High jump at the World Athletics Championships

High jump
at the World Athletics Championships
High jump; at the World Athletics Championships
	Mariya Lasitskene competing in the 2019 final.
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2025 ; Women: 1983 – 2025
Championship record
Men	2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko (2013)
Women	2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova (1987)
Reigning champion
Men	Hamish Kerr (NZL)
Women	Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)

The high jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve advancing to the final round.

GenderMen and women

Years heldMen: 1983 – 2025
Women: 1983 – 2025

Men2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko (2013)

Women2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova (1987)

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Russia is the most successful nation in the event, winning 14 medals in total, 4 of them gold. Additionally, they have also won 5 medals as the Authorized Neutral Athletes. Ukraine is the second-most successful nation, winning a total of 12 medals, including 4 golds. Cuba, Germany and Sweden are the only other countries that have won gold in both the men's event and the women's event.

Mutaz Barsham is the most successful athlete in the event, having won a total of 5 medals: 3 gold medals and 2 bronze medals between 2013 and 2023. Russian high jumper Mariya Lasitskene is the most successful female athlete and the other only athlete to win more than 2 gold medals, winning 3 gold medals in a row between 2015 and 2019. Inha Babakova is the only other athlete aside from Barsham that has won more than 4 medals. 4 other athletes have won more than 3 medals: Yaroslav Rybakov and Javier Sotomayor on the men's side, and Blanka Vlašić and Anna Chicherova on the women's side.

The championship records for the event are 2.41 m for men, set by Bohdan Bondarenko in 2013, and 2.09 m for women, set by Stefka Kostadinova in 1987. Additionally, Kostadinova's championship record jump of 2.09 m was also the only time the world record has been broken at the World Athletics Championships.

Distinction	Male			Female
Distinction	Athlete	Age	Date	Athlete	Age	Date
Youngest champion	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	19 years, 282 days	13 Aug 1983	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	20 years, 337 days	21 Aug 1993
Youngest medalist	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	19 years, 282 days	13 Aug 1983	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	18 years, 11 days	30 Sep 2019
Youngest finalist	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	18 years, 220 days	13 Aug 1983	Karmen Bruus (EST)	17 years, 176 days	19 Jul 2022
Youngest participant	Tim Forsyth (AUS)	18 years, 12 days	8 Aug 2017	Zheng Xingjuan (CHN)	16 years, 139 days	6 Aug 2005
Oldest champion	Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)	31 years, 82 days	22 Aug 2023	Inha Babakova (UKR)	32 years, 63 days	29 Aug 1999
Oldest medalist	Andriy Protsenko (UKR)	34 years, 59 days	18 Jul 2022	Ruth Beitia (ESP)	34 years, 138 days	17 Aug 2013
Oldest finalist	Eike Onnen (GER)	35 years, 10 days	13 Aug 2017	Ruth Beitia (ESP)	38 years, 133 days	12 Aug 2017
Oldest participant	Dragutin Topić (SRB)	38 years, 160 days	19 Aug 2009	Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL)	41 years, 75 days	27 Aug 2015

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	Tyke Peacock (USA)	Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
1987 Rome details	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) Igor Paklin (URS)	none awarded
1991 Tokyo details	Charles Austin (USA)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Hollis Conway (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)	Steve Smith (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg details	Troy Kemp (BAH)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)
1997 Athens details	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)	Tim Forsyth (AUS)
1999 Seville details	Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	Mark Boswell (CAN)	Martin Buß (GER)
2001 Edmonton details	Martin Buß (GER)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	none awarded
2003 Saint-Denis details	Jacques Freitag (RSA)	Stefan Holm (SWE)	Mark Boswell (CAN)
2005 Helsinki details	Yuriy Krymarenko (UKR)	Víctor Moya (CUB) Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	none awarded
2007 Osaka details	Donald Thomas (BAH)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)
2009 Berlin details	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)	Sylwester Bednarek (POL) Raúl Spank (GER)
2011 Daegu details	Jesse Williams (USA)	Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS)	Trevor Barry (BAH)
2013 Moscow details	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Derek Drouin (CAN)
2015 Beijing details	Derek Drouin (CAN)	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) Zhang Guowei (CHN)	none awarded
2017 London details	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Danil Lysenko (ANA)	Majdeddin Ghazal (SYR)
2019 Doha details	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Mikhail Akimenko (ANA)	Ilya Ivanyuk (ANA)
2022 Eugene details	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR)	Andriy Protsenko (UKR)
2023 Budapest details	Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)	JuVaughn Harrison (USA)	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
2025 Tokyo details	Hamish Kerr (NZL)	Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR)	Jan Štefela (CZE)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Qatar (QAT)	3	1	1	5
2	Russia (RUS)	2	5	0	7
3	Cuba (CUB)	2	3	0	5
4	United States (USA)	2	2	1	5
5	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	1	4
6	Bahamas (BAH)	2	0	1	3
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	0	3
8	Canada (CAN)	1	1	2	4
9	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
10	Germany (GER)	1	0	2	3
11	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	0	1
14	Poland (POL)	0	2	2	4
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	0	2	1	3
15	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	0	2
16	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
16	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	1	2
18	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		20	24	17	61

