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High jump#Female two metres club

{{Short description|Track and field event}}

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{{Infobox athletics event

|event= High jump

|image= 240px

|caption= Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop

|WRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CUB}} Javier Sotomayor {{T&Fcalc|2.45}} (1993)}}

|ORmen= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Austin {{T&Fcalc|2.39}} (1996)}}

|CRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|UKR}} Bohdan Bondarenko {{T&Fcalc|2.41}} (2013)}}

|WRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yaroslava Mahuchikh {{T&Fcalc|2.10}} (2024)}}

|ORwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yelena Slesarenko {{T&Fcalc|2.06}} (2004)}}

|CRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Stefka Kostadinova {{T&Fcalc|2.09}} (1987)}}

}}

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have successively improved their technique until developing the universally preferred Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar.

The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games.

Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the world record holder with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|2.45}} set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) is the women's world record holder with a jump of {{T&Fcalc|2.10}} set in 2024.

Rules

File:Yelena Slesarenko failing 2007.jpg hitting the bar while using the Fosbury Flop technique]]

The rules set for the high jump by World Athletics (previously named the IAAF) are Technical Rules TR26 and TR27{{cite web |title=C2.1: Technical Rulesv (In force from 1 November 2019 and amended on 31 January 2020*) |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=8728ad5a-61ee-4b04-9156-af26378d17e2.pdf&urlslug=C2.1%20-%20Technical%20Rules%20(amended%20on%2031%20January%202020)#page=61 |website=Book of Rules |publisher=World Athletics |pages=59–65}} (previously Rules 181 and 182). Jumpers must take off from one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the jumper dislodges the bar or touches the ground or any object behind the bar before clearance.

Competitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass at their own discretion. Most competitions state that three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the jumper from contention. The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final.

=Tie breaking=

If two or more jumpers tie for any place, the tie-breakers are: 1) the fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred; and 2) the fewest misses throughout the competition. If the event remains tied for first place (or a limited-advancement position to a subsequent meet), the jumpers have a jump-off, beginning at the next height above their highest success. Jumpers have one attempt at each height. If only one succeeds, he or she wins; if more than one does, these try with the bar raised; if none does, all try with the bar lowered. This process was followed at the 2015 World Championship men's event and at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Example:

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|+Example jump-off

!rowspan=2| Competitor !!colspan=7| Main competition !!colspan=3| Jump-off !!rowspan=2| Place

1.75m1.80m1.84m1.88m1.91m1.94m1.97m1.91m1.89m1.91m
Aoxooxox–xxxox2
B–xo–xo––xxxxoo1
C–oxoxo–xxxxx3
D–xoxoxoxxxcolspan=3|4

In the example jump-off, the final cleared height is 1.88m, at which A B C and D each have one failure. D has two failures at lower heights compared to one each for the other three, who proceed to a jump-off at the next height above the final cleared height. C is eliminated in the second round of the jump-off 1.89m, then B wins in the third round.

A 2009 rule-change makes the jump-off optional, so that first place can be shared by agreement among tied athletes.{{cite web |title=Competition Rules 2010-2011; In Force as from 1st November 2009 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/05/47/81/20091027115916_httppostedfile_CompRules2010_web_26Oct09_17166.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011023632/http://iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/05/47/81/20091027115916_httppostedfile_CompRules2010_web_26Oct09_17166.pdf |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |page=168; Rule 181 §§ 8, 9 [note marginal change lines]}}; {{cite web |last1=Locteau |first1=Sebastien |title=IAAF Technical Rule Changes 2009/2010. |url=https://www.runireland.com/iaaf-technical-rule-changes-20092010-aai-website/ |website=RunIreland.com |access-date=2 August 2021 |date=4 December 2009}} This rule led to shared gold in the 2020 Olympic men's event held in 2021.

History

File:1912 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras2.JPG during the standing high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]

The first recorded high jump event took place in Scotland in the 19th century. Early jumpers used either an elaborate straight-on approach or a scissors technique. In later years, the bar was approached diagonally, and the jumper threw first the inside leg and then the other over the bar in a scissoring motion.

Around the turn of the 20th century, techniques began to change, beginning with the Irish-American Michael Sweeney's Eastern cut-off as a variation of the scissors technique. By taking off as in the scissors method, extending his spine and flattening out over the bar, Sweeney raised the world record to {{T&Fcalc|1.97}} in 1895. Even in 1948, John Winter of Australia won the gold medal of the 1948 London Olympics with this style. Besides, one of the most successful female high jumpers, Iolanda Balaș of Romania, used this style to dominate women's high jump for about 10 years until her retirement in 1967.

Another American, George Horine, developed an even more efficient technique, the Western roll. In this style, the bar again is approached on a diagonal, but the inner leg is used for the take-off, while the outer leg is thrust up to lead the body sideways over the bar. Horine increased the world standard to {{T&Fcalc|2.01}} in 1912. His technique was predominant through the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in which the event was won by Cornelius Johnson at {{T&Fcalc|2.03}}.

American and Soviet jumpers were the most successful for the next four decades, and they pioneered the straddle technique. Straddle jumpers took off as in the Western roll but rotated their torso, belly-down, around the bar, obtaining the most efficient and highest clearance up to that time. Straddle jumper Charles Dumas was the first to clear 7 ft (2.13m), in 1956. American John Thomas pushed the world mark to {{T&Fcalc|2.23}} in 1960. Valeriy Brumel of the Soviet Union took over the event for the next four years, radically speeding up his approach run. He took the record up to {{T&Fcalc|2.28}} and won the gold medal of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, before a motorcycle accident ended his career in 1965.

File:EthelCatherwood1928.jpg of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Her winning result was {{T&Fcalc|1.59}}.]]

File:1912 Platt Adams5.JPG

American coaches, including two-time NCAA champion Frank Costello of the University of Maryland, flocked to Russia to learn from Brumel and his coaches like Vladimir Dyachkov. However, it would be a solitary innovator at Oregon State University, Dick Fosbury, who would bring the high jump into the next century.

Taking advantage of the raised, softer, artificially-cushioned landing areas that were in use by then, Fosbury added a new twist to the outmoded Eastern cut-off. He directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, going over on his back and landing in a fashion that would likely have resulted in serious injury in the old ground-level landing pits, which were usually filled with sawdust or sand mixtures. Around the same time, Debbie Brill independently came up with the same technique, which she called the 'Brill Bend'.{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=Runnerstribe |date=2022-08-19 |title=If The 'Flop' Had Flopped Would We Be Seeing The Brill Bend? - A Column by Len Johnson |url=https://www.runnerstribe.com/features/if-the-flop-had-flopped-would-we-be-seeing-the-brill-bend-a-column-by-len-johnson/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Runner's Tribe |language=en-AU}}

Since Fosbury used his new style, called the Fosbury flop, to win the gold medal of the 1968 Mexico Olympics, its use spread quickly, and soon "floppers" were dominating international high jump competitions. The first flopper setting a world record was the American Dwight Stones, who cleared {{T&Fcalc|2.30}} in 1973. In the female side, the 16-year-old flopper Ulrike Meyfarth from West Germany won the gold medal of the 1972 Munich Olympics at {{T&Fcalc|1.92}}, which tied the women's world record at that time (held by the Austrian straddler Ilona Gusenbauer a year before). However, it was not until 1978 when a flopper, Sara Simeoni of Italy, broke the women's world record.

