Jumping Events

There are four jumping events in field athletics: high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault.
There are four main principles which are applied to all jumping events:

 Starting run – this is the period of time where the athlete gathers speed for the take-off. The faster
the athlete runs, the more force there is to be converted into the jump.
 Take off – this is the transition between the run and the jump with the athlete propelling their body
into the air. In the case of the triple jump the propulsion of the body is delayed with a hop, step
and jump preceding the take off.
 Flight – this is the period of time when the body is airborne, sending them horizontally away from
the starting point in the long jump or triple jump and vertically over the bar in the high jump.
 Landing – this is the point at which the athlete finishes the jump marking the distance (in the case
of the long jump and triple jump) that they have travelled through the air. The landing area is a
sand pit for the long jump and triple jump and a mattress for the high jump and pole vault.

High jump

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar
placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern most practised format, a bar is placed
between two standards with a crash mat for landing. In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and
use the Fosbury Flopmethod of jumping, leaping head first with their back to the bar. Since ancient times,
competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form.
The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events to feature on the Olympic
athletics programme. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor
Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meetings. The high jump was among the
first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games.
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 0 1⁄4 in) set in
1993 – the longest standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)
has held the women's world record at 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the
event.

Rules

The rules for the high jump are set internationally by the International Association of Athletics
Federations(IAAF). Jumpers must take off on one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the bar is
dislodged by the action of the jumper whilst jumping or the jumper touches the ground or breaks the plane
of the near edge of the bar before clearance. The technique one uses for the jump must be almost
flawless in order to have a chance of clearing a high bar.
Competitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass, at their own
discretion. Three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the
jumper from competition.
The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final. If two or more jumpers tie
for first place, the tie-breakers are: 1) The fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred; and 2)
The fewest misses throughout the competition.
If the event remains tied for first place (or a limited advancement position to a subsequent meet), the
jumpers have a jump-off, beginning at the next greater height. Each jumper has one attempt. The bar is
then alternately lowered and raised until only one jumper succeeds at a given height.
History

The first recorded high jump event took place in Scotland in the 19th century. Early jumpers used either
an elaborate straight-on approach or a scissorstechnique. In the later years, the bar was approached
diagonally, and the jumper threw first the inside leg and then the other over the bar in a scissoring motion.
Around the turn of the 20th century, techniques began to modernise, starting with the Irish-
American Michael Sweeney's Eastern cut-off. By taking off like the scissors, but extending his back and
flattening out over the bar, Sweeney raised the world record to 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) in 1895.
Another American, George Horine, developed an even more efficient technique, the Western roll. In this
style, the bar again is approached on a diagonal, but the inner leg is used for the take-off, while the outer
leg is thrust up to lead the body sideways over the bar. Horine increased the world standard to
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) in 1912. His technique was predominant through the Berlin Olympics of 1936, in which
the event was won by Cornelius Johnson at 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in).
American and Soviet jumpers were the most successful for the next four decades, and they pioneered the
evolution of the straddle technique. Straddle jumpers took off as in the Western roll, but rotated their
(belly-down) torso around the bar, obtaining the most economical clearance up to that time. Straddle-
jumper Charles Dumas was the first to clear 7 feet (2.13 m), in 1956, and American John Thomas pushed
the world mark to 2.23 m (7 ft 3 3⁄4 in) in 1960. Valeriy Brumel took over the event for the next four years.
The elegant Soviet jumper radically sped up his approach run, took the record up to 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in),
and won the Olympic gold medal in 1964, before a motorcycle accident ended his career.
Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Her winning result was 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in).

Platt Adams during the standing high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

American coaches, including two-time NCAAchampion Frank Costello of the University of Maryland,
flocked to Russia to learn from Brumel and his coaches. However, it would be a solitary innovator
at Oregon State University, Dick Fosbury, who would bring the high jump into the next century. Taking
advantage of the raised, softer landing areas by then in use, Fosbury added a new twist to the outmoded
Eastern Cut-off. He directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, sliding over on his back and
landing in a fashion which would likely have broken his neck in the old, sawdust landing pits. After he
used this Fosbury flop to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal, the technique began to spread around the
world, and soon floppers were dominating international high jump competitions. The last straddler to set a
world record was Vladimir Yashchenko, who cleared 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) in 1977 and then
2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) indoors in 1978.
Among renowned high jumpers following Fosbury's lead were Americans Dwight Stones and his rival,
1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in) tall Franklin Jacobs of Paterson, NJ, who cleared 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in), 0.59 metres
(1 ft 11 in) over his head (a feat equaled 27 years later by Sweden's Stefan Holm); Chinese record-
setters Ni-chi Chin and Zhu Jianhua; Germans Gerd Wessig and Dietmar Mögenburg; Swedish Olympic
medalist and former world record holder Patrik Sjöberg; and female jumpers Iolanda Balaş of
Romania, Ulrike Meyfarth of Germany and Italy's Sara Simeoni

