2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Women’s HJ by K Ken Nakamura Records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: 1) Can Chaunte Lowe win first gold for US since 1988 when Ritter won? 2) Can Beitia win first WHJ medal for ESP in OG? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Height Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS 1 Athinai 2004 2 2 2.05 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1 Atlanta 1996 2 2 2.05 Tia Hellebaut BEL 1 Beijing 2008 2 2 2.05 Blanka Vlasic CRO 2 Beijing 2008 2 2 2.05 Anna Chicherova RUS 1 London 2012 Lowest winning height since 1984: 2.01 by Yelena Yelesina (RUS) in 2000 Margin of Victory Difference Height Name Nat Venue Year Max 14cm 1.85 Iolanda Balas ROU Roma 1960 10cm 1.90 Iolanda Balas ROU Tokyo 1964 Min 0cm 2.05 Tia Hellebaut BEL Beijing 2008 2.00 Yelena Yelesina RUS Athinai 2000 1.68 Alice Coachman USA London 1948 1.60 Ibolya Csak HUN Berlin 1936 1.657 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles 1932 Highest jump in each round Round Height Name Nat Venue Year Final 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Athinai 2004 Qualifying 1.96 Svetlana Radzivil UZB London 2012 1.95 Styopina, Cloete, Hellebaut Beijing 2004 Highest non-qualifier for the final Height Position Name Nat Venue Year 1.92 Kivimyagi, Rifka, Veneva Beijing 2004 Quintero, Lapina, Vlasic Athinai 2000 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Height Name Nat Venue Year 1 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Athinai 2004 2 2.05 Blanka Vlasic CRO Beijing 2008 3 2.03 Anna Chicherova RUS Beijing 2008 Svetlana Shkolina RUS London 2012 4 2.01 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Beijing 2008 Multiple Gold Medalists: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG): 1972, 1984 Iolanda Balas (ROU): 1960, 1964 All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Height Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS 1 Athinai 2004 2 2 2.05 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1 Atlanta 1996 2 2 2.05 Tia Hellebaut BEL 1 Beijing 2008 2 2 2.05 Blanka Vlasic CRO 2 Beijing 2008 2 2 2.05 Anna Chicherova RUS 1 London 2012 6 6 2.03 Louise Ritter USA 1 Seoul 1988 6 6 2.03 Niki Bakoyianni GRE 2 Atlanta 1996 6 2.03 Anna Chicherova 3 Beijing 2008 6 6 2.03 Brigetta Barrett USA 2 London 2012 6 6 2.03 Svetlana Shkolina RUS 3 London 2012 11 10 2.02 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 1 Los Angeles 1984 11 10 2.02 Heike Henkel GER 1 Barcelona 1992 11 10 2.02 Hestrie Cloete RSA 2 Athinai 2004 11 10 2.02 Viktoriya Styopina UKR 3 Athinai 2004 15 2.01 Stefka Kostadinova 2 Seoul 1988 15 14 2.01 Inga Babakova UKR 3 Atlanta 1996 15 14 2.01 Yelena Yelesina RUS 1 Sydney 2000 15 2.01 Hestrie Cloete 2 Sydney 2000 15 2.01 Yelena Slesarenko 4 Beijing 2008 20 16 2.00 Sara Simeoni ITA 2 Los Angeles 1984 20 16 2.00 Alina Astafei ROU 2 Barcelona 1992 20 16 2.00 Ruth Beitia ESP 4 London 2012 23 19 1.99 Tamara Bykova URS 3 Seoul 1988 23 19 1.99 Yelena Gulyayeva RUS 4 Atlanta 1996 23 19 1.99 Kajsa Bergqvist SWE 3= Sydney 2000 23 19 1.99 Oana Pantelimon ROU 3= Sydney 2000 23 19 1.99 Amy Acuff USA 4 Athinai 2004 23 19 1.99 Vita Palamar UKR 5 Beijing 2008 23 19 1.99 Chaunte Howard USA 6 Beijing 2008 30 1.97 Sara Simeoni 1 Moskva 1980 30 26 1.97 Joni Huntley USA 3 Los Angeles 1984 30 26 1.97 Ioamnet Quintero CUB 3 Barcelona 