Successful high jumpers following Fosbury's lead also included the rival of Dwight Stones, {{convert|5|ft|8|in|order=flip}}-tall Franklin Jacobs of Paterson, New Jersey, who cleared {{T&Fcalc|2.32}}, {{convert|0.59|m}} over his head (a feat equalled 27 years later by Stefan Holm of Sweden); Chinese record-setters Ni-chi Chin and Zhu Jianhua; Germans Gerd Wessig and Dietmar Mögenburg; Swedish Olympic medalist and former world record holder Patrik Sjöberg; female jumpers Ulrike Meyfarth of West Germany and Sara Simeoni of Italy.

In spite of this, the straddle technique did not disappear at once. In 1977, the 18-year-old Soviet straddler Vladimir Yashchenko set a new world record {{T&Fcalc|2.33}}. In 1978, he raised the record to {{T&Fcalc|2.34}}, and {{T&Fcalc|2.35}} indoor, just before a knee injury effectively ended his career when he was only 20 years old. In the female side, the straddler Rosemarie Ackermann of East Germany, who was the first female jumper ever to clear {{T&Fcalc|2}}, raised the world record from {{T&Fcalc|1.95}} to {{T&Fcalc|2.00}} during 1974 to 1977. In fact, from 2 June 1977 to 3 August 1978, almost 10 years after Fosbury's success, the men's and women's world records were still held by straddle jumpers Yashchenko and Ackermann respectively. However, they were the last world record holders using the straddle technique. Ackermann also won the gold medal of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which was the last time for a straddle jumper (male or female) to win an Olympic medal.

In 1980, the Polish flopper, 1976 Olympic gold medalist Jacek Wszoła, broke Yashchenko's world record at {{T&Fcalc|2.35}}. Two years before, the female Italian flopper Sara Simeoni, the long-term rival of Ackermann, broke Ackermann's world record at {{T&Fcalc|2.01}} and became the first female flopper to break the women's world record. She also won the gold medal of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where Ackermann placed fourth. Since then, the flop style has been completely dominant. All other techniques were almost extinct in serious high jump competitions after late 1980s.

Technical aspects

Technique and form have evolved greatly over the history of high jump. The Fosbury Flop is considered the most efficient way for competitors to propel themselves over the bar.

=Approach=

File:Ruth Beitia Valence 2008.jpg approaching the bar from an angle]]

For a Fosbury Flop, depending on the athlete's jump foot, they start on the right or left of the high jump mat, placing their jump foot farthest away from the mat. They take an eight- to ten-step approach, with the first three to five steps being in a straight line and the last five being on a curve. Athletes generally mark their approach in order to find as much consistency as possible.

The approach run can be more important than the takeoff. If a high jumper runs with bad timing or without enough aggression, clearing the bar becomes more of a challenge. The approach requires a certain shape or curve, the right amount of speed, and the correct number of strides. The approach angle is also critical for optimal height.

The straight run builds the momentum and sets the tone for a jump. The athlete starts by pushing off their takeoff foot with slow, powerful steps, then begins to accelerate. They should be running upright by the end of the straight portion.

The athlete's takeoff foot will be landing on the first step of the curve, and they will continue to accelerate, focusing their body towards the opposite back corner of the high jump mat. While staying erect and leaning away from the mat, the athlete takes their final two steps flat-footed, rolling from the heel to the toe.

Most great straddle jumpers run at angles of about 30 to 40 degrees. The length of the run is determined by the speed of the approach. A slower run requires about eight strides, but a faster high jumper might need about 13 strides. Greater speed allows a greater part of the body's forward momentum to be converted upward.{{cite web|url=http://www.coachr.org/hj.htm|title=The HIGH JUMP|last=CoachR|website=www.coachr.org|access-date=2009-02-10|archive-date=2017-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330152430/http://www.coachr.org/hj.htm|url-status=dead}}

The J approach favored by Fosbury floppers allows for speed, the ability to turn in the air (centripetal force), and a good takeoff position, which helps turn horizontal momentum into vertical momentum. The approach should be a hard, controlled stride so that the athlete does not fall from running at an angle. Athletes should lean into the curve from their ankles, not their hips. This allows their hips to rotate during takeoff, which in turn allows their center of gravity to pass under the bar.{{cite web|url=http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_152_A_PageName_E_ArticleHighJumpApproach|title=The High Jump Approach - Training Article|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123060941/http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_152_A_PageName_E_ArticleHighJumpApproach|archive-date=November 23, 2008|access-date=2009-02-11|df=mdy-all}}

=Takeoff=

The takeoff can be double-arm or single-arm. In both cases, the plant foot should be the foot farthest from the bar, angled towards the opposite back corner of the mat, as they drive up the knee on their non-takeoff leg. This is accompanied by a one- or two-arm swing while driving the knee.

Unlike the straddle technique, where the takeoff foot is "planted" in the same spot regardless of the height of the bar, flop-style jumpers must adjust their approach run as the bar is raised so that their takeoff spot is slightly farther out from the bar. Jumpers attempting to reach record heights commonly fail when most of their energy is directed into the vertical effort and they knock the bar off the standards with the backs of their legs as they stall.

An effective approach shape can be derived from physics. For example, the rate of backward spin required as the jumper crosses the bar in order to facilitate shoulder clearance on the way up and foot clearance on the way down can be determined by computer simulation. This rotation rate can be back-calculated to determine the required angle of lean away from the bar at the moment of planting, based on how long the jumper is on the takeoff foot. This information, together with the jumper's speed, can be used to calculate the radius of the curved part of the approach. One can also work in the opposite direction by assuming a certain approach radius and determining the resulting backward rotation.

Drills can be practiced to solidify the approach. One drill is to run in a straight line and then run two to three circles spiraling into one another. Another is to run or skip a circle of any size two to three times in a row.{{cite web|url=http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_307_A_PageName_E_ArticleGirouxHighJump|title=High Jump Technique and Training|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123042035/http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_307_A_PageName_E_ArticleGirouxHighJump|archive-date=November 23, 2008|access-date=2009-02-11|df=mdy-all}} It is important to leap upwards without first leaning into the bar, allowing the momentum of the J approach to carry the body across the bar.