Technical aspects
The approach run

The approach run of the high jump may actually be more important than the take-off. If a high jumper runs
with bad timing or without enough aggression, clearing a high bar becomes more of a challenge. The
approach requires a certain shape or curve, the right amount of speed, and the correct number of strides.
The approach angle is also critical for optimal height.
Most great straddle jumpers have a run at angles of about 30 to 40 degrees. The length of the run is
determined by the speed of the person's approach. A slower run requires about 8 strides. However, a
faster high jumper might need about 13 strides. A greater run speed allows a greater part of the body's
forward momentum to be converted upward.
The J type approach, favored by Fosbury floppers, allows for horizontal speed, the ability to turn in the air
(centripetal force), and good take-off position. The approach should be a hard controlled stride so that a
person does not fall from creating an angle with speed. Athletes should run tall and lean on the curve,
from the ankles and not the hips.
The take-off
Unlike the classic straddle technique, where the take-off foot is "planted" in the same spot at every height,
flop-style jumpers must adjust their take-off as the bar is raised. Their J approach run must be adjusted
slightly so that their take-off spot is slightly further out from the bar in order to allow their hips to clear the
bar while still maintaining enough momentum to carry their legs across the bar. Jumpers attempting to
reach record heights commonly fail when most of their energy is directed into the vertical effort, and they
brush the bar off the standards with the backs of their legs as they stall out in mid-air.
An effective approach shape can be derived from physics. For example, the rate of backward spin
required as the jumper crosses the bar to facilitate shoulder clearance on the way up and foot clearance
on the way down can be determined by computer simulation. This rotation rate can be back-calculated to
determine the required angle of lean away from the bar at plant, based on how long the jumper is on the
take-off foot. This information, together with the jumper's speed in the curve, can be used to calculate the
radius of the curved part of the approach. This is a lot of work and requires measurements of running
speed and time of take-off foot on the ground. However, one can work in the opposite direction by
assuming an approach radius and watching the resulting backward rotation. This only works if some basic
rules are followed in how one executes the approach and take-off.
Drills can be practiced to solidify the approach. One drill is to run in a straight line (the linear part of the
approach) and then run two to three circles spiraling into one another. Another is to run or skip a circle of
any size, two to three times in a row.[4] It is important to train to leap upwards without first leaning into the
bar, allowing the momentum of the J approach to carry the body across the bar.

Winner declaration
In competition the winner is the person who cleared the highest height. In case of a tie, fewer failed
attempts at that height are better: i.e., the jumper who makes a height on his or her first attempt is placed
ahead of someone who clears the same height on the second or third attempt. If there still is a tie, all the
failed attempts at lower heights are added up, and the one with the fewest total misses is declared the
winner. If still tied, a playoff is held.[5] Starting height is the next higher height after the overjumped one. If
all the competitors clear the height, the bar is raised 2 cm (0.79 in), and if they fail, the bar is lowered
2 cm. That continues until only one competitor succeeds in overjumping that height, and he or she is
declared the winner.

 In the table below, dashes indicate that a height was not attempted, crosses indicate failed attempts,
and circles indicate a cleared height. Jumpers A and D cleared 1.99 m but failed at 2.01 m. A wins
this competition having cleared the winning height with two attempts, while jumper D required three
attempts. Similarly, B is ranked ahead of C, having cleared the decisive height (i.e., 1.97m) in the first
attempt.
Athlete 1.91 m 1.93 m 1.95 m 1.97 m 1.99 m 2.01 m Height Rank

A - - XO XO XO XXX 1.99 1st

B O - O O XXX 1.97 3rd

C O - XO XO X-- XX 1.97 4th

D - XO O XXO XXO XXX 1.99 2nd

E - O - XXX 1.93 5th

All-time top 25 athletes

See also: Men's high jump world record progression, Women's high jump world record progression,
and Men's high jump indoor world record progression

 As of February 2017
Men (absolute)

