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
1st, gold medalist(s) Kimberly Jess  Germany 1.86
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mirela Demireva  Bulgaria 1.86
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hannelore Desmet  Belgium 1.86
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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.

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
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