2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
| Events at the 2008 African 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 | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 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 | ||
| Road events | ||||
| 20 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 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 2.
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.91 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anika Smit |  South Africa | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.88 | |
 | Marcoleen Pretorius | South Africa | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.84 | ||
 | Marizca Gertenbach | South Africa | – | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.84 | ||
| 4 | Nkeka Ukuh |  Nigeria | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.75 | ||||
| 5 | Rim Abdullah |  Egypt | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.75 | NR | |||
| 6 | Karima Ben Othmani |  Tunisia | – | o | xxx | 1.65 | ||||||
| 7 | Josée Nguea |  Cameroon | xo | o | xxx | 1.65 | ||||||
| 8 | Doreen Amata | Nigeria | – | – | – | xxx | NM |
References
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