Barrett Wins Silver in First Olympic Games!!


In her first Olympic Games, Brigetta Barrett of the University of Arizona wowed the crowd as she won the silver medal in the women's high jump final with a new personal best of 2.03.  21 year-old Barrett beat out a stacked field that included 2008 Olympic Champion Tia Hellabaut and American record holder Chaunte Lowe.  The gold medal was won by 2012 World Indoor Champion and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Anna Chicherova of Russia with a height of 2.05.  Bronze was won by 2011 World Championships finalist Svetlana Shkolona of Russia. 

11 August 2012 - 19:00

Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark	.
1	2850	Anna Chicherova	RUS	2.05	.
2	3268	Brigetta Barrett	USA	2.03	(PB)
3	2894	Svetlana Shkolina	RUS	2.03	(PB)
4	1642	Ruth Beitia	ESP	2.00	(=SB)
5	1145	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	1.97	(=SB)
6	3305	Chaunté Lowe	USA	1.97	.
7	3337	Svetlana Radzivil	UZB	1.97	(SB)
8	3005	Emma Green Tregaro	SWE	1.93	.
9	1787	Melanie Melfort	FRA	1.93	(=SB)
10	2860	Irina Gordeeva	RUS	1.93	.
11	2437	Airiné Palšyté	LTU	1.89	.
12	3082	Burcu Ayhan	TUR	1.89

---

Lowe, Barrett qualify for final; Acuff out

American Chaunte Lowe and Brigetta Barrett, both contenders for Olympic gold, have qualified for the high jump final set to take place on Saturday. Lowe had a complete clean slate on her way to clearing 1.93 meters while Barrett took two attempts to jump the height. 

The Americans' chief rivals, Anna Chicherova of Russia, Ruth Beitia of Spain and defending champion Tia Hellebaut of Belgium, also qualified to the final. 

Five-time Olympian Amy Acuff missed the final after failing to clear 1.90 meters.

---

last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT

Women's High Jump Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games


High Jump Schedule:
Day 7, Aug 9th - Qualification (3:30am CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 9, Aug 11th - Final (1:00pm CT)

High Jump Records:
World Record - 2.09 m - Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 9/30/1987
Olympic Record - 2.06 m - Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 9/28/2004
American Record - 2.05 m - Chaunte Lowe (USA) 6/26/2010

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Anna Chicherova, Russia (2.07/2.03) - With the two best jumps in the world this year, and a World Championships Gold, it'll be tough to down this rowdy Russian. 
2. Chaunte' Lowe, USA (2.05/2.02) - Lowe has been jumping well of late and as the 2012 World Indoor champ, you just can't count her out. 
3. Brigetta Barrett (2.01/2.01) - Coming off a fresh PB at the trials, I'm gonna take Barrett's youthful legs over Russia's Shkolina.

The Americans:
1. Chaunte' Lowe (2.05/2.01) - US record holder and World Indoor champ this year.
2. Brigetta Barrett (2.01/2.01) - Coming off a big PB at the trials
3. Amy Acuff (2.01/1.95) - The seasoned vet giving it at least one last go.

Past High Jump Olympic Results: (from wiki)
2008

Rank Name Nationality 1.85 1.89 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.01 2.03 2.05 2.07 Height Notes Tia Hellebaut Belgium o o o o xo xo xo o x-- 2.05 NR, =WL Blanka Vlašić Croatia o o o o o o o xo xxx 2.05 =WL Anna Chicherova Russia o o o xo xxo o o xxx   2.03 =PB 4 Yelena Slesarenko Russia o o xo xo xo xo xxx   2.01   5 Vita Palamar Ukraine o o o xo xo xx- x   1.99   6 Chaunte Howard United States o o xo xo xxo xxx   1.99 SB 7 Ariane Friedrich Germany o - o o xxx   1.96   7 Ruth Beitia Spain o o o o xxx   1.96   9 Emma Green Sweden o o o xxo xxx   1.96 SB 10 Marina Aitova Kazakhstan o o o xxx   1.93   10 Antonietta Di Martino Italy o o o xxx   1.93   12 Iva Straková Czech Republic o o xxo xxx   1.93   12 Vita Styopina Ukraine o o xxo xxx   1.93   14 Svetlana Shkolina Russia o xo xxo xxx   1.93   15 Romana Dubnová Czech Republic o xo x-   1.89

2004 Rank Name Nationality 1.85 1.89 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.02 2.04 2.06 2.10 Result Notes Yelena Slesarenko Russia o o o o o o o o xxx 2.06 OR Hestrie Cloete South Africa o o o o o o xx- x   2.02   Vita Styopina Ukraine o o o xxo xxo o xxx     2.02 PB 4 Amy Acuff United States o o o xo o - xxx     1.96   5 Iryna Mykhalchenko Ukraine o o o xo xxx         1.96   6 Anna Chicherova Russia xo o o xxo xxx         1.96   7 Oana Pantelimon Romania o o o xxx           1.93 SB 8 Monica Iagăr Romania o o xo xxx           1.93   9 Inha Babakova Ukraine o xo xo xxx           1.93   10 Marta Mendía Spain o o xxo xxx           1.93   11 Blanka Vlašić Croatia o o xxx             1.89   12 Tia Hellebaut Belgium o xxx               1.85

2000 Place Athlete Nation Mark Notes 1 Yelena Yelesina Russia 2.01 SB 2 Hestrie Cloete South Africa 2.01 SB 3 Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden 1.99   3 Oana Pantelimon Romania 1.99 PB [1] 5 Inha Babakova Ukraine 1.96   6 Svetlana Zalevskaya Kazakhstan 1.96   7 Viktoriya Palamar Ukraine 1.96   8 Amewu Mensah Germany 1.93   9 Venelina Veneva Bulgaria 1.93   9 Monica Iagar Romania 1.93   11 Yoko Ota Japan 1.90   11 Zuzana Hlavonova Czech Republic 1.90   13 Eleonora Milusheva Bulgaria 1.90

---