2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Kimberly Jess  Germany
Silver	Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria
Bronze	Hannelore Desmet  Belgium
Bronze	Lesyaní Mayor  Cuba

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Kimberly Jess	Germany	1.86
	Mirela Demireva	Bulgaria	1.86
	Hannelore Desmet	Belgium	1.86
	Lesyaní Mayor	Cuba	1.86
5	Zoe Timmers	Australia	1.82
6	Esthera Petre	Romania	1.82
7	Natalya Mamlina	Russia	1.82
8	Anja Saumweber	Germany	1.78
8	Ellen Björklund	Sweden	1.78
10	Burcu Ayhan	Turkey	1.78
10	Shanay Briscoe	United States	1.78
12	Esther van der Lijcke	Netherlands	1.73
13	Pamela Hughes	Ireland	1.73

Qualifications

8 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Zoe Timmers	Australia	1.81	q
1	Hannelore Desmet	Belgium	1.81	q
3	Esthera Petre	Romania	1.81	q
4	Burcu Ayhan	Turkey	1.81	q
5	Pamela Hughes	Ireland	1.78	q
6	Ellen Björklund	Sweden	1.78	q
7	Anja Saumweber	Germany	1.78	q
8	Maryia Nestsiarchuk	Belarus	1.78
8	Ana Šimic	Croatia	1.78
8	Yekaterina Bolshakova	Russia	1.78
11	Michalina Kwasniewska	Poland	1.74
12	Jessica Merriweather	United States	1.74
13	Tonje Angelsen	Norway	1.70
14	Barbara Szabó	Hungary	1.65
14	Ilva Bikanova	Latvia	1.65
15	Marcoleen Pretorius	South Africa	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Kimberly Jess	Germany	1.81	q
2	Natalya Mamlina	Russia	1.81	q
2	Shanay Briscoe	United States	1.81	q
4	Mirela Demireva	Bulgaria	1.81	q
5	Esther van der Lijcke	Netherlands	1.78	q
6	Lesyaní Mayor	Cuba	1.78	q
7	Martyna Bielawaska	Poland	1.78
8	Marija Vuković	Montenegro	1.78
8	Ezgi Sevilmis	Turkey	1.78
10	Holly Parent	Canada	1.74
10	Dímitra Nazíri	Greece	1.74
12	Airinė Palšytė	Lithuania	1.74
13	Victoria Dronsfield	Sweden	1.74
14	Marina Schneider	Austria	1.74
14	Magdalena Nová	Czech Republic	1.74
16	Klára Ábelová	Slovakia	1.70
17	Elena Vallortigara	Italy	1.65

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Montenegro (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Turkey (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015