2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alessia Trost  Italy	Lissa Labiche  Seychelles	Maria Kuchina  Russia

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Olga Turchak (URS)	2.01 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 July 1986
	Heike Balck (GDR)		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	18 June 1989
Championship Record	Alina Astafei (ROU)	2.00 m	Sudbury, Canada	29 July 1988
World Junior Leading	Alessia Trost (ITA)	1.92 m	Gorizia, Italy	19 May 2012

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 1.84 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.65	1.70	1.75	1.79	1.82	1.84	Result	Notes
1	B	Alessia Trost	Italy	–	o	o	o	o	o	1.84	Q
1	A	Lissa Labiche	Seychelles	-	-	o	o	o	o	1.84	Q
3	A	Maria Kuchina	Russia	-	-	xo	o	o	o	1.84	Q
4	B	Melina Brenner	Germany	–	o	xo	o	xo	o	1.84	Q
5	B	Iryna Gerashchenko	Ukraine	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	1.84	Q
6	B	Dior Delophont	France	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	1.84	Q
7	A	Alexandra Plaza	Germany	-	o	o	o	xo	xxo	1.84	Q
8	B	Julia du Plessis	South Africa	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.82	q
8	B	Oksana Krasnokutskaya	Russia	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.82	q
10	A	Gintaré Nesteckyté	Lithuania	o	xo	o	o	o	xxx	1.82	q
11	B	Jeanelle Scheper	Saint Lucia	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.82	q
12	A	Chanice Porter	Jamaica	-	o	-	xo	xo	xxx	1.82	q
12	A	Ye Jiaying	China	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	1.82	q
14	B	Ligia Grozav	Romania	-	o	o	xo	xxx		1.79
15	A	Tatiána Goúsin	Greece	o	o	xo	xo	xxx		1.79
16	B	Taylor Burke	United States	-	o	xxo	xo	xxx		1.79
17	A	Undine Dindune	Latvia	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		1.79
18	B	María Priscilla Schlegel	Spain	o	o	o	xxx			1.75
19	A	Ida Virdebrant	Sweden	o	o	xo	xxx			1.75
19	A	Senni Ronkainen	Finland	o	o	xo	xxx			1.75
19	B	Leontia Kallenou	Cyprus	o	o	xo	xxx			1.75
22	A	Lisanne Hagens	Netherlands	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.75
22	A	Maddie Morrow	United States	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.75
22	A	N. M. Siriwardana Herath Mudiyanselage	Sri Lanka	-	o	xxo	xxx			1.75
25	B	Lucija Zubcic	Croatia	–	xo	xxo	xxx			1.75
25	A	Kaitlin Morgan	Australia	xo	o	xxo	xxx			1.75
27	B	Kimberly Williamson	Jamaica	-	o	-	xxx			1.70
27	A	Wai Yee Fung	Hong Kong	-	o	xxx				1.70
29	B	Meng-Chia Wu	Chinese Taipei	xxo	o	xxx				1.70
30	B	Midori Kamijima	Japan	o	xo	xxx				1.70	SB
30	A	Kadriye Aydin	Turkey	o	xo	xxx				1.70
30	A	Tamara Biryuk	Ukraine	o	xo	xxx				1.70
33	B	Anne Engen Andersen	Norway	o	xxo	xxx				1.70
34	B	Eglé Roceviciüté	Lithuania	o	xxx					1.65

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.68	1.73	1.78	1.82	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.95	Result	Notes
	Alessia Trost	Italy	–	o	o	xxo	o	xxo	xo	xxx	1.91
	Lissa Labiche	Seychelles	-	-	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.88	NJ
	Maria Kuchina	Russia	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.88
4	Alexandra Plaza	Germany	–	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		1.88	PB
5	Dior Delophont	France	-	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.85
6	Melina Brenner	Germany	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.85
7	Iryna Gerashchenko	Ukraine	-	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx			1.85
8	Jeanelle Scheper	Saint Lucia	-	-	xo	xxo	xxx				1.82
9	Ye Jiaying	China	o	o	o	xxx					1.78
9	Gintaré Nesteckyté	Lithuania	o	o	o	xxx					1.78
11	Oksana Krasnokutskaya	Russia	-	o	xo	xxx					1.78
12	Julia du Plessis	South Africa	o	xo	xxo	xxx					1.78
13	Chanice Porter	Jamaica	-	xo	xxx						1.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  China (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Saint Lucia (1)
•  Seychelles (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=HJ/combCode=hash/timetable.html
2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

• WJC12 high jump schedule