Rank Mark Athlete Date Place Ref

1 2.45 m (8 ft 0 1⁄4 in) Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 27 July 1993 Salamanca

Mutaz Essa 5 September

2 2.43 m (7 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Brussels [10]
Barshim (QAT) 2014

Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 30 June 1987 Stockholm

3 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in)

26 February
Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) Berlin (indoor)
1988
 25 February [11]
Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Prague (indoor)
2014

Bohdan [12]
14 June 2014 New York City
Bondarenko (UKR)

4 September
7 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Igor Paklin (URS) Kobe
1985

Rudolf
11 August 1985 Donetsk
Povarnitsyn (URS)

Sorin Matei (ROM) 20 June 1990 Bratislava

Hollis Conway (USA) 10 March 1991 Seville (indoor)

Charles Austin (USA) 7 August 1991 Zürich

Vyacheslav
8 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) 5 August 2000 London
Voronin (RUS)

Stefan Holm (SWE) 6 March 2005 Madrid (indoor)

8 February
Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS) Arnstadt (indoor)
2014

Derek Drouin (CAN) [13] 25 April 2014 Des Moines

3 July 2014 Lausanne [14]

Andriy Protsenko (UKR)
 Zhu Jianhua (CHN) 10 June 1984 Eberstadt

Dietmar 24 February
Cologne (indoor)
Mögenburg (FRG) 1985

17 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)

Ralf Sonn (GER) 1 March 1991 Berlin (indoor)

Gianmarco [15]
15 July 2016 Fontvieille
Tamberi (ITA)

Hennadiy 6 September
Rome
Avdyeyenko (URS) 1987

Sergey 4 September
Banska Bystrica
Malchenko (URS) 1988

Dragutin Topić (SCG) 1 August 1993 Beograd

4 February
Steve Smith (GBR) Wuppertal (indoor)
1994

21 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in)

Wolf-Hendrik
10 March 1994 Weinheim (indoor)
Beyer (GER)

Troy Kemp (BAH) 12 July 1995 Nice

Artur Partyka (POL) 18 August 1996 Eberstadt

Matt Hemingway (USA) 4 March 2000 Atlanta (indoor)

Stockholm (indoor)
Yaroslav 15 February
 Rybakov (RUS) 2005

Jacques Freitag (RSA) 5 March 2005 Oudtshoorn

Andriy
8 July 2005 Rome
Sokolovskyy (UKR)

Andrey Silnov (RUS) 25 July 2005 London

25 February
Linus Thornblad (SWE) Gothenburg(indoor)
2007

Zhang Guowei (CHN) 30 May 2015 Eugene

27 August 2017 Eberstadt [16]

Danil Lysenko (RUS)

Notes
Below is a list of jumps equal or superior to 2.40m:

 Javier Sotomayor also jumped 2.44m (1989), 2.43m (1988, 1989), 2.42m (1994), 2.41m (1993),
2.40m (1991, 1994, 1995).
 Mutaz Essa Barshim also jumped 2.42m (2014) and 2.40m (2014, 2016, 2017).
 Ivan Ukhov also jumped 2.41m (2014) and 2.40m (2009, 2014).
 Bohdan Bondarenko also jumped 2.41m (2013) and 2.40m (2009).
 Patrik Sjöberg also jumped 2.41m (1987) and 2.40m (1989).
 Carlo Thränhardt also jumped 2.40m (1987).
Women (absolute)

Rank Mark Athlete Date Venue Ref

Stefka 30 August
1 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Rome
Kostadinova (BUL) 1987

6 February
2 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Arnstadt (indoor)
2006
 31 August
Blanka Vlasic (CRO) Zagreb
2009

Lyudmila
20 July 1984 Berlin
Andonova (BUL)

8 February
4 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Heike Henkel (GER) Karlsruhe (indoor)
1992

Anna
22 July 2011 Cheboksary
Chicherova (RUS)

31 August
Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Paris
2003

Yelena 28 August
Athens
Slesarenko (RUS) 2004
7 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)

Ariane Friedrich (GER) 14 June 2009 Berlin

Mariya [17]
6 July 2017 Lausanne
Lasitskene (RUS)

Tamara Bykova (URS) 22 June 1984 Kiev

15 September
Inha Babakova (UKR) Tokyo
1995

11 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

23 August
Tia Hellebaut (BEL) Beijing
2008

Chaunté Lowe (USA) 26 June 2010 Des Moines

 9 September
Silvia Costa (CUB) Barcelona
1989

Alