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