2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's high jump
# 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 | |
