2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Michaela Hrubá Czech Republic |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ximena Lizbeth Esquivel Mexico |
| Bronze | Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Olga Turchak (URS) | 2.01 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 July 1986 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| World Junior 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 Junior Leading | Vashti Cunningham (USA) | 1.97 | Eugene, United States | 3 July 2016 |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 1.84 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.80 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine | – | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 1 | A | Lara Omerzu | Slovenia | o | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 1 | A | Lada Pejchalová | Czech Republic | o | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 1 | B | Michaela Hrubá | Czech Republic | – | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 1 | B | Salome Lang | Switzerland | o | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 1 | B | Mareike Max | Germany | o | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 1 | B | Claire Orcel | Belgium | o | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 8 | B | Ximena Lizbeth Esquivel | Mexico | o | o | xo | o | 1.80 | q |
| 9 | A | María Fernanda Murillo | Colombia | xxo | o | o | o | 1.80 | q |
| 10 | A | Nawal Meniker | France | o | o | o | xo | 1.80 | q |
| 10 | B | Nicole Greene | United States | o | o | o | xo | 1.80 | q |
| 12 | B | Liliya Klyntsova | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xo | 1.80 | q |
| 13 | A | Mona Gottschämmer | Germany | xo | o | xo | xo | 1.80 | q |
| 14 | A | Karla Terán | Mexico | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.77 | |
| 15 | B | Maryia Zhodzik | Belarus | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 1.77 | |
| 16 | B | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Kazakhstan | o | o | xxx | | 1.74 | |
| 17 | A | Saleta Fernández [de] | Spain | xo | xo | xxx | | 1.74 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.74 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.95 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Michaela Hrubá | Czech Republic | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.91 | |
| | Ximena Lizbeth Esquivel | Mexico | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.86 | |
| 4 | Lada Pejchalová | Czech Republic | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.86 | |
| 5 | Nicole Greene | United States | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 5 | Mareike Max | Germany | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 7 | Salome Lang | Switzerland | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 8 | Nawal Meniker | France | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 9 | Liliya Klyntsova | Ukraine | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | PB |
| 9 | María Fernanda Murillo | Colombia | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 11 | Mona Gottschämmer | Germany | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.79 | |
| 12 | Lara Omerzu | Slovenia | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.79 | |
| 13 | Claire Orcel | Belgium | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.79 | |
