title: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's high jump
text: # 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's high jump
  
  The women's high jump at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 and 22 August.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships :
  
  | World U20 Record | Olga Turchak (URS) | 2.01 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 July 1986 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World U20 Record | Heike Balck (GDR) | 2.01 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 18 June 1989 |
  | Championship Record | Alina Astafei (ROM) | 2.00 | Sudbury, Canada | 29 July 1988 |
  | World U20 Leading | Mariya Kochanova (ANA) | 1.94 | Cheboksary, Russia | 26 June 2021 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  The qualification round took place on 20 August, in two groups, both starting at 10:15. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 1.85 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.64 | 1.69 | 1.74 | 1.78 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | B | Adelina Khalikova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | – | o | o | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 1 | B | Elisabeth Pihela | Estonia | – | – | – | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 1 | A | Idea Pieroni | Italy | – | o | o | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 1 | A | Natalya Spiridonova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | – | – | o | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 1 | A | Styliana Ioannidou | Cyprus | – | o | o | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 1 | A | Zorana Rokavec | Serbia | o | o | o | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 7 | B | Laureen Maxwell | France | – | – | xo | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 7 | B | Marithé-Thérèse Engondo | Switzerland | – | xo | o | o | 1.78 | q |
  | 9 | B | Alesia Rengle | Romania | o | o | o | xo | 1.78 | q |
  | 9 | B | Angelina Topić | Serbia | – | o | o | xo | 1.78 | q |
  | 11 | B | Rebecca Mihalescul | Italy | – | o | xo | xo | 1.78 | q |
  | 12 | A | Federica Apostol | Romania | o | o | o | xxx | 1.74 | q |
  | 12 | A | Merel Maes | Belgium | – | o | o | xxx | 1.74 | q |
  | 14 | A | Lāsma Zemīte | Latvia | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.74 | |
  | 15 | B | Mariya Aleynikova | Ukraine | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.74 | |
  | 15 | A | Veronika Kramarenko | Ukraine | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.74 | |
  | 17 | A | Zeddy Jesire Chongwo | Kenya | o | xxx | | | 1.64 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 22 August at 15:25.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.94 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Natalya Spiridonova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | o | o | xxo | xo | xxo | o | x- | xx | 1.91 | PB |
  | | Marithé-Thérèse Engondo | Switzerland | o | xo | o | xo | o | x- | xx | | 1.89 | NU20R |
  | | Styliana Ioannidou | Cyprus | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.87 | NU20R |
  | 4 | Elisabeth Pihela | Estonia | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.87 | PB |
  | 5 | Merel Maes | Belgium | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
  | 6 | Angelina Topić | Serbia | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
  | 7 | Federica Apostol | Romania | xo | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | PB |
  | 8 | Adelina Khalikova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.84 | |
  | 9 | Idea Pieroni | Italy | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.80 | |
  | 9 | Zorana Rokavec | Serbia | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.80 | |
  | 11 | Rebecca Mihalescul | Italy | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.80 | |
  | 12 | Laureen Maxwell | France | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.75 | |
  | 12 | Alesia Rengle | Romania | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.75 | |
  