1992 30 1.97 Tia Hellebaut 5 London 2012 30 26 1.97 Chaunte Lowe USA 6 London 2012 30 26 1.97 Svetlana Radzivil UZB 7 London 2012 Lowest winning height since 1984: 2.01 by Yelena Yelesina (RUS) in 2000 Margin of Victory Difference Height Name Nat Venue Year Max 14cm 1.85 Iolanda Balas ROU Roma 1960 10cm 1.90 Iolanda Balas ROU Tokyo 1964 Min 0cm 2.05 Tia Hellebaut BEL Beijing 2008 2.00 Yelena Yelesina RUS Athinai 2000 1.68 Alice Coachman USA London 1948 1.60 Ibolya Csak HUN Berlin 1936 1.657 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles 1932 Difference between first and third Diff Winning height 3rd place height Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 12cm 1.90m 1.78m Iolanda Balas ROU Tokyo 1964 Min 0cm 1.60 1.60 Ibolya Csak HUN Berlin 1936 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place height Name of bronze medalist Nat Venue Year Max 5cm 1.56 Mildred Wiley USA Amsterdam 1928 1.63 Aleksandra Chudina URS Helsinki 1952 Min 0cm ** 1.67 Pisareva & Hopkins URS/GBR Melbourne 1956 1.71 Jozwiakowska & Shirley POL/GBR Roma 1960 ** difference from tie for second Highest jump in each round Round Height Name Nat Venue Year Final 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Athinai 2004 Qualifying 1.96 Svetlana Radzivil UZB London 2012 1.95 Styopina, Cloete, Hellebaut Beijing 2004 Highest non-qualifier for the final Height Position Name Nat Venue Year 1.92 Kivimyagi, Rifka, Veneva Beijing 2004 Quintero, Lapina, Vlasic Athinai 2000 Average from last eight Olympics Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning Height 2.04 2.05 2.05 2.06 2.01 2.05 2.02 2.03 2.02 Winning Medal 2.00 2.03 2.03 2.02 1.99 2.01 1.97 1.99 1.97 Missing Medal (4 th ) 1.98 2.00 2.01 1.99 1.99 (3=) 1.99 1.94 1.96 1.94 8th place 1.93 1.93 1.96 (7=) 1.93 1.93 1.96 1.91 1.90 1.91 Lowest to make final 1.93 1.93 1.93 1.95 1.94 1.93 1.92 1.92 1.90 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Height Name Nat Venue Year 1 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Athinai 2004 2 2.05 Blanka Vlasic CRO Beijing 2008 3 2.03 Anna Chicherova RUS Beijing 2008 Svetlana Shkolina RUS London 2012 4 2.01 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Beijing 2008 5 1.99 Vita Palamar UKR Beijing 2008 6 1.99 Chaunte Howard USA Beijing 2008 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Height Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Roma 30 Aug 1987 2 2.05 Blanka Vlasic CRO Beijing 23 Aug 2008 2.04 Tamara Bykova URS Roma 30 Aug 1987 3 2.03 Anna Chicherova RUS Beijing 23 Aug 2008 Svetlana Shkolina RUS London 11 Aug 2012 4 2.01 Amy Acuff USA Zürich 15 Aug 2003 Blanka Vlasic CRO Göteborg 11 Aug 2006 Yelena Slesalenko RUS Beijing 23 Aug 2008 5 2.00 Yekaterina Savchenko RUS Osaka 2 Sept 2007 1.99 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Göteborg 11 Aug 2006 6 1.99 Chaunte Lowe (Howard) USA Beijing 23 Aug 2008 Marie Laurence Jungfleisch GER Beijing 29 Aug 2015 Multiple Gold Medalists: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG): 1972, 1984 Iolanda Balas (ROU): 1960, 1964 Multiple Medalists: Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2008 Bronze, 2012 Gold Hestrie Cloete (RSA): 2000 Silver, 2004 Silver Stefka Kostadinova (BUL): 1988 Silver, 1996 Gold Sara Simeoni (ITA): 1976 Silver, 1980 Gold, 1984 Silver Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG): 1972 Gold, 1984 