=Flight=

The knee on the athlete's non-takeoff leg naturally turns their body, placing them in the air with their back to the bar. The athlete then drives their shoulders towards the back of their feet, arching their body over the bar. They can look over their shoulder to judge when to kick both feet over their head, causing their body to clear the bar and land on the mat.{{cite web |url=https://www.liveabout.com/illustrated-high-jump-technique-3258815 |title=Illustrated High Jump Technique |last=Rosenbaum |first=Mike |website=Liveabout.com |date=27 October 2017 |access-date=19 August 2021 }}

All-time top 25

{{See also|Men's high jump world record progression|Women's high jump world record progression|Men's high jump indoor world record progression}}

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|Outdoor tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 high jump marks and the top 25 athletes:

style="background: #f6F5CE" |- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 high jump marks
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 high jump marks, by repeat athletes
style="background: #CCFFCC" |- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 high jump marks

  • {{As of|2024|July}}.[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/high-jump/outdoor/men/senior High Jump - men - senior - outdoor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/high-jump/outdoor/women/senior High Jump - women - senior - outdoor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/high-jump/indoor/men/senior High Jump - men - senior - indoor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/high-jump/indoor/women/senior High Jump - women - senior - indoor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.

=Men (outdoor)=

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! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Mark !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|1

align=center|1{{T&Fcalc|2.45}}Javier Sotomayor{{CUB}}27 July 1993Salamanca
rowspan=2|align=center|2{{T&Fcalc|2.44}}Sotomayor #2rowspan=2|29 July 1989San Juan
align=center|3{{T&Fcalc|2.43}}Sotomayor #38 September 1988Salamanca
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|2

align=center|3{{T&Fcalc|2.43}}Mutaz Essa Barshim{{QAT}}5 September 2014Brussels{{cite news|title=Justin Gatlin rolls back the years as tyro Barshim basks|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/justin-gatlin-rolls-back-the-years-as-tyro-barshim-basks_1465688.html|publisher=zeenews.india.com|date=6 September 2014|access-date=6 September 2014}}
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|3

align=center|5{{T&Fcalc|2.42}}Patrik Sjöberg{{SWE}}30 June 1987Stockholm
align=center|5{{T&Fcalc|2.42}}Sotomayor #45 June 1994Seville
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|3

align=center|5{{T&Fcalc|2.42}}Bohdan Bondarenko{{UKR}}14 June 2014New York City{{cite web|title=High Jump Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/diamond-league-meetings/2014/adidas-grand-prix-5390/men/high-jump/final/series|publisher=IAAF|date=14 June 2014|access-date=14 June 2014}}
align=center|5{{T&Fcalc|2.42}}Barshim #214 June 2014New York City
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|5

align=center|9{{T&Fcalc|2.41}}Igor Paklin{{URS}}4 September 1985Kobe
rowspan=7|rowspan=7 align=center|9rowspan=7|{{T&Fcalc|2.41}}Sotomayor #5rowspan=7|25 June 1994Havana
Sotomayor #615 July 1994London
Bondarenko #24 July 2013Lausanne
Bondarenko #315 August 2013Moscow
Barshim #35 June 2014Rome
Barshim #422 August 2014Eberstadt
Barshim #530 May 2015Eugene
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Rudolf Povarnitsyn{{URS}}11 August 1985Donetsk
rowspan=3|rowspan=2 align=center|17rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Sotomayor #7rowspan=3|12 March 1989Havana
Sjöberg #25 August 1989Brussels
align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}} {{AthAbbr|A}}Sotomayor #813 August 1989Bogotá
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Sorin Matei{{ROU}}20 June 1990Bratislava
align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Sotomayor #919 July 1991Paris
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Charles Austin{{USA}}7 August 1991Zurich
rowspan=8|rowspan=8 align=center|17rowspan=8|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Sotomayor #10rowspan=8|22 May 1993Havana
Sotomayor #1123 July 1993London
Sotomayor #1222 August 1993Stuttgart
Sotomayor #1310 July 1994Eberstadt
Sotomayor #1418 July 1994Nice
Sotomayor #1529 July 1994Saint Petersburg
Sotomayor #1611 September 1994London
Sotomayor #1725 March 1995Mar del Plata
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Vyacheslav Voronin{{RUS}}5 August 2000London
align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Barshim #61 June 2013Eugene
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Derek Drouin{{CAN}}25 April 2014Des Moines
rowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|17rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Bondarenko #4rowspan=2|11 May 2014Tokyo
Bondarenko #53 July 2014Lausanne
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|17{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Andriy Protsenko{{UKR}}3 July 2014Lausanne{{cite web|title=High Jump Results|url=http://www.diamondleague-lausanne.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/High-Jump/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705222106/http://www.diamondleague-lausanne.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/High-Jump/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2013|work=Diamond League - Lausanne|date=3 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2014}}
rowspan=7|rowspan=7 align=center|17rowspan=7|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}Bondarenko #6rowspan=7|18 July 2014Monaco
Bondarenko #75 September 2014Brussels
Barshim #711 June 2016Opole
Barshim #820 August 2017Birmingham
Barshim #927 August 2017Eberstadt
Barshim #104 May 2018Doha
Barshim #112 July 2018Székesfehérvár
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| rowspan=4 align=center|12

rowspan=14|rowspan=4|{{T&Fcalc|2.39}}Zhu Jianhua{{CHN}}10 June 1984Eberstadt
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Hollis Conway

{{USA}}30 July 1989Norman
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Ivan Ukhov

{{RUS}}5 July 2012Cheboksary
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Gianmarco Tamberi

{{ITA}}15 July 2016Monaco{{cite web|title=High Jump Results|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2016/monaco/re0810040.pdf|publisher=sportresult.com|date=15 July 2016|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805171132/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2016/monaco/re0810040.pdf|url-status=dead}}
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| rowspan=10 align=center|16

rowspan=10|{{T&Fcalc|2.38}}Hennadiy Avdyeyenko{{URS}}6 September 1987Rome
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Sergey Malchenko

{{URS}}4 September 1988Banská Bystrica
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Dragutin Topić

{{FR-YUG}}1 August 1993Belgrade
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Troy Kemp

{{BAH}}12 July 1995Nice
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Artur Partyka

{{POL}}18 August 1996Eberstadt
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Jacques Freitag

{{RSA}}5 March 2005Oudtshoorn
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Andriy Sokolovskyy

{{UKR}}8 July 2005Rome
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Andrey Silnov

{{RUS}}25 July 2008London
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Zhang Guowei

{{CHN}}30 May 2015Eugene
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Danil Lysenko

