2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 15 July.^[1]

Women's high jump at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	13 July (qualification) 15 July (final)
Competitors	22 from 20 nations
Winning height	1.92 m
Medalists
Karyna Taranda    Belarus   Sommer Lecky    Ireland   María Fernanda Murillo    Colombia
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships
World U20 Record	Olga Turchak (URS)	2.01	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 July 1986
	Heike Balck (GDR)		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	18 June 1989
Championship Record	Alina Astafei (ROM)	2.00	Sudbury, Canada	29 July 1988
World U20 Leading	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	1.94	Győr, Hungary	8 July 2018

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, both starting at 11:40. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 1.84 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.74	1.77	1.80	1.82	1.84	Result	Note
1	A	Karyna Taranda	Belarus	–	o	o	o	o	o	1.84	Q
	B	Urtė Baikštytė	Lithuania	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.84	Q, PB
	B	Martyna Lewandowska	Poland	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.84	Q, SB
	B	Sommer Lecky	Ireland	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.84	Q, SB
5	B	Lavinja Jürgens	Germany	o	o	o	xo	xo	o	1.84	Q, PB
	A	Shelby Tyler	United States	o	o	xo	o	xo	o	1.84	Q
7	B	María Fernanda Murillo	Colombia	o	–	xxo	xo	o	o	1.84	Q
8	B	Maja Helena Nilsson	Sweden	–	o	o	o	o	xo	1.84	Q
9	A	Mariya Kochanova	Authorised Neutral Athletes	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	1.84	Q, PB
10	A	Isis Guerra	Cuba	o	o	xo	xxo	o	xo	1.84	Q
11	A	Abby Ward	Great Britain	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxo	1.84	Q, SB
12	B	Lamara Distin	Jamaica	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.82	q
13	B	Sanaa Barnes	United States	o	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	1.82
14	B	Rümeysa Ökdem	Turkey	xxo	xxo	xo	xo	xo	xxx	1.82	PB
15	A	Bianca Stichling	Germany	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.80
16	A	Zita Goossens	Belgium	o	o	xo	xo	xxx		1.80
17	B	Monika Zavilinská	Slovakia	o	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.80	PB
18	A	Tsai Ching-jung	Chinese Taipei	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.80
19	A	Sara Lučić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	o	xxo	o	xxx			1.77
20	B	Maryam Abdulelah	Iraq	o	o	xo	xxx			1.77
21	A	Lu Jiawen	China	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.77
22	A	Sakari Famous	Bermuda	o	xxx					1.70

Final

The final was held on 15 July at 13:42.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.75	1.80	1.84	1.87	1.90	1.92	1.95	Mark	Notes
	Karyna Taranda	Belarus	xo	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.92	NU20R
	Sommer Lecky	Ireland	o	xo	o	xo	o	xxx		1.90	NU20R
	María Fernanda Murillo	Colombia	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.90	AU20R
4	Isis Guerra	Cuba	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.87	PB
5	Mariya Kochanova	Authorised Neutral Athletes	o	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.87	PB
6	Urtė Baikštytė	Lithuania	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx			1.87	PB
7	Maja Helena Nilsson	Sweden	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.87
8	Lavinja Jürgens	Germany	o	o	o	xxx				1.84	PB
	Martyna Lewandowska	Poland	o	o	o	xxx				1.84	SB
10	Abby Ward	Great Britain	o	o	xo	xxx				1.84	SB
11	Shelby Tyler	United States	o	xo	xxx					1.80
12	Lamara Distin	Jamaica	o	xxx						1.75

References

1. "2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. "High Jump Women – Qualification – Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. "High Jump Women – Qualification – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
4. "High Jump Women – Final – Results" (PDF). IAAF. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.