2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump explained

The women's high jump at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 23 & 25 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marija Vuković	Airinė Palšytė	Elena Vallortigara

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World junior record	Olga Turchak Heike Balck		2.01	Moscow Karl-Marx-Stadt	July 7, 1986 June 18, 1989
World Leading			1.92		20 June 2010

Results

Final

25 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
			1.91	NR
			1.89
			1.89
			1.86
			1.82
			1.82
			1.78
			1.78
			1.78
			1.78
			1.73
			1.73

Qualifications

23 July

Qualification standard 1.83 m or at least best 12 qualified.

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
1	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
3	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
3	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
3	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
6	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
7	align=left		align=left		1.78	q
8	align=left		align=left		1.78
9	align=left		align=left		1.78
10	align=left		align=left		1.78
11	align=left		align=left		1.74
11	align=left		align=left		1.74
13	align=left		align=left		1.74
14	align=left		align=left		1.74
15	align=left		align=left		1.65

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
1	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
1	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
1	align=left		align=left		1.81	q
5	align=left		align=left		1.78	q
6	align=left		align=left		1.78
7	align=left		align=left		1.78
7	align=left		align=left		1.78
7	align=left		align=left		1.78
10	align=left		align=left		1.78
11	align=left		align=left		1.78
12	align=left		align=left		1.74
12	align=left		align=left		1.74
14	align=left		align=left		1.74
15	align=left		align=left		1.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.