{{ANA}}27 August 2017Eberstadt

==Annulled marks==

The following athletes have had their personal best annulled due to doping offences:

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!Mark

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

!Ref

{{T&Fcalc|2.41}}{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}10 May 2014Doha
{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}{{flagathlete|Danil Lysenko|RUS}}20 July 2018Monaco

=Women (outdoor)=

class="wikitable sortable"
{{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}{{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}MarkAthleteNationDatePlaceclass="unsortable" | {{refh}}
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

|align="center" |1

|align="center" |1

|{{T&Fcalc|2.10}}

|Yaroslava Mahuchikh

|{{UKR}}

|7 July 2024

|Paris

|{{Cite web |title=FLASH: Mahuchikh breaks world high jump record with 2.10m in Paris {{!}} REPORTS {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/meeting-de-paris-diamond-league-2024-world-record |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=worldathletics.org}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" |2

align="center" |2{{T&Fcalc|2.09}}Stefka Kostadinova{{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}30 August 1987Rome
align="center" |3{{T&Fcalc|2.08}}Kostadinova #231 May 1986Sofia
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" |3

align="center" |3{{T&Fcalc|2.08}}Blanka Vlašić{{CRO}}31 August 2009Zagreb
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" |4

align="center" |5{{T&Fcalc|2.07}}Lyudmila Andonova{{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}20 July 1984Berlin
rowspan="4" |rowspan="4" align="center" |5rowspan="4" |{{T&Fcalc|2.07}}Kostadinova #3rowspan="4" |25 May 1986Sofia
Kostadinova #416 September 1987Cagliari
Kostadinova #53 September 1988Sofia
Vlašić #27 August 2007Stockholm
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|4

align=center|5{{T&Fcalc|2.07}}Anna Chicherova{{RUS}}22 July 2011Cheboksary
rowspan=5|rowspan=5 align=center|11rowspan="5" |{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}Kostadinova #6rowspan=5|18 August 1985Moscow
Kostadinova #715 June 1986Fürth
Kostadinova #814 September 1986Cagliari
Kostadinova #96 June 1987Worrstadt
Kostadinova #108 September 1987Rieti
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| rowspan=3 align=center|6

rowspan=3 align=center|11rowspan="3" |{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}Kajsa Bergqvist{{SWE}}26 July 2003Eberstadt
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| Hestrie Cloete

{{RSA}}31 August 2003Paris
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| Yelena Slesarenko

{{RUS}}28 August 2004Athens
rowspan=3|rowspan=3 align=center|11rowspan="3" |{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}Vlašić #3rowspan=3|30 July 2007Thessaloniki
Vlašić #422 June 2008Istanbul
Vlašić #55 July 2008Madrid
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| rowspan=2 align=center|6

rowspan=2 align=center|11rowspan="2" |{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}Ariane Friedrich{{GER}}14 June 2009Berlin
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| Mariya Lasitskene

{{ANA}}6 July 2017Lausanne{{cite web|title=High Jump Results|url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2017/lausanne/re1810040.pdf|work=sportresult.com|date=6 July 2017|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804115830/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2017/lausanne/re1810040.pdf|url-status=dead}}
align=center|11{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}Lasitskene #220 June 2019Ostrava{{cite news|title=Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kirt-lasitskene-miller-uibo-ostrava|publisher=IAAF|author=Bob Ramsak|date=20 June 2019|access-date=25 June 2019}}
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|11

align=center|25{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Tamara Bykova{{URS}}22 June 1984Kyiv
rowspan=5|rowspan=5 align=center|25rowspan="5" |{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Kostadinova #11rowspan=5|14 June 1986Worrstadt
Kostadinova #127 September 1986Rieti
Kostadinova #134 July 1987Oslo
Kostadinova #1413 September 1987Padua
Kostadinova #1512 August 1988Budapest
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|11

align=center|25{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Heike Henkel{{GER}}31 August 1991Tokyo
rowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|25rowspan="2" |{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Kostadinova #16rowspan=2|4 July 1992San Marino
Kostadinova #1718 September 1993Fukuoka
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|11

align=center|25{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Inha Babakova{{UKR}}15 September 1995Tokyo
rowspan=8|rowspan=8 align=center|25rowspan="8" |{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Kostadinova #18rowspan=8|3 August 1996Atlanta
Bergqvist #218 August 2002Poznań
Cloete #210 August 2003Berlin
Bergqvist #328 July 2006London
Vlašić #621 July 2007Madrid
Vlašić #72 September 2007Osaka
Vlašić #812 June 2008Ostrava
Vlašić #91 July 2008Bydgoszcz
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|11

align=center|25{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Tia Hellebaut{{BEL}}23 August 2008Beijing
rowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|25rowspan="2" |{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Vlašić #10rowspan=2|23 August 2008Beijing
Vlašić #118 May 2009Doha
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|11

align=center|25{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Chaunté Lowe{{USA}}26 June 2010Des Moines
rowspan=6|rowspan="6" align="center" |25rowspan="6" |{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}Vlašić #12rowspan="6" |5 September 2010Split
Chicherova #216 September 2011Brussels
Chicherova #311 August 2012London
Lasitskene #321 July 2017Monaco
Lasitskene #48 September 2021Zurich{{cite web|title=High Jump Result|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/ZURICH2021/PDF_RE1810040.PDF?h=kWTuI5CIVLJKp2nvC4rbDc/vEbA=|work=sportresult.com|date=8 September 2021|access-date=23 September 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Mahuchikh #22 September 2022Brussels{{cite news|title=Krop, Mahuchikh and Winger bounce back in Brussels with world-leading marks|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/brussels-memorial-van-damme-krop-mahuchikh-winger-fisher-mageean|publisher=World Athletics|author=Jon Mulkeen|date=2 September 2022|access-date=14 September 2022}}
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| rowspan="4" align="center" |16

rowspan="10" |rowspan="4" |{{T&Fcalc|2.04}}Silvia Costa{{CUB}}9 September 1989Barcelona
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Venelina Veneva-Mateeva

{{BUL}}2 June 2001Kalamata
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Irina Gordeeva

{{RUS}}19 August 2012Eberstadt
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Brigetta Barrett

{{USA}}22 June 2013Des Moines
bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| rowspan="6" align="center" |20

rowspan="6" |{{T&Fcalc|2.03}}Ulrike Meyfarth{{FRG}}21 August 1983London
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Louise Ritter

{{USA}}8 July 1988Austin
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Tatyana Motkova

{{RUS}}30 May 1995Bratislava
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Niki Bakoyianni

{{GRE}}3 August 1996Atlanta
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Antonietta Di Martino

{{ITA}}24 June 2007Milan
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| Nicola Olyslagers