Gold Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL): 1972 Silver, 1976 Bronze Iolanda Balas (ROU): 1960 Gold, 1964 Gold Dorothy Odam Tyler (GBR): 1936 Silver, 1948 Silver Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2012 Anna Chicherova Svetlana Shkolina URS 1968 Antonina Okorokova Valentina Kozyr USA 1932 Jean Chiley Babe Didriksen Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year RUS Ivan Ukhov Anna Chicherova London 2012 RUS Sergey Klyugin Yelena Yelesina Sydney 2000 FRG Dietmar Mögenburg Ulrike Meyfarth Los Angeles 1984 USA Charles Dumas Mildred McDaniel Melbourne 1956 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 4 2 2 ROU 2 1 1= RUS 3 2 FRG 2 BUL 1 2 1 ITA 1 2 RSA 1 2 CAN 1 1 GDR 1 1 GER 1 1 HUN 1 TCH 1 BEL 1 GBR 3+2= URS 1+1= 4 POL 1+1= NED 1 GRE 1 AUS 1 CRO 1 UKR 2 FRA 1 AUT 1 CUB 1 SWE 1= World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Anna Chicherova RUS 2011 2012 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1987, 1995 1996 Heike Henkel GER 1991 1992 Olympic champion with World Indoor gold medal Name Nat World Indoor Championships Olympics Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2004, 2006 2004 Heike Henkel GER 1991 1992 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997 1996 Olympic medalist who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year World Junior Championships Year Svetlana Shkolina RUS Bronze 2012 Silver 2004 Blanka Vlasic CRO Silver 2008 Gold 2000, 2002 Kajsa Bergqvist SWE Bronze 2000 Silver 1994 Yelena Yelesina RUS Gold 2000 Silver 1988 Alina Astafei ROU Silver 1992 Gold 1988 Olympic champion who previously won World Youth gold medal: Name Nat Olympic Games World Youth Championships Anna Chicherova RUS 2012 1999 Olympic Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Tia Hellebaut BEL 2008 2006 Heike Henkel GER 1992 1990 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1996 1986, Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 1972, 1984 1982 Sara Simeoni ITA 1980 1978 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 1976 1974 Milena Rezkova TCH 1968 1969 Iolanda Balas ROU 1960, 1964 1958, 1962 Ibolya Csak HUN 1936 1938 Olympic medalist with Asian Games/Asian Championships medal: None Asian never won an Olympic medal in WHJ Olympic medalist with All African Games/African Champ medal: Name Nat Olympics Year All-Africa G Year African Champ Year Hestrie Cloete RSA Silver 2000, 2004 Gold 1995,1999 Gold 1998, 2002, 2004 Olympic Champion with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Pan American Games Louise Ritter USA 1988 1979 Mildred McDaniel USA 1956 1955 Olympic medalist with Commonwealth Games medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year Commonwealth Games Year Hestrie Cloete RSA Silver 2000, 2004 Gold 1998, 2002 Michele Brown AUS Silver 1964 Gold 1966 Dorothy Shirley GBR Silver 1960 Silver 1966 Thelma Hopkins GBR Silver 1956 Gold 1954 Dorothy Odam GBR Silver 1936, 1948 Gold 1938, 1950, Eva Dawes CAN Bronze 1932 Silver 1934 Last seven Olympics: Year Gold Nat height Silver Nat height Bronze Nat height 2012 Anna Chicherova RUS 2.05 Brigetta Barrett USA 2.03 Svetlana Shkolina RUS 2.03 2008 Tia Hellebaut BEL 2.05 Blanka Vlasic CRO 2.05 Anna Chicherova RUS 2.03 2004 Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2.06 Hestrie Cloete RSA 2.02 Viktoriya Styopina UKR 2.02 2000 Yelena Yelesina RUS 2.01 Hestrie Cloete