1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

None The women's high jump event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070305/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html 31 October 2013 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Yuliya Lyakhova RUSSilver Dóra Győrffy HUNBronze Svetlana Lapina RUS Results Final 25 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Yuliya Lyakhova RUS 1.93 Dóra Győrffy HUN 1.91 Svetlana Lapina RUS 1.91 4 Erin Aldrich USA 1.88 5 Emelie Färdigh SWE 1.88 6 Hestrie Storbeck RSA 1.85 6 Vita Palamar UKR 1.85 8 Katja Vainikainen FIN 1.80 8 Michelle Dunkley UK 1.80 10 Petra Lašková CZE 1.80 11 Lisa Bruty AUS 1.75 11 Linda Horvath AUT 1.75 Qualifications 23 Aug Group A Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Michelle Dunkley UK 1.85 Q 1 Svetlana Lapina RUS 1.85 Q 3 Dóra Győrffy HUN 1.85 Q 4 Lisa Bruty AUS 1.85 Q 5 Linda Horvath AUT 1.82 q 6 Vita Palamar UKR 1.79 q 7 Barbara Berden SLO 1.79 8 Nevena Lenđel CRO 1.75 9 Vicky Welthagen RSA 1.75 10 Rachael Forrest UK 1.70 10 Yelena Temchina GEO 1990 1.70 Group B Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Yuliya Lyakhova RUS 1.82 q 1 Emelie Färdigh SWE 1.82 q 3 Hestrie Storbeck RSA 1.82 q 3 Erin Aldrich USA 1.82 q 5 Petra Lašková CZE 1.82 q 5 Katja Vainikainen FIN 1.82 q 7 Stefania Cadamuro ITA 1.79 8 Amewu Mensah GER 1.79 8 Gülsün Durak TUR 1.79 10 Ruth Beitía ESP 1.79 11 Nelly Sebastien FRA 1.75 12 Daniela Rath GER NH 13 Madelein Joubert NAM NH Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (1) AUT (1) CRO (1) CZE (1) FIN (1) FRA (1) GEO 1990 (1) GER (2) HUN (1) ITA (1) NAM (1) RUS (2) SLO (1) RSA (2) ESP (1) SWE (1) TUR (1) UKR (1) UK (2) USA (1) References High jump Category:High jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships