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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
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	=SAU20R
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.