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

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

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

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	2.26
	Sylwester Bednarek	Poland	2.24
	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

11 July

Group A

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

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

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

•  Bahamas (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

References

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