2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
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The women's high jump at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 20 March 2026. This was the 22nd time the event was being contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
| Women's high jump at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń | ||||||||||||
| Location | Toruń, Poland | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20 March | ||||||||||||
| Winning height | 2.01 m | ||||||||||||
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Background
The women's high jump was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
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| World record[1] |  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) |
2.10 | Paris, France | 7 July 2024 |
| 2026 World Lead[2] | 2.03 | Lviv, Ukraine | 17 January 2026 | |
| Championship record[3] |  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) |
2.05 | Indianapolis, United States | 8 March 1987 |
Qualification
For the women's high jump, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026.[4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 1.96 m.[4] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard.[4] There is a target number of 12 athletes.[4]
Results
Final
The final was held on 20 March, starting at 11:39 (UTC+1) in the morning.[5]
Four years after winning gold in Belgrade – which was also her first senior global title – Yaroslava Mahuchikh regained her women's high jump title.
Four women had perfect records up to and including 1.99m as Mahuchikh shared the lead with world champion Nicola Olyslagers, world bronze medallist Angelina Topic and Ukraine's Yuliya Levchenko.
The bar then went up to 2.01m and world record-holder Mahuchikh went clear on her first try. She was the only athlete to succeed at that height as her three remaining opponents bowed out to take a three-way share of the silver medal.
With the title secured, Mahuchikh attempted to break Stefka Kostadinova's championship record from 1987, albeit unsuccessfully. The Olympic champion had achieved her main goal of the championships, though, by claiming her fourth global title.[6]
| Place | Athlete | Nation | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.06 | Result | Notes |
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine |
– | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | |
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Angelina Topić |  Serbia |
o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.99 | ||
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Nicola Olyslagers |  Australia |
– | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.99 | SB | |
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Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine |
– | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.99 | SB | |
| 5 | Maria Żodzik |  Poland |
o | o | o | xxx | 1.93 | ||||
| 6 | Louise Ekman |  Sweden |
o | o | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||
| 7 | Eleanor Patterson | Australia |
– | xo | xo | xxx | 1.93 | ||||
| 8 | Imke Onnen |  Germany |
o | o | xxx | 1.89 | |||||
| 9 | Charity Hufnagel |  United States |
o | xo | xxx | 1.89 | |||||
| 10 | Lamara Distin |  Jamaica |
o | xxx | 1.85 | ||||||
| 10 | Marija Vuković |  Montenegro |
o | xxx | 1.85 | ||||||
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