2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

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The men's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Bohdan Bondarenko
 Ukraine
Silver Sylwester Bednarek
 Poland
Bronze Miguel Ángel Sancho
 Spain

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

13 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine 2.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sylwester Bednarek  Poland 2.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miguel Ángel Sancho  Spain 2.21
4 Sergey Mudrov  Russia 2.17
4 Ümit Tan  Turkey 2.17
6 Adónios Mástoras  Greece 2.17
7 Marco Fassinotti  Italy 2.13
8 Raymond Higgs  Bahamas 2.13
9 Matthew Owens  United Kingdom 2.13
10 Giuseppe Carollo  Italy 2.08
10 Naoto Tobe  Japan 2.08
10 Edgar Rivera  Mexico 2.08
10 Marius Dumitrace  Romania 2.08
14 Karim Lotfy  Egypt 2.08

Qualifications[edit]

11 July

Group A[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Raymond Higgs  Bahamas 2.14 q
1 Edgar Rivera  Mexico 2.14 q
1 Sylwester Bednarek  Poland 2.14 q
4 Matthew Owens  United Kingdom 2.14 q
5 Sergey Mudrov  Russia 2.14 q
6 Karim Lotfy  Egypt 2.14 q
6 Giuseppe Carollo  Italy 2.14 q
8 Naoto Tobe  Japan 2.14 q
9 Martinš Karabeško  Latvia 2.10
10 Erik Kynard  United States 2.10
11 Barry Pender  Ireland 2.05
12 Enrique Gimeno  Spain 2.00
Lakshmanan Yogaraj  India NH

Group B[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Miguel Ángel Sancho  Spain 2.14 q
2 Marco Fassinotti  Italy 2.14 q
3 Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine 2.14 q
4 Marius Dumitrace  Romania 2.14 q
4 Ümit Tan  Turkey 2.14 q
6 Adónios Mástoras  Greece 2.14 q
7 Bartosz Krocz  Poland 2.10
7 Willem Voigt  South Africa 2.10
9 Dávid Fajoyomi  Hungary 2.10
10 Tino Martin  Germany 2.10
11 Ryan Fleck  United States 2.05
Shawn Swartz  Canada NH
Miloš Petrovic  Serbia NH

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015