving Cunningham with the bronze. At 2.04m, Lasitskene still remained perfect. After two misses, Mahuchikh got over again, setting a second new U20 record in the same competition; a 4 cm personal improvement. That was it, as Lasitskene had the advantage. Mahuchikh, with silver in her pocket, chose not to continue for a third personal best. Lasitskene took three failed attempts at 2.08m.

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

More information Record, Perf. ...

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	2.09	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	30 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
Championship	2.09	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	30 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	2.06	Mariya Lasitskene	ANA	20 Jun 2019	Ostrava, Czech Republic
African	2.06	Hestrie Cloete	RSA	31 Aug 2003	Paris, France
Asian	1.99	Marina Aitova	KAZ	13 Jul 2009	Athens, Greece
NACAC	2.05	Chaunté Howard Lowe	USA	26 Jun 2010	Des Moines, United States
South American	1.96	Solange Witteveen	ARG	8 Sep 1997	Oristano, Italy
European	2.09	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	30 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
Oceanian	1.98	Vanessa Browne-Ward	AUS	12 Feb 1989	Perth, Australia
		Alison Inverarity	AUS	17 Jul 1994	Ingolstadt, Germany

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[3]