title: 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
text: # 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)
  