2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's High Jump | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
 |  ESPSpain | Ruth Beitia | 1.97 |
 |  BULBulgaria | Mirela Demireva | 1.97 |
 |  CROCroatia | Blanka Vlasic | 1.97 |
| 4 |  USAUnited States | Chaunte Lowe | 1.97 |
| 5 |  ITAItaly | Alessia Trost | 1.93 |
| 6 |  LCASaint Lucia | Levern Spencer | 1.93 |
| 7 |  GERGermany | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | 1.93 |
| 7 |  SWESweden | Sofie Skoog | 1.93 |
| 9 |  POLPoland | Kamila Licwinko | 1.93 |
| 10 |  GBRGreat Britain | Morgan Lake | 1.93 |
| 10 |  UKRUkraine | Iryna Herashchenko | 1.93 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Inika McPherson | 1.93 |
| 13 |  LTULithuania | Airine Palšyte | 1.88 |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Vashti Cunningham | 1.88 |
| 13 |  UZBUzbekistan | Svetlana Radzivil | 1.88 |
| 16 | ITAItaly | Desirèe Rossit | 1.88 |
| 17 |  CANCanada | Alyxandria Treasure | 1.88 |
| 18 |  CZECzechia | Michaela Hrubá | 1.92 |
| 19 | UKRUkraine | Yuliya Levchenko | 1.92 |
| 20 | UZBUzbekistan | Nadiya Dusanova | 1.92 |
| 21 |  SLOSlovenia | Maruša Cernjul | 1.92 |
| 22 |  AUSAustralia | Eleanor Patterson | 1.89 |
| 22 | CROCroatia | Ana Simic | 1.89 |
| 22 | UKRUkraine | Oksana Okuneva | 1.89 |
| 25 | LCASaint Lucia | Jeanelle Scheper | 1.89 |
| 26 |  FINFinland | Linda Sandblom | 1.89 |
| 27 |  NGRNigeria | Doreen Amata | 1.89 |
| 28 |  ANTAntigua and Barbuda | Priscilla Frederick | 1.89 |
| 29 |  SEYSeychelles | Lissa Labiche | 1.85 |
| 29 | SWESweden | Erika Kinsey | 1.85 |
| 31 |  BARBarbados | Akela Jones | 1.85 |
| 32 |  CYPCyprus | Leontia Kallenou | 1.80 |
| 32 |  GEOGeorgia | Valentyna Liashenko | 1.80 |
| 32 |  HUNHungary | Barbara Szabó | 1.80 |
| 32 |  NORNorway | Tonje Angelsen | 1.80 |
 BELBelgium | Nafissatou Thiam | DNS | |
| Women's High Jump, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Blanka Vlasic | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | ESPSpain | Ruth Beitia | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Inika McPherson | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | UZBUzbekistan | Svetlana Radzivil | 1.94 Q |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Alessia Trost | 1.94 Q |
| 5 | SWESweden | Sofie Skoog | 1.94 Q |
| 7 | POLPoland | Kamila Licwinko | 1.94 Q |
| 8 | LTULithuania | Airine Palšyte | 1.94 Q |
| 9 | GERGermany | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | 1.94 Q |
| 10 | CANCanada | Alyxandria Treasure | 1.94 Q |
| 11 | SLOSlovenia | Maruša Cernjul | 1.92 |
| 12 | UKRUkraine | Oksana Okuneva | 1.89 |
| 13 | LCASaint Lucia | Jeanelle Scheper | 1.89 |
| 14 | FINFinland | Linda Sandblom | 1.89 |
| 15 | SEYSeychelles | Lissa Labiche | 1.85 |
| 16 | HUNHungary | Barbara Szabó | 1.80 |
| 16 | NORNorway | Tonje Angelsen | 1.80 |
| BELBelgium | Nafissatou Thiam | DNS | |
| Women's High Jump, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
| 1 | LCASaint Lucia | Levern Spencer | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Chaunte Lowe | 1.94 Q |
| 3 | BULBulgaria | Mirela Demireva | 1.94 Q |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Herashchenko | 1.94 Q |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Morgan Lake | 1.94 Q |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Desirèe Rossit | 1.94 Q |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Vashti Cunningham | 1.94 Q |
| 8 | CZECzechia | Michaela Hrubá | 1.92 |
| 9 | UKRUkraine | Yuliya Levchenko | 1.92 |
| 10 | UZBUzbekistan | Nadiya Dusanova | 1.92 |
| 11 | AUSAustralia | Eleanor Patterson | 1.89 |
| 11 | CROCroatia | Ana Simic | 1.89 |
| 13 | NGRNigeria | Doreen Amata | 1.89 |