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mutaz Barshim	Qatar (QAT)	2013-2022	3	1	1	5
2	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba (CUB)	1991–1997	2	2	0	4
3	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia (RUS)	2001–2009	1	3	0	4
4	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983–1987	1	1	0	2
	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia (RUS)	1999–2001	1	1	0	2
	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine (UKR)	2013–2015	1	1	0	2
7	Derek Drouin	Canada (CAN)	2013–2015	1	0	1	2
8	Artur Partyka	Poland (POL)	1993–1997	0	2	1	3
9	Woo Sang-hyeok	South Korea (KOR)	2022–2025	0	2	0	2
10	Mark Boswell	Canada (CAN)	1999–2003	0	1	1	2
10	Kyriakos Ioannou	Cyprus (CYP)	2007–2009	0	1	1	2

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Tamara Bykova (URS)	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	Louise Ritter (USA)
1987 Rome details	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Tamara Bykova (URS)	Susanne Beyer (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Heike Henkel (GER)	Yelena Yelesina (URS)	Inha Babakova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	Silvia Costa (CUB)	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)
1995 Gothenburg details	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Alina Astafei (GER)	Inha Babakova (UKR)
1997 Athens details	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	Inha Babakova (UKR) Olga Kaliturina (RUS)	none awarded
1999 Seville details	Inha Babakova (UKR)	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)	Svetlana Lapina (RUS)
2001 Edmonton details	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Inha Babakova (UKR)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Marina Kuptsova (RUS)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2005 Helsinki details	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	Chaunté Howard (USA)	Emma Green (SWE)
2007 Osaka details	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS) Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)	none awarded
2009 Berlin details	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Ariane Friedrich (GER)	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2011 Daegu details	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2013 Moscow details	Brigetta Barrett (USA)	Anna Chicherova (RUS) Ruth Beitia (ESP)	none awarded
2015 Beijing details	Mariya Kuchina (RUS)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS)
2017 London details	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	Yuliya Levchenko (UKR)	Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
2019 Doha details	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Vashti Cunningham (USA)
2022 Eugene details	Eleanor Patterson (AUS)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Elena Vallortigara (ITA)
2023 Budapest details	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Eleanor Patterson (AUS)	Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)
2025 Tokyo details	Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)	Maria Żodzik (POL)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) Angelina Topić (SRB)

High jump at the World Athletics Championships

Age

Medalists

Men

Medal table

Multiple medalists

Women

Multiple medalists

Medals by country

Championship record progression

Men

Women

Best performances

Top ten highest World Championship jumps¹

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Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mariya Lasitskene	Russia (RUS) Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	2015-2019	3	0	0	3
2	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia (CRO)	2007–2015	2	2	0	4
3	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987–1995	2	0	0	2
3	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa (RSA)	2001–2003	2	0	0	2
5	Inha Babakova	Soviet Union (URS) Ukraine (UKR)	1991–2001	1	2	2	5
6	Anna Chicherova	Russia (RUS)	2007–2015	1	2	1	4
6	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine (UKR)	2019–2025	1	2	1	4
8	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983–1987	1	1	0	2
8	Eleanor Patterson	Australia (AUS)	2022–2023	1	1	0	2
9	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden (SWE)	2001–2005	1	0	2	3
10	Nicola Olyslagers	Australia (AUS)	2023–2025	1	0	1	2
11	Yelena Yelesina	Soviet Union (URS) Russia (RUS)	1991–1999	0	2	0	2
12	Antonietta Di Martino	Italy (ITA)	2007–2011	0	1	2	3

Mark	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
2.26 m	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Valeriy Serada	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Zhu Jianhua	China (CHN)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Dwight Stones	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Tyke Peacock	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Milton Ottey	Canada (CAN)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Luca Toso	Italy (ITA)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
2.29 m	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Zhu Jianhua	China (CHN)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Tyke Peacock	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Dwight Stones	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
2.32 m	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Tyke Peacock	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-13
	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Sorin Matei	Romania (ROU)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden (SWE)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Clarence Saunders	Bermuda (BER)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
2.35 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden (SWE)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany (FRG)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
2.38 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden (SWE)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-06
	Charles Austin	United States (USA)	1991	Final	1991-09-01
2.40 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba (CUB)	1993	Final	1993-08-22
2.41 m	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine (UKR)	2013	Final	2013-08-15

Time	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
1.92 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Coleen Sommer	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Kerstin Brandt	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Louise Ritter	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
1.95 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Louise Ritter	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
	Coleen Sommer	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
1.97 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
1.97 m	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
1.99 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
1.99 m	Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
2.01 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
2.02 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
2.02 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987	Final	1987-08-30
2.04 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-08-30
2.04 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987	Final	1987-08-30
2.06 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987	Final	1987-08-30
2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987	Final	1987-08-30

Men

Medal table

Multiple medalists

Women

Multiple medalists

Medals by country

Men

Women

Top ten highest World Championship jumps1

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Top ten highest World Championship jumps¹