Events at the 2016 World Championships
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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's high jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22 and 24 July.

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

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
	Heike Balck (GDR)		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

Qualification: 1.84 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

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 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

^[2]

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 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