{{AUS}}17 September 2023Eugene{{cite web|title=High Jump Results|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/EUGENE2023/PDF_ATHWHIGHJUMPDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73G2.PDF?h=G4CoQq/FAjTHhqSm/vJpZoVxEyE=/|work=sportresult.com|date=17 September 2023|access-date=19 September 2023|archive-date=6 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006121737/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/EUGENE2023/PDF_ATHWHIGHJUMPDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73G2.PDF?h=G4CoQq/FAjTHhqSm/vJpZoVxEyE=/|url-status=dead}}

=Men (indoor)=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mark

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

!Ref

1

| {{T&Fcalc|2.43}} || {{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}} || 4 March 1989 || Budapest ||

2

| {{T&Fcalc|2.42}} || {{flagathlete|Carlo Thränhardt|FRG}} || 26 February 1988 || Berlin ||

rowspan=2|3

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.41}} || {{flagathlete|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE}} || 1 February 1987 || Piraeus ||

{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}18 February 2015Athlone
rowspan=4|5

| rowspan=4|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}} || {{flagathlete|Hollis Conway|USA}} || 10 March 1991 || Seville ||

{{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}6 March 2005Madrid
{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}25 February 2009Piraeus
{{flagathlete|Aleksey Dmitrik|RUS}}8 February 2014Arnstadt
rowspan=2|9

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.39}} || {{flagathlete|Dietmar Mögenburg|FRG}} || 24 February 1985 || Cologne ||

{{flagathlete|Ralf Sonn|GER}}1 March 1991Berlin
rowspan=10|11

| rowspan=10|{{T&Fcalc|2.38}} || {{flagathlete|Igor Paklin|URS}} || 7 March 1987 || Indianapolis ||

{{flagathlete|Gennadiy Avdeyenko|URS}}7 March 1987Indianapolis
{{flagathlete|Steve Smith|GBR}}4 February 1994Wuppertal
{{flagathlete|Wolf-Hendrik Beyer|GER}}18 March 1994Weinheim
{{flagathlete|Sorin Matei|ROU}}3 February 1995Wuppertal
{{flagathlete|Matt Hemingway|USA}}4 March 2000Atlanta
{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}15 February 2005Stockholm
{{flagathlete|Linus Thörnblad|SWE}}25 February 2007Gothenburg
{{flagathlete|Gianmarco Tamberi|ITA}}13 February 2016Hustopeče
{{flagathlete|Danil Lysenko|RUS}}29 January 2023Moscow{{cite news|title=Athletics 'Battle Of The Sexes' Brought Lyssenko To Victory Over Lasitskene: 'I Didn't Wait'|url=https://www.easternherald.com/2023/01/30/athletics-battle-of-the-sexes-brought-lyssenko-to-victory-over-lasitskene-i-didnt-wait/|website=easternherald.com|date=30 January 2023|access-date=12 February 2023}}
rowspan=7|21

| rowspan=7|{{T&Fcalc|2.37}} || {{flagathlete|Artur Partyka|POL}} || 3 February 1991 || Sulingen ||

{{flagathlete|Dalton Grant|GBR}}13 March 1994Paris
{{flagathlete|Charles Austin|USA}}1 March 1996Atlanta
{{flagathlete|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS}}5 March 2005Glasgow
{{flagathlete|Jaroslav Bába|CZE}}5 February 2000Arnstadt
{{flagathlete|Andrey Silnov|RUS}}2 February 2008Arnstadt
{{flagathlete|Maksim Nedasekau|BLR}}7 March 2021Toruń

==Annulled marks==

The following athletes have had their personal best annulled due to doping offences:

class="wikitable"

!Mark

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

!Ref

{{T&Fcalc|2.42}}{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}25 February 2014Prague

=Women (indoor)=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Mark

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

!Ref

1

| {{T&Fcalc|2.08}} || {{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}} || 4 February 2006 || Arnstadt ||

2

| {{T&Fcalc|2.07}} || {{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}} || 8 February 1992 || Karlsruhe ||

rowspan=4|3

| rowspan=4|{{T&Fcalc|2.06}} || {{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}} || 20 February 1988 || Athens ||

{{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}6 February 2010Arnstadt
{{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}4 February 2012Arnstadt
{{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}2 February 2021Banská Bystrica
rowspan=3|7

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.05}} || {{flagathlete|Tia Hellebaut|BEL}} || 3 March 2007 || Birmingham ||

{{flagathlete|Ariane Friedrich|GER}}15 February 2009Karlsruhe
{{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|RUS}}9 February 2020Moscow
rowspan=3|10

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.04}} || {{flagathlete|Alina Astafei|GER}} || 3 March 1995 || Berlin ||

{{flagathlete|Yelena Slesarenko|RUS}}7 March 2004Budapest
{{flagathlete|Antonietta Di Martino|ITA}}9 February 2011Banská Bystrica
rowspan=3|13

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.03}} || {{flagathlete|Tamara Bykova|URS}} || 6 March 1983 || Budapest ||

{{flagathlete|Monica Iagăr|ROU}}23 January 1999Bucharest
{{flagathlete|Marina Kuptsova|RUS}}2 March 2002Vienna
rowspan=5|16

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.02}} || {{flagathlete|Susanne Beyer|GDR}} || 8 March 1987 || Indianapolis ||

{{flagathlete|Venelina Veneva-Mateeva|BUL}}2 February 2002Łódź
{{flagathlete|Yelena Yelesina|RUS}}26 February 2003Moscow
{{T&Fcalc|2.02}} {{AthAbbr|A}}{{flagathlete|Chaunte Lowe|USA}}26 February 2012Albuquerque
{{T&Fcalc|2.02}}{{flagathlete|Kamila Lićwinko|POL}}21 February 2015Toruń
rowspan=7|21

| rowspan=7|{{T&Fcalc|2.01}} || {{flagathlete|Gabriele Günz|GDR}} || 31 January 1988 || Stuttgart ||

{{flagathlete|Ioamnet Quintero|CUB}}5 March 1993Berlin
{{flagathlete|Tisha Waller|USA}}28 February 1998Atlanta
{{flagathlete|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}24 February 2007Piraeus
{{flagathlete|Vita Palamar|UKR}}9 March 2008Valencia
{{flagathlete|Irina Gordeeva|RUS}}28 January 2009Cottbus
{{flagathlete|Airinė Palšytė|LTU}}4 March 2017Belgrade

