2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Out of a field of 36 athletes, 16 progressed to the final, with the automatic qualifying height of 1.97m unnecessary, with 11 athletes clearing 1.92m and the remaining 5 flawless until 1.92m. All the pre event favourites such as world leader Nicola Olyslagers and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh easily qualified.^[1][2]

The final was marred by rain, with multiple suspensions due to weather, with the competition taking over two and a half hours to complete. Although all but one athlete was able to clear the opening height of 1.87m, an opening miss by Maria Żodzik, threatened to ruin her competition, as she remained otherwise flawless until 2.00m. As the height began to rise, more athletes began to be eliminated, including 2023 silver medalist Eleanor Patterson, with a missed jump at 1.97m, forcing her to have to jump 2.00m to stay in medal contention, although three misses at that height forced her to share 5th place with Ukrainian Yuliya Levchenko. After 1.97m, only three athletes had flawless records, with defending champion Mahuchikh tied with Olyslagers and Serbian Angelina Topić who jumped a seasons best to remain in the hunt, alongside Żodzik whose early miss threatened her chances. After Olyslagers jumped 2.00m, the rain became too heavy to continue, leading to a suspension in the competition.

When it returned, Mahuchikh missed and, now needing 2.02m to take gold, elected to skip 2.00m. Topić was unable to improve on her season best. In a shock, Żodzik set a personal best on her third jump at 2.00m, to keep her in contention for a medal. Two further misses by Mahuchikh at 2.02m ensured she shared Bronze with Topić. Olyslagers and Żodzik swapped misses at the same height, until Olyslagers won her first World Championship on countback, having been flawless until then.^[3][4][5]

Before the competition records were as follows:^[6]

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Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	2.10 m	Paris, France	7 July 2024
Championship record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09 m	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
World Leading	Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)	2.04 m	Zurich, Switzerland	27 August 2025
African Record	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.06 m	Paris, France	31 August 2003
Asian Record	Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ)	2.00 m	Almaty, Kazakhstan	8 June 2021
European Record	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	2.10 m	Paris, France	7 July 2024
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Chaunte Lowe (USA)	2.05 m	Des Moines, United States	26 June 2010
Oceanian record	Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)	2.04 m	Zurich, Switzerland	27 August 2025
South American Record	Solange Witteveen (ARG)	1.96 m	Oristano, Italy	8 September 1997

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.97 m.^[7]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: