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

1996 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	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	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
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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.^[1][2]

Gold	Yuliya Lyakhova  Russia
Silver	Dóra Győrffy  Hungary
Bronze	Svetlana Lapina  Russia

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	1.93
	Dóra Győrffy	Hungary	1.91
	Svetlana Lapina	Russia	1.91
4	Erin Aldrich	United States	1.88
5	Emelie Färdigh	Sweden	1.88
6	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	1.85
6	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	1.85
8	Katja Vainikainen	Finland	1.80
8	Michelle Dunkley	United Kingdom	1.80
10	Petra Lašková	Czech Republic	1.80
11	Lisa Bruty	Australia	1.75
11	Linda Horvath	Austria	1.75

23 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Michelle Dunkley	United Kingdom	1.85	Q
1	Svetlana Lapina	Russia	1.85	Q
3	Dóra Győrffy	Hungary	1.85	Q
4	Lisa Bruty	Australia	1.85	Q
5	Linda Horvath	Austria	1.82	q
6	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	1.79	q
7	Barbara Berden	Slovenia	1.79
8	Nevena Lenđel	Croatia	1.75
9	Vicky Welthagen	South Africa	1.75
10	Rachael Forrest	United Kingdom	1.70
10	Yelena Temchina	Georgia	1.70

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Yuliya Lyakhova	Russia	1.82	q
1	Emelie Färdigh	Sweden	1.82	q
3	Hestrie Storbeck	South Africa	1.82	q
3	Erin Aldrich	United States	1.82	q
5	Petra Lašková	Czech Republic	1.82	q
5	Katja Vainikainen	Finland	1.82	q
7	Stefania Cadamuro	Italy	1.79
8	Amewu Mensah	Germany	1.79
8	Gülsün Durak	Turkey	1.79
10	Ruth Beitía	Spain	1.79
11	Nelly Sebastien	France	1.75
	Daniela Rath	Germany	NH
	Madelein Joubert	Namibia	NH

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.