Olympic medalists

=Men=

{{Olympic medalists in men's high jump}}

=Women=

{{Olympic medalists in women's high jump}}

World Championships medalists

=Men=

{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's high jump}}

=Women=

{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's high jump}}

World Indoor Championships medalists

=Men=

{{MedalistTable}}
1985 Paris{{ref label|WIG|A}}
{{DetailsLink|1985 IAAF World Indoor Games – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

|{{flagathlete|Othmane Belfaa|ALG}}

1987 Indianapolis
{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Igor Paklin|URS}}

|{{flagathlete|Hennadiy Avdyeyenko|URS}}

|{{flagathlete|Ján Zvara|TCH}}

1989 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

|{{flagathlete|Dietmar Mögenburg|FRG}}

|{{flagathlete|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE}}

1991 Seville
{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Hollis Conway|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Artur Partyka|POL}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

{{flagathlete|Aleksey Yemelin|URS}}
1993 Toronto
{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

|{{flagathlete|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Steve Smith|GBR}}

1995 Barcelona
{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

|{{flagathlete|Labros Papakostas|GRE}}

|{{flagathlete|Tony Barton|USA}}

1997 Paris
{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Charles Austin|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Labros Papakostas|GRE}}

|{{flagathlete|Dragutin Topić|FRY}}

1999 Maebashi
{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

|{{flagathlete|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Charles Austin|USA}}

2001 Lisbon
{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Andriy Sokolovskyy|UKR}}

|{{flagathlete|Staffan Strand|SWE}}

2003 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Henadz Maroz|BLR}}

2004 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Ștefan Vasilache|ROU}}

{{flagathlete|Germaine Mason|JAM}}
{{flagathlete|Jaroslav Bába|CZE}}
2006 Moscow
{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Andrey Tereshin|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Linus Thörnblad|SWE}}

2008 Valencia
{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Kyriakos Ioannou|CYP}}

{{flagathlete|Andra Manson|USA}}
2010 Doha
{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Dusty Jonas|USA}}

2012 Istanbul
{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Dimitrios Chondrokoukis|GRE}}}}

|{{flagathlete|Andrey Silnov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

2014 Sopot
{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Andriy Protsenko|UKR}}

2016 Portland
{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Gianmarco Tamberi|ITA}}

|{{flagathlete|Robert Grabarz|GBR}}

|{{flagathlete|Erik Kynard|USA}}

2018 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Danil Lysenko|ANA}}

|{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

|{{flagathlete|Mateusz Przybylko|GER}}

2022 Belgrade
{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Woo Sang-hyeok|KOR}}

|{{flagathlete|Loïc Gasch|SUI}}

|{{flagathlete|Gianmarco Tamberi|ITA}}

{{flagathlete|Hamish Kerr|NZL}}
2024 Glasgow
{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Hamish Kerr|NZL}}

|{{flagathlete|Shelby McEwen|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Woo Sang-hyeok|KOR}}

=Women=

{{MedalistTable}}
1985 Paris{{ref label|WIG|A}}
{{DetailsLink|1985 IAAF World Indoor Games – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

|{{flagathlete|Susanne Lorentzon|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Debbie Brill|CAN}}

{{flagathlete|Danuta Bułkowska|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Silvia Costa|CUB}}
1987 Indianapolis
{{DetailsLink|1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

|{{flagathlete|Susanne Beyer|GDR}}

|{{flagathlete|Emilia Dragieva|BUL|1971}}

1989 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

|{{flagathlete|Tamara Bykova|URS}}

|{{flagathlete|Heike Redetzky|FRG}}

1991 Seville
{{DetailsLink|1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}}

|{{flagathlete|Tamara Bykova|URS}}

|{{flagathlete|Heike Balck|GER}}

1993 Toronto
{{DetailsLink|1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}}

|{{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}}

|{{flagathlete|Inha Babakova|UKR}}

1995 Barcelona
{{DetailsLink|1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Alina Astafei|GER}}

|{{flagathlete|Britta Bilač|SLO}}

|{{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}}

1997 Paris
{{DetailsLink|1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}}

|{{flagathlete|Inha Babakova|UKR}}

|{{flagathlete|Hanne Haugland|NOR}}

1999 Maebashi
{{DetailsLink|1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Khristina Kalcheva|BUL}}

|{{flagathlete|Zuzana Hlavoňová|CZE}}

|{{flagathlete|Tisha Waller|USA}}

2001 Lisbon
{{DetailsLink|2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Inha Babakova|UKR}}

|{{flagathlete|Venelina Veneva|BUL}}

2003 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}}

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Yelesina|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}

2004 Budapest
{{DetailsLink|2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Slesarenko|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

2006 Moscow
{{DetailsLink|2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Slesarenko|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

|{{flagathlete|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}

2008 Valencia
{{DetailsLink|2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Slesarenko|RUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Vita Palamar|UKR}}

2010 Doha
{{DetailsLink|2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

|{{flagathlete|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Chaunté Lowe|USA}}

2012 Istanbul
{{DetailsLink|2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Chaunté Lowe|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Antonietta Di Martino|ITA}}

{{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}
{{flagathlete|Ebba Jungmark|SWE}}

|none awarded

2014 Sopot
{{DetailsLink|2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Mariya Kuchina|RUS}}

{{flagathlete|Kamila Lićwinko|POL}}

|none awarded

|{{flagathlete|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}

2016 Portland
{{DetailsLink|2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Vashti Cunningham|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}

|{{flagathlete|Kamila Lićwinko|POL}}

2018 Birmingham
{{DetailsLink|2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|ANA}}

|{{flagathlete|Vashti Cunningham|USA}}

|{{flagathlete|Alessia Trost|ITA}}

2022 Belgrade
{{DetailsLink|2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}

|{{flagathlete|Eleanor Patterson|AUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Nadezhda Dubovitskaya|KAZ}}

2024 Glasgow
{{DetailsLink|2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagathlete|Nicola Olyslagers|AUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}

|{{flagathlete|Lia Apostolovski|SLO}}

  • {{note label|WIG|A}} Known as the World Indoor Games.

Athletes with most medals

Athletes who have won multiple titles at the two most important competitions, the Olympic Games and the World Championships:

  • 4 wins: Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) - Olympic Champion in 2020, World Champion in 2015, 2017 & 2019
  • 4 wins: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) - Olympic Champion in 2020, World Champion in 2017, 2019 & 2022
  • 3 wins: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1993 & 1997
  • 3 wins: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1987 & 1995
  • 2 wins: Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) - Olympic Champion in 1988, World Champion in 1983
  • 2 wins: Charles Austin (USA) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1991
  • 2 wins: Iolanda Balaș (ROU) - Olympic Champion in 1960 & 1964
  • 2 wins: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) - Olympic Champion in 1972 & 1984
  • 2 wins: Heike Henkel (GER) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1991
  • 2 wins: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) - World Champion in 2001 & 2003
  • 2 wins: Blanka Vlašić (CRO) - World Champion in 2007 & 2009
  • 2 wins: Anna Chicherova (RUS) - Olympic Champion in 2012, World Champion in 2011
  • 2 wins: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) - Olympic Champion in 2020, World Champion in 2023
  • 2 wins: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) - Olympic Champion in 2024, World Champion in 2023

Kostadinova, Sotomayor and Mahuchikh are the only high jumpers to have been Olympic Champion, World Champion and broken the world record.

