Olympian Database
Women's High jump - Athletics |  | ||||
 Women's High jump 2008
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| * Anna Chicherova RUS disqualified from the competition for doping after retesting her samples from the 2008 Olympics. ** Yelena Slesarenko RUS disqualified from the competition for doping in accordance with Athletics Integrity Unit's “Global List of Ineligible Persons”. Results annulled from 23.08.08 to 22.08.12 and banned for 4 years until 03.10.20. *** Vita Palamar UKR disqualified from the competition for doping after retesting her samples from the 2008 Olympics. Banned for 2 years from May 2017.
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. Each athlete had three attempts at every height and was eliminated if they had three consecutive failed attempts. The bar was raised until only one athlete was left in the competition. Event facts: Women's High jump competition was held at the Beijing National Stadium and 31 athletes participated in the event. |
