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Women's high jump world record progression

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A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Stefka Kostadinova's high jump world record of 2.08 m set on 31 May 1986

The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. In 1936, the FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, now known as World Athletics. As of June 21, 2009,[needs update] the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) has ratified 56 world records in the event.[1]

Record progression

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Indoor

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An asterisk indicates a record was repeated. All records since Kostadinova's 2.04 m in 1987 were ratified by the IAAF.[2]

Women's high jump indoor world record progression
MarkAthleteDateVenue
1.482 m (4 ft 10+1⁄4 in) Eleanor Egg (USA)13 February 1926Newark
1.517 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Mildred Wiley (USA)16 February 1928Boston
1.524 m (5 ft 0 in) Mildred Wiley (USA)10 March 1928Boston
1.603 m (5 ft 3 in) Jean Shiley (USA)30 March 1929Boston
1.613 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Jean Shiley (USA)19 April 1930Boston
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Olga Modrachova (TCH)27 February 1955Berlin East
1.651 m (5 ft 5 in) Thelma Hopkins (GBR)17 April 1957Manchester
1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Lyudmila Nabatova (URS)18 January 1958Orenburg
1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in)* Taisiya Chenchik (URS)21 January 1958Chelyabinsk
1.755 m (5 ft 9 in) Taisiya Chenchik (URS)3 February 1958Leningrad
1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Iolanda Balas (ROU)26 February 1961Berlin East
1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Iolanda Balas (ROU)18 March 1961Leningrad
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Iolanda Balas (ROU)18 March 1961Leningrad
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Iolanda Balas (ROU)18 March 1961Leningrad
1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)6 February 1970Vienne
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)15 March 1970Vienne
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Rita Schmidt-Kirst (GDR)30 January 1972Berlin East
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)25 February 1972Vienne
1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) Rita Schmidt-Kirst (GDR)12 March 1972Grenoble
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Rosemarie Witschas-Ackermann (GDR)28 January 1973Berlin East
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)* Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)18 February 1973Sofia
1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)11 March 1973Rotterdam
1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)* Rita Kirst (GDR)17 February 1974Sofia
1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)9 February 1975Berlin East
1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)6 March 1977Berlin East
1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)* Sara Simeoni (ITA)23 February 1978Milan
1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)* Andrea Matay (HUN)31 January 1979Budapest
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Andrea Matay (HUN)17 February 1979Budapest
1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Andrea Matay (HUN)17 February 1979Budapest
1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Deborah Brill (CAN)23 January 1982Edmonton
2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) Coleen Sommer (USA)14 February 1982Ottawa
2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)* Tamara Bykova (URS)6 March 1983Budapest
2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Tamara Bykova (URS)6 March 1983Budapest
2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Tamara Bykova (URS)6 March 1983Budapest
2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)31 January 1987Genova
2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)8 March 1987Indianapolis
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)20 February 1988Pireaus
2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) Heike Henkel (GER)9 February 1992Karlsruhe
2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)4 February 2006Arnstadt

Outdoor

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Yaroslava MahuchikhStefka KostadinovaLudmilla AndonowaTamara BykowaUlrike MeyfarthSara SimeoniRosemarie AckermannJordanka BlagojewaIlona GusenbauerIolanda BalasMildred SingletonFanny Blankers-KoenDorothy TylerJean ShileyCarolina GisollEthel CatherwoodPhyllis NicolNancy Voorhees

The event is linked on some of the dates.

Mark Athlete Date Venue
1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Nancy Voorhees (USA) 20 May 1922 Simsbury[1]
1.485 m (4 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  Elizabeth Stine (USA) 26 May 1923 Englewood, New Jersey[1][3]
 Sophie Eliott-Lynn (GBR) 6 August 1923 Brentwood[1]
1.524 m (5 ft 0 in)  Phyllis Green (GBR) 11 July 1925 London[1]
1.552 m (5 ft 1 in) 2 August 1926
1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)  Ethel Catherwood (CAN) 6 September 1926 Regina[1]
 Lien Gisolf (NED) 3 July 1928 Brussels[1]
1.595 m (5 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  Ethel Catherwood (CAN) 5 August 1928 Amsterdam[1]
1.605 m (5 ft 3 in)  Lien Gisolf (NED) 18 August 1929 Maastricht[1]
1.62 m (5 ft 3+3⁄4 in) 12 June 1932 Amsterdam[1]
1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Jean Shiley (USA) 7 August 1932 Los Angeles[1]
 Mildred Didrikson (USA) 7 August 1932
1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄4 in)  Dorothy Odam (GBR) 29 May 1939 Brentwood[1]
 Esther van Heerden (South Africa) 29 March 1941 Stellenbosch[1]
 Ilsebill Pfenning (SUI) 27 July 1941 Lugano[1]
1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄4 in)  Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 30 May 1943 Amsterdam[1]
1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Sheila Lerwill (GBR) 7 July 1951 London[1]
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)  Aleksandra Chudina (URS) 22 May 1954 Kiev[1]
1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Thelma Hopkins (GBR) 5 May 1956 Belfast[1]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in)  Iolanda Balaș (ROM) 14 July 1956 Bucharest[1]
1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Mildred McDaniel (USA) 1 December 1956 Melbourne[1]
 Iolanda Balaş (ROM) 13 October 1957 Bucharest[1]
1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)  Zheng Fengrong (CHN) 17 November 1957 Beijing[1]
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)  Iolanda Balaş (ROM) 7 June 1958 Bucharest[1]
1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in) 22 June 1958 Cluj-Napoca[1]
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄4 in) 31 July 1958 Poiana Brasov[1]
1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) 4 October 1958 Bucharest[1]
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 October 1958
1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) 21 September 1959
1.85 m (6 ft 3⁄4 in) 6 June 1960
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 10 July 1960
1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) 15 April 1961
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 June 1961 Warsaw[1]
1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) 8 July 1961 Budapest[1]
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 16 July 1961 Sofia[1]
1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) 4 September 1971 Vienna[1]
 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 4 September 1972 Munich[1]
1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) 24 September 1972 Zagreb[1]
1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Rosemarie Witschas (GDR) 24 August 1974 Berlin[1]
1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) 8 September 1974 Rome[1]
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 8 May 1976 Dresden[1]
3 July 1977
1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) 14 August 1977 Helsinki[1]
26 August 1977 West Berlin[1]
2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  Sara Simeoni (ITA) 4 August 1978 Brescia[1]
31 August 1978 Prague[1]
2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 8 September 1982 Athens[1]
2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) 21 August 1983 London[1]
 Tamara Bykova (URS)
2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) 25 August 1983 Pisa[1]
2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) 22 June 1984 Kiev[1]
2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) 20 July 1984 East Berlin[1]
 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 25 May 1986 Sofia[1]
2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) 31 May 1986
2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) 30 August 1987 Rome[1]
2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in)  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 7 July 2024 Paris[4]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 644–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Main > Records Progression - World Indoor Records Women, High Jump". trackfield.brinkster.net.
  3. ↑ "Elizabeth Stine Breaks World's Record For High Jump On Englewood Field", The Record, May 28, 1923. Accessed August 1, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Elizabeth Stine created a new world's record for the women's high jump at the Englewood High school athletic field last Saturday afternoon when she cleared the bar at four feet ten and one-half inches. The former record was four feet, nine inches."
  4. ↑ World Athletics : Senior High Jump Women. Accessed November 17, 2024.
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