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The women's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Even though 32 athletes qualified through the qualification system for the Games, [2] only 31 took part in the competition. This was the 22nd appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since women's ...
Following the 2020 Olympics, Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar are the reigning men's Olympic champions and Yaroslava Mahuchikh from Ukraine is the reigning women's Olympic champion. Only two athletes have won two Olympic high jump titles, both women: Iolanda Balaș and Ulrike Meyfarth.
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo , Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1 ]
TOKYO — Vashti Cunningham finished tied for sixth in the Olympic women's high jump, clearing 1.96 meters (6 feet, 4.3 inches) and failing to clear 1.98 meters. ... (6-7.5), one of only 33 women ...
In August, Mahuchikh won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [59] It was the third Olympic medal won by Ukraine in the women's high jump event after Inha Babakova and Vita Styopina, who both clinched bronze medals too at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics respectively. [60] [61]
High jump Kristina Ovchinnikova ( Russian : Кристи́на Овчиннико́ва ; born 21 March 2001) is a Kazakhstani athlete . [ 2 ] She competed in the women's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics .
During Tokyo 2020, 2016 Olympic gold medalist Connor Fields was in the lead and heading into the semifinal round of the competition when another rider ran into him while he was landing a jump 9 ...
In the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, Lasitskene won a gold medal in the girls' high jump with a clearance of 1.89 m, ahead of Alessia Trost. [ 7 ] She started her 2011 season with a major scalp in the form of Yelena Slesarenko , who she defeated with an indoor best jump of 1.90 m. [ 8 ]