# 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.

## 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 |
| World Junior Record | Heike Balck (GDR) | 2.01 m | 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)