Season's bests

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{{col-2}}

=Men=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"
YearMarkAthletePlace
1970

| {{T&Fcalc|2.29}}

|{{flagathlete|Ni Zhiqin|CHN}}

| Changsha

1971

| {{T&Fcalc|2.29}}

|{{flagathlete|Pat Matzdorf|USA}}

| Berkeley

1972

| {{T&Fcalc|2.25}}

|{{flagathlete|Jüri Tarmak|URS}}

| Moscow

1973

| {{T&Fcalc|2.30}}

|{{flagathlete|Dwight Stones|USA}}

| Munich

1974

| {{T&Fcalc|2.28}}

|{{flagathlete|Dwight Stones|USA}}

| Oslo

1975

| {{T&Fcalc|2.28}}

|{{flagathlete|Dwight Stones|USA}}

| New York

1976

| {{T&Fcalc|2.32}}

|{{flagathlete|Dwight Stones|USA}}

| Philadelphia

1977

| {{T&Fcalc|2.33}}

|{{flagathlete|Vladimir Yashchenko|URS}}

| Richmond

1978

| {{T&Fcalc|2.35}} {{athAbbr|i}}

|{{flagathlete|Vladimir Yashchenko|URS}}

| Milan

1979

| {{T&Fcalc|2.32}}

|{{flagathlete|Dietmar Mögenburg|FRG}}

| Ottawa

1980

| {{T&Fcalc|2.36}}

|{{flagathlete|Gerd Wessig|GDR}}

| Moscow

1981

| {{T&Fcalc|2.33}}

|{{flagathlete|Aleksey Demyanyuk|URS}}

| Leningrad

1982

| {{T&Fcalc|2.33}}

|{{flagathlete|Zhu Jianhua|CHN}}

| Delhi

1983

| {{T&Fcalc|2.38}}

|{{flagathlete|Zhu Jianhua|CHN}}

| Shanghai

1984

| {{T&Fcalc|2.39}}

|{{flagathlete|Zhu Jianhua|CHN}}

| Eberstadt

1985

| {{T&Fcalc|2.41}}

|{{flagathlete|Igor Paklin|URS}}

| Kobe

1986

| {{T&Fcalc|2.38}}

|{{flagathlete|Igor Paklin|URS}}

| Rieti

1987

| {{T&Fcalc|2.42}}

|{{flagathlete|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE}}

| Stockholm

1988

| {{T&Fcalc|2.43}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Salamanca

1989

| {{T&Fcalc|2.44}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| San Juan

1990

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

|{{flagathlete|Sorin Matei|ROU}}

| Bratislava

rowspan=3|1991

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Hollis Conway|USA}}

| Seville

rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

| {{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Saint-Denis

{{flagathlete|Charles Austin|USA}}

| Zürich

1992

| {{T&Fcalc|2.38}} {{athAbbr|i}}

|{{flagathlete|Patrik Sjöberg|SWE}}

| Genoa

1993

| {{T&Fcalc|2.45}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Salamanca

1994

| {{T&Fcalc|2.42}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Seville

1995

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Mar del Plata

1996

| {{T&Fcalc|2.39}}

|{{flagathlete|Charles Austin|USA}}

| Atlanta

1997

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Athens

1998

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

|{{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}}

| Maracaibo

1999

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

|{{flagathlete|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS}}

| Seville

2000

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

|{{flagathlete|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS}}

| London

2001

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

|{{flagathlete|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS}}

| Eberstadt

2002

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

|{{flagathlete|Jacques Freitag|RSA}}

| Durban

rowspan=2|2003

| {{T&Fcalc|2.36}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

| Arnstadt

{{T&Fcalc|2.36}}

|{{flagathlete|Aleksander Walerianczyk|POL}}

| Bydgoszcz

2004

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}} {{athAbbr|i}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

| Stockholm

2005

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefan Holm|SWE}}

| Madrid

rowspan=4|2006

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.37}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

| Arnstadt

Moscow
{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

| Arnstadt

{{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

| {{flagathlete|Andrey Silnov|RUS}}

| Monaco

2007

| {{T&Fcalc|2.39}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

| Moscow

rowspan=2|2008

| {{T&Fcalc|2.38}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Yaroslav Rybakov|RUS}}

| Moscow

{{T&Fcalc|2.38}}

| {{flagathlete|Andrey Silnov|RUS}}

| London

2009

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

| Piraeus

2010

| {{T&Fcalc|2.38}} {{athAbbr|i}}

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

| Banská Bystrica

rowspan=3|2011

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.38}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| rowspan=3|{{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

| Hustopeče

Banská Bystrica
Paris
rowspan=2|2012

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.39}}

| {{flagathlete|Ivan Ukhov|RUS}}

| Cheboksary

{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Lausanne

rowspan=2|2013

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.41}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Bohdan Bondarenko|UKR}}

| Lausanne

Moscow
2014

| {{T&Fcalc|2.43}}

| {{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Brussels

rowspan=2|2015

| |{{T&Fcalc|2.41}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Athlone

{{T&Fcalc|2.41}}

| {{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Eugene

2016

| {{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

| {{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Opole

rowspan=2|2017

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Birmingham

Eberstadt
rowspan=2|2018

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Doha

Székesfehérvár
2019

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

| {{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Doha

rowspan=6|2020

| rowspan=5|{{T&Fcalc|2.33}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Darryl Sullivan|USA}}

| Blacksburg

{{flagathlete|Tom Gale|GBR}}

| Hustopeče

{{flagathlete|Jamal Wilson|BAH}}

| Banská Bystrica

{{flagathlete|Luis Zayas|CUB}}

| Banská Bystrica

{{flagathlete|Ilya Ivanyuk|RUS}}

| Moscow

{{T&Fcalc|2.33}}

| {{flagathlete|Maksim Nedasekau|BLR}}

| Minsk

rowspan=6|2021

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| rowspan=3|{{flagathlete|Maksim Nedasekau|BLR}}

| Toruń

rowspan=5|{{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

| Székesfehérvár

Tokyo
{{flagathlete|Ilya Ivanyuk|ANA}}

| Smolensk

{{flagathlete|Gianmarco Tamberi|ITA}}

| Tokyo

{{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Tokyo

2022

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

| {{flagathlete|Mutaz Essa Barshim|QAT}}

| Eugene

2023

| {{T&Fcalc|2.38}} {{athAbbr|i}}

|{{flagathlete|Danil Lysenko|RUS}}

| Moscow

2024

| {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}

|{{flagathlete|Gianmarco Tamberi|ITA}}

| Rome

{{col-2}}

=Women=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"
YearMarkAthletePlace
1970

