title: 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump
text: # 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump
  
  The women's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 15 July.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World 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 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 1.94 | Győr, Hungary | 8 July 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, both starting at 11:40. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 1.84 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.84 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A | Karyna Taranda | Belarus | – | o | o | o | o | o | 1.84 | Q |
  | 1 | B | Urtė Baikštytė | Lithuania | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.84 | Q, PB |
  | 1 | B | Martyna Lewandowska | Poland | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.84 | Q, SB |
  | 1 | B | Sommer Lecky | Ireland | o | o | o | o | o | o | 1.84 | Q, SB |
  | 5 | B | Lavinja Jürgens | Germany | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | 1.84 | Q, PB |
  | 5 | A | Shelby Tyler | United States | o | o | xo | o | xo | o | 1.84 | Q |
  | 7 | B | María Fernanda Murillo | Colombia | o | – | xxo | xo | o | o | 1.84 | Q |
  | 8 | B | Maja Helena Nilsson | Sweden | – | o | o | o | o | xo | 1.84 | Q |
  | 9 | A | Mariya Kochanova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | 1.84 | Q, PB |
  | 10 | A | Isis Guerra | Cuba | o | o | xo | xxo | o | xo | 1.84 | Q |
  | 11 | A | Abby Ward | Great Britain | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxo | 1.84 | Q, SB |
  | 12 | B | Lamara Distin | Jamaica | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.82 | q |
  | 13 | B | Sanaa Barnes | United States | o | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.82 | |
  | 14 | B | Rümeysa Ökdem | Turkey | xxo | xxo | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.82 | PB |
  | 15 | A | Bianca Stichling | Germany | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.80 | |
  | 16 | A | Zita Goossens | Belgium | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 1.80 | |
  | 17 | B | Monika Zavilinská | Slovakia | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.80 | PB |
  | 18 | A | Tsai Ching-jung | Chinese Taipei | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.80 | |
  | 19 | A | Sara Lučić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | 1.77 | |
  | 20 | B | Maryam Abdulelah | Iraq | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.77 | |
  | 21 | A | Lu Jiawen | China | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.77 | |
  | 22 | A | Sakari Famous | Bermuda | o | xxx | | | | | 1.70 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 15 July at 13:42.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.92 | 1.95 | Mark | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Karyna Taranda | Belarus | xo | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | NU20R |
  | | Sommer Lecky | Ireland | o | xo | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.90 | NU20R |
  | | María Fernanda Murillo | Colombia | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.90 | =SAU20R |
  | 4 | Isis Guerra | Cuba | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.87 | PB |
  | 5 | Mariya Kochanova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 1.87 | PB |
  | 6 | Urtė Baikštytė | Lithuania | o | xxo | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.87 | PB |
  | 7 | Maja Helena Nilsson | Sweden | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.87 | |
  | 8 | Lavinja Jürgens | Germany | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.84 | PB |
  | 8 | Martyna Lewandowska | Poland | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.84 | SB |
  | 10 | Abby Ward | Great Britain | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.84 | SB |
  | 11 | Shelby Tyler | United States | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.80 | |
  | 12 | Lamara Distin | Jamaica | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.75 | |
  