| 14 | ANTAntigua and Barbuda | Priscilla Frederick | 1.89 |
| 15 | SWESweden | Erika Kinsey | 1.85 |
| 16 | BARBarbados | Akela Jones | 1.85 |
| 17 | CYPCyprus | Leontia Kallenou | 1.80 |
| 17 | GEOGeorgia | Valentyna Liashenko | 1.80 |
| Women's High Jump, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Blanka Vlasic | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | ESPSpain | Ruth Beitia | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | LCASaint Lucia | Levern Spencer | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Chaunte Lowe | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | USAUnited States | Inika McPherson | 1.94 Q |
| 1 | UZBUzbekistan | Svetlana Radzivil | 1.94 Q |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Alessia Trost | 1.94 Q |
| 7 | SWESweden | Sofie Skoog | 1.94 Q |
| 9 | BULBulgaria | Mirela Demireva | 1.94 Q |
| 9 | POLPoland | Kamila Licwinko | 1.94 Q |
| 11 | LTULithuania | Airine Palšyte | 1.94 Q |
| 12 | GERGermany | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | 1.94 Q |
| 13 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Herashchenko | 1.94 Q |
| 14 | CANCanada | Alyxandria Treasure | 1.94 Q |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Morgan Lake | 1.94 Q |
| 15 | ITAItaly | Desirèe Rossit | 1.94 Q |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Vashti Cunningham | 1.94 Q |
| 18 | CZECzechia | Michaela Hrubá | 1.92 |
| 19 | UKRUkraine | Yuliya Levchenko | 1.92 |
| 20 | UZBUzbekistan | Nadiya Dusanova | 1.92 |
| 21 | SLOSlovenia | Maruša Cernjul | 1.92 |
| 22 | AUSAustralia | Eleanor Patterson | 1.89 |
| 22 | CROCroatia | Ana Simic | 1.89 |
| 22 | UKRUkraine | Oksana Okuneva | 1.89 |
| 25 | LCASaint Lucia | Jeanelle Scheper | 1.89 |
| 26 | FINFinland | Linda Sandblom | 1.89 |
| 27 | NGRNigeria | Doreen Amata | 1.89 |
| 28 | ANTAntigua and Barbuda | Priscilla Frederick | 1.89 |
| 29 | SEYSeychelles | Lissa Labiche | 1.85 |
| 29 | SWESweden | Erika Kinsey | 1.85 |
| 31 | BARBarbados | Akela Jones | 1.85 |
| 32 | CYPCyprus | Leontia Kallenou | 1.80 |
| 32 | GEOGeorgia | Valentyna Liashenko | 1.80 |
| 32 | HUNHungary | Barbara Szabó | 1.80 |
| 32 | NORNorway | Tonje Angelsen | 1.80 |
| BELBelgium | Nafissatou Thiam | DNS | |
| Women's High Jump, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 20 - Final | |||
| 1 | ESPSpain | Ruth Beitia | 1.97 1.88:o/1.93:o/:o/2.00:xxx |
| 2 | BULBulgaria | Mirela Demireva | 1.97 1.88:xo/1.93:o/:o/2.00:xxx |
| 3 | CROCroatia | Blanka Vlasic | 1.97 1.88:xo/1.93:xo/:xo/2.00:xxx |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Chaunte Lowe | 1.97 1.88:o/1.93:o/:xxo/2.00:xxx |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Alessia Trost | 1.93 1.88:o/:o/1.97:xxx |
| 6 | LCASaint Lucia | Levern Spencer | 1.93 1.88:xo/:o/1.97:xxx |
| 7 | GERGermany | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | 1.93 1.88:o/:xo/1.97:xxx |
| 7 | SWESweden | Sofie Skoog | 1.93 1.88:o/:xo/1.97:xxx |
| 9 | POLPoland | Kamila Licwinko | 1.93 1.88:xo/:xo/1.97:xxx |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Morgan Lake | 1.93 1.88:o/:xxo/1.97:xxx |
| 10 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Herashchenko | 1.93 1.88:o/:xxo/1.97:xxx |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Inika McPherson | 1.93 1.88:o/:xxo/1.97:xxx |
| 13 | LTULithuania | Airine Palšyte | 1.88 :o/1.93:xxx |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Vashti Cunningham | 1.88 :o/1.93:xxx |
| 13 | UZBUzbekistan | Svetlana Radzivil | 1.88 :o/1.93:xxx |
| 16 | ITAItaly | Desirèe Rossit | 1.88 :xo/1.93:xxx |
| 17 | CANCanada | Alyxandria Treasure | 1.88 :xxo/1.93:xxx |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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