European Athletics Championships 2012 / Women's high jump

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	high jump
gender	Women
Attendees	24 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	June 27th (qualification) ; June 28th (final)
	Medalists
	Ruth Beitia ( ESP )
	Tonje Angelsen ( NOR )
	Irina Gordejewa ( RUS ) Emma Green ( SWE ) Olena Choloscha ( UKR ) ; ;

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's high jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 27 and 28, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

In this competition, three athletes took third place equally, so that three bronze medals were awarded. The European champion was the Spaniard Ruth Beitia . She won ahead of the Norwegian Tonje Angelsen . Bronze went to the Russian Irina Gordejewa , the Swedish World Cup third in 2005 and Vice European Champion in 2010 Emma Green and the Ukrainian Olena Choloscha .

Existing records

World record	2.09 m	Bulgaria 1971 Stefka Kostadinova	Rome , Italy	August 30, 1987
European record
EM record	2.03 m	Belgium Tia Hellebaut	EM Gothenburg , Sweden	August 11, 2006
		Bulgaria Wenelina Wenewa
		Croatia Blanka Vlašić	EM Barcelona , Spain	August 1, 2010

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
O	skipped
x	invalid

qualification

June 27, 2012, 10:15 am

24 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The height for the direct entry into the final was 1.92 m. After it was clear that 1.90 m would be enough, no athlete even went to the actual qualification level. The twelve best athletes reached the final (highlighted in light green). Eleven of them had jumped six feet. In addition, a jumper qualified who had jumped 1.87 m without any unsuccessful attempt.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1.68 m	1.73 m	1.78 m	1.83 m	1.87 m	1.90 m
1	Irina Gordeeva	Russia Russia	1.90	-	-	O	O	O	O
	Emma Green	Sweden Sweden	1.90	-	-	-	O	O	O
	Olena Choloscha	Ukraine Ukraine	1.90	-	-	O	O	O	O
4th	Wenelina Wenewa-Mateewa	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1.90	-	-	O	O	O	xxo
5	Øyunn Grindem	Norway Norway	1.87	-	-	O	O	xo	xxx
	Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	Germany Germany	1.87	-	-	O	O	xo	xxx
	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania Lithuania	1.87	-	O	O	O	xo	xxx
8th	Oldřiška Marešová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1.83	-	-	O	O	xxx
9	Eleriin Haas	Estonia Estonia	1.83	O	O	xo	O	xxx
9	Izabela Mikołajczyk	Poland Poland	1.83	-	-	xo	O	xx–	x
11	Ana Simic	Croatia Croatia	1.83	-	-	xxo	xxo	xxx
12	Isobel Pooley	United Kingdom Great Britain	1.78	-	-	O	xxx

Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch had a failed attempt at 1.87 m and was eliminated
Austra Skujytė, especially successful as heptathlete , reached for her failed attempt at 1.87 m not the final
Oldřiška Marešová - eliminated with 1.83 m in the qualification
Eleriin Haas - eliminated with 1.83 m in the qualification

Izabela Mikołajczyk - eliminated with 1.83 m in the qualification
Ana Šimić - eliminated in qualification with 1.83 m
Isobel Pooley's 1.78 m were too short to be in the final

Group B

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1.68 m	1.73 m	1.78 m	1.83 m	1.87 m	1.90 m
1	Burcu Ayhan	Turkey Turkey	1.90	-	-	O	O	O	O
	Ruth Beitia	Spain Spain	1.90	-	-	-	O	O	O
	Mirela Demirewa	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1.90	-	-	O	O	O	O
4th	Melanie Melfort	Germany Germany	1.90	-	-	O	O	xo	O
5	Tonje Angelsen	Norway Norway	1.90	-	-	-	xo	O	xo
6th	Airinė Palšytė	Lithuania Lithuania	1.90	-	-	O	O	O	xxo
7th	Ebba Jungmark	Sweden Sweden	1.90	-	-	-	O	xo	xxo
8th	Adonía Steryíou	Greece Greece	1.87	-	O	O	O	O	xxx
9	Anna Iljuštšenko	Estonia Estonia	1.87	-	O	O	O	xo	xxx
10	Elina Smolander	Finland Finland	1.78	-	xo	O	xxx
11	Monika Gollner	Austria Austria	1.78	-	O	xo	xxx
12	Ma'ayan Furman	Israel Israel	1.78	O	O	xxo	xxx

With her 1.87 m Anna Iljuštšenko did not reach the final
Elina Smolander - eliminated in the qualification with 1.78 m
Ma'ayan Furman - Eliminated in qualifying with 1.78 m

final

June 28, 2012, 5:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1.80 m	1.85 m	1.89 m	1.92 m	1.95 m	1.97 m	1.99 m
1	Ruth Beitia	Spain Spain	1.97	-	O	-	O	O	xxo	xxx
2	Tonje Angelsen	Norway Norway	1.97 NU23R	O	O	xo	O	O	xxo	xxx
3	Irina Gordeeva	Russia Russia	1.92	O	O	O	O	xxx
	Emma Green	Sweden Sweden	1.92	-	O	O	O	xxx
	Olena Choloscha	Ukraine Ukraine	1.92	O	O	O	O	xxx
6th	Burcu Ayhan	Turkey Turkey	1.92	O	xo	xo	O	xxx
6th	Melanie Melfort	Germany Germany	1.92	O	O	xxo	O	xxx
8th	Mirela Demirewa	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1.92	O	O	O	xxo	xxx
9	Airinė Palšytė	Lithuania Lithuania	1.89	O	O	xo	xx–	x
10	Ebba Jungmark	Sweden Sweden	1.85	O	O	xxx
11	Adonía Steryíou	Greece Greece	1.80	O	xxx
12	Wenelina Wenewa-Mateewa	Bulgaria Bulgaria	1.80	xo	xxx

At the age of 33, European champion Ruth Beitia won her first major title and thus ushered in a particularly successful series
Tonje Angelsen - Vice European Champion with Norwegian U23 record
Irina Gordejewa - one of three bronze medalists

The third place in the World Cup in 2005 and Vice European Champion in 2010, Emma Green, won bronze this time
Burcu Ayhan, later Burcu Yüksel, came in sixth place
Melanie Melfort, later Melanie Skotnik, also came in sixth