| {{T&Fcalc|1.87}}

| {{flagathlete|Antonina Lazareva|URS}}

| Kyiv

1971

| {{T&Fcalc|1.92}}

| {{flagathlete|Ilona Gusenbauer|AUT}}

| Vienna

1972

| {{T&Fcalc|1.94}}

| {{flagathlete|Yordanka Blagoeva|BUL|1971}}

| Zagreb

1973

| {{T&Fcalc|1.92}}

| {{flagathlete|Yordanka Blagoeva|BUL|1971}}

| Warsaw

1974

| {{T&Fcalc|1.95}}

| {{flagathlete|Rosemarie Ackermann|GDR}}

| Rome

1975

| {{T&Fcalc|1.94}}

| {{flagathlete|Rosemarie Ackermann|GDR}}

| Nice

1976

| {{T&Fcalc|1.96}}

| {{flagathlete|Rosemarie Ackermann|GDR}}

| Dresden

1977

| {{T&Fcalc|2.00}}

| {{flagathlete|Rosemarie Ackermann|GDR}}

| Berlin

1978

| {{T&Fcalc|2.01}}

| {{flagathlete|Sara Simeoni|ITA}}

| Brescia

1979

| {{T&Fcalc|1.99}}

| {{flagathlete|Rosemarie Ackermann|GDR}}

| Turin

1980

| {{T&Fcalc|1.98}}

| {{flagathlete|Sara Simeoni|ITA}}

| Turin

1981

| {{T&Fcalc|1.97}}

| {{flagathlete|Pam Spencer|USA}}

| Brussels

1982

| {{T&Fcalc|2.02}}

| {{flagathlete|Ulrike Meyfarth|FRG}}

| Athens

rowspan=2|1983

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.04}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Tamara Bykova|URS}}

| Pisa

Budapest
1984

| {{T&Fcalc|2.07}}

| {{flagathlete|Lyudmila Andonova|BUL|1971}}

| Berlin

1985

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

| Moscow

1986

| {{T&Fcalc|2.08}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

| Sofia

1987

| {{T&Fcalc|2.09}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

| Rome

1988

| {{T&Fcalc|2.07}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

| Sofia

rowspan=2|1989

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.04}}

| {{flagathlete|Silvia Costa|CUB}}

| Barcelona

{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL|1971}}

| Pireás

1990

| {{T&Fcalc|2.02}}

| {{flagathlete|Yelena Yelesina|URS}}

| Seattle

1991

| {{T&Fcalc|2.05}}

| {{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}}

| Tokyo

1992

| {{T&Fcalc|2.07}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Heike Henkel|GER}}

| Karlsruhe

1993

| {{T&Fcalc|2.05}}

|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}}

| Fukuoka

1994

| {{T&Fcalc|2.02}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Alina Astafei|GER}}

| Berlin

1995

| {{T&Fcalc|2.05}}

| {{flagathlete|Inga Babakova|UKR}}

| Tokyo

1996

| {{T&Fcalc|2.05}}

| {{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}}

| Atlanta

rowspan=3|1997

| rowspan=3|{{T&Fcalc|2.02}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Stefka Kostadinova|BUL}}

| Osaka

Paris-Bercy
{{flagathlete|Inga Babakova|UKR}}

| Fukuoka

1998

| {{T&Fcalc|2.03}}

| {{flagathlete|Venelina Veneva|BUL}}

| Kalamata

1999

| {{T&Fcalc|2.04}}

| {{flagathlete|Hestrie Cloete|RSA}}

| Monaco

2000

| {{T&Fcalc|2.02}}

| {{flagathlete|Monica Iagăr|ROU}}

| Villeneuve d'Ascq

2001

| {{T&Fcalc|2.04}}

| {{flagathlete|Venelina Veneva|BUL}}

| Kalamáta

2002

| {{T&Fcalc|2.05}}

|{{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}}

| Poznań

rowspan=2|2003

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}

| {{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}}

| Eberstadt

{{flagathlete|Hestrie Cloete|RSA}}

| Saint-Denis

2004

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}}

| {{flagathlete|Yelena Slesarenko|RUS}}

| Athens

2005

| {{T&Fcalc|2.03}}

| {{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}}

| Sheffield

2006

| {{T&Fcalc|2.08}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Kajsa Bergqvist|SWE}}

| Arnstadt

2007

| {{T&Fcalc|2.07}}

| {{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

| Stockholm

rowspan=2|2008

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.06}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

| Istanbul

Madrid
2009

| {{T&Fcalc|2.08}}

| {{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

| Zagreb

2010

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Blanka Vlašić|CRO}}

| Arnstadt

2011

| {{T&Fcalc|2.07}}

| {{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}

| Cheboksary

2012

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}

| Arnstadt

2013

| {{T&Fcalc|2.04}}

| {{flagathlete|Brigetta Barrett|USA}}

| Des Moines

rowspan=3|2014

| {{T&Fcalc|2.01}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Mariya Kuchina|RUS}}

| Stockholm

rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.01}}

| {{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}

| Eugene

{{flagathlete|Ruth Beitia|ESP}}

| Zürich

2015

| {{T&Fcalc|2.03}}

| {{flagathlete|Anna Chicherova|RUS}}

| Lausanne

2016

| {{T&Fcalc|2.01}}

| {{flagathlete|Chaunté Lowe|USA}}

| Eugene

2017

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}}

| {{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|ANA}}

| Lausanne

rowspan=2|2018

| rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.04}}

| rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|ANA}}

| Paris

London
2019

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}}

| {{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|ANA}}

| Ostrava

2020

| {{T&Fcalc|2.05}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|RUS}}

|Moscow

2021

| {{T&Fcalc|2.06}} {{athAbbr|i}}

| {{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}

|Banská Bystrica

2022

|{{T&Fcalc|2.05}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}

|Brussels

rowspan=2|2023

|rowspan=2|{{T&Fcalc|2.03}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}

|Eugene

{{flagathlete|Nicola Olyslagers|AUS}}

|Eugene

2024

|{{T&Fcalc|2.10}}

|{{flagathlete|Yaroslava Mahuchikh|UKR}}

|Paris

{{col-end}}

See also

{{portal|Sport of athletics}}

Sources

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/jumps/high-jump IAAF high jump homepage]
  • [https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=jumps&d=high-jump IAAF list of high-jump records in XML]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20190501030748/http://www.verticaljumpresource.com/ Vertical Jump Resource]

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