Women · World record

High Jump

The current record and its documented progression: 57 ratified records from 1922 to 2024.

Current record

2.10

Yaroslava MahuchikhUKRParis · 7 Jul 2024

2 years standing0.01 m improvementAll-time top 50 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record

1922 · 1.46 Nancy Voorhees1923 · 1.485 Elizabeth Stine1923 · 1.485 Sophie Eliott-Lynn1925 · 1.524 Phyllis Green1926 · 1.552 Phyllis Green1926 · 1.58 Ethel Catherwood1928 · 1.58 Lien Gisolf1928 · 1.595 Ethel Catherwood1929 · 1.605 Lien Gisolf1932 · 1.62 Lien Gisolf1932 · 1.65 Jean Shiley1932 · 1.65 Mildred Didrikson1939 · 1.66 Dorothy Odam1941 · 1.66 Esther van Heerden1941 · 1.66 Ilsebill Pfenning1943 · 1.71 Fanny Blankers-Koen1951 · 1.72 Sheila Lerwill1954 · 1.73 Aleksandra Chudina1956 · 1.74 Thelma Hopkins1956 · 1.75 Iolanda Balaș1956 · 1.76 Mildred McDaniel1957 · 1.76 Iolanda Balaş1957 · 1.77 Zheng Fengrong1958 · 1.78 Iolanda Balaş1958 · 1.80 Iolanda Balaş1958 · 1.81 Iolanda Balaş1958 · 1.82 Iolanda Balaş1958 · 1.83 Iolanda Balaş1959 · 1.84 Iolanda Balaş1960 · 1.85 Iolanda Balaş1960 · 1.86 Iolanda Balaş1961 · 1.87 Iolanda Balaş1961 · 1.88 Iolanda Balaş1961 · 1.90 Iolanda Balaş1961 · 1.91 Iolanda Balaş1971 · 1.92 Ilona Gusenbauer1972 · 1.92 Ulrike Meyfarth1972 · 1.94 Yordanka Blagoeva1974 · 1.94 Rosemarie Witschas1974 · 1.95 Rosemarie Ackermann1976 · 1.96 Rosemarie Ackermann1977 · 1.96 Rosemarie Ackermann1977 · 1.97 Rosemarie Ackermann1977 · 1.97 Rosemarie Ackermann1977 · 2.00 Rosemarie Ackermann1978 · 2.01 Sara Simeoni1978 · 2.01 Sara Simeoni1982 · 2.02 Ulrike Meyfarth1983 · 2.03 Ulrike Meyfarth1983 · 2.03 Tamara Bykova1983 · 2.04 Tamara Bykova1984 · 2.05 Tamara Bykova1984 · 2.07 Lyudmila Andonova1986 · 2.07 Stefka Kostadinova1986 · 2.08 Stefka Kostadinova1987 · 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova2024 · 2.10 Yaroslava Mahuchikh 2.1001.460

19221941 · Pfenning 1.661959 · Balaş 1.841977 · Ackermann 1.972024 · Mahuchikh 2.10

Documented records

57 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372026638, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
2.10 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR Paris 7 Jul 2024 2 yrs
2.09 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Rome 30 Aug 1987 36 yrs
2.08 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Sofia 31 May 1986 1 yr
2.07 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Sofia 25 May 1986 6 d
2.07 Lyudmila Andonova BUL East Berlin 20 Jul 1984 1 yr
2.05 Tamara Bykova URS Kiev 22 Jun 1984 28 d
2.04 Tamara Bykova URS Pisa 25 Aug 1983 302 d
2.03 Tamara Bykova URS London 21 Aug 1983 4 d
2.03 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG London 21 Aug 1983 0 d
2.02 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG Athens 8 Sep 1982 347 d
2.01 Sara Simeoni ITA Prague 31 Aug 1978 4 yrs
2.01 Sara Simeoni ITA Brescia 4 Aug 1978 27 d
2.00 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR West Berlin 26 Aug 1977 343 d
1.97 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR West Berlin 26 Aug 1977 0 d
1.97 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Helsinki 14 Aug 1977 12 d
1.96 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Dresden 3 Jul 1977 42 d
1.96 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Dresden 8 May 1976 1 yr
1.95 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Rome 8 Sep 1974 1 yr
1.94 Rosemarie Witschas GDR Berlin 24 Aug 1974 15 d
1.94 Yordanka Blagoeva BUL Zagreb 24 Sep 1972 1 yr

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