1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Events at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
2000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's high jump event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 July.

Medalists

Gold	Karen Scholz East Germany
Silver	Alina Astafei Romania
Bronze	Yelena Obukhova Soviet Union

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Karen Scholz	East Germany	1.92
	Alina Astafei	Romania	1.90
	Yelena Obukhova	Soviet Union	1.88
4	Jayne Barnetson	United Kingdom	1.86
5	Niki Bakogianni	Greece	1.83
6	Gai Kapernick	Australia	1.80
7	Liu Qian	China	1.80
8	Leah Cranston	Australia	1.80
9	Debbie Marti	United Kingdom	1.75
	Holly Kelly	United States	1.75
	Amra Temim	Yugoslavia	1.75
12	Rosanela Gogi	Bulgaria	1.75

Qualifications

17 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Gai Kapernick	Australia	1.82	Q
	Debbie Marti	United Kingdom	1.82	Q
	Yelena Obukhova	Soviet Union	1.82	Q
4	Amra Temim	Yugoslavia	1.80	q
5	Karen Didonato	United States	1.74
6	Fernanda Mosquera	Colombia	1.70
	Athiná Hristodoúlou	Greece	1.70
	Ayako Isomoto	Japan	1.70
	Michelle Alleyne	Trinidad and Tobago	1.70
10	Nicola Springer	Barbados	1.65
	Maribel Rodríguez	Dominican Republic	1.65
	Guðbjörg Lilja Svansdóttir	Iceland	1.65
13	Suzie Tanefo	Cameroon	1.50

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Liu Qian	China	1.82	Q
	Jayne Barnetson	United Kingdom	1.82	Q
	Karen Scholz	East Germany	1.82	Q
	Alina Astafei	Romania	1.82	Q
5	Rosanela Gogi	Bulgaria	1.80	q
	Holly Kelly	United States	1.80	q
7	Leah Cranston	Australia	1.78	q
	Niki Bakogianni	Greece	1.78	q
9	Leanne Madill	Canada	1.74
	Judit Kovács	Hungary	1.74
	Tracy Phillips	New Zealand	1.74
	Olga Bolshova	Soviet Union	1.74
13	Brigitte Pöck	Austria	1.70

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

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