1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the
1988 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
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's high jump event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 29 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Alina Astafei
 Romania
Silver Yelena Yelesina
 Soviet Union
Bronze Karen Scholz
 East Germany

Results

Final

29 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Alina Astafei  Romania 2.00
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yelena Yelesina  Soviet Union 1.96
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Karen Scholz  East Germany 1.92
4 Jo Jennings  United Kingdom 1.88
5 Gai Kapernick  Australia 1.88
6 Šárka Kašpárková  Czechoslovakia 1.85
7 Heike Balck  East Germany 1.81
8 Šárka Nováková  Czechoslovakia 1.81
9 Natalja Jonckheere  Belgium 1.81
10 Su Chun-Yueh  Chinese Taipei 1.81
11 María del Carmen García  Cuba 1.81
12 Michaela Tarantino  Italy 1.81
13 Loretta Kiss  Australia 1.77
13 Jennifer McDonald  Canada 1.77
15 Coralea Brown  Canada 1.77

Qualifications

28 Jul

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Karen Scholz  East Germany 1.84 Q
1 Alina Astafei  Romania 1.84 Q
3 Su Chun-Yueh  Chinese Taipei 1.84 Q
4 Jo Jennings  United Kingdom 1.80 q
5 Loretta Kiss  Australia 1.80 q
6 Tatyana Shevchik  Soviet Union 1.75
7 Marjut Honkanen  Finland 1.75
7 Birgit Kähler  West Germany 1.75
7 Tania Murray  New Zealand 1.75
10 Desislava Angelova  Bulgaria 1.75
11 Julieann Broughton  United States 1.70
12 Veronica Ávila  Dominican Republic NH

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Heike Balck  East Germany 1.84 Q
1 Yelena Yelesina  Soviet Union 1.84 Q
3 Gai Kapernick  Australia 1.84 Q
4 Natalja Jonckheere  Belgium 1.80 q
5 Šárka Nováková  Czechoslovakia 1.80 q
5 Šárka Kašpárková  Czechoslovakia 1.80 q
7 María del Carmen García  Cuba 1.80 q
7 Michaela Tarantino  Italy 1.80 q
9 Jennifer McDonald  Canada 1.80 q
10 Coralea Brown  Canada 1.80 q
11 Tanya Hughes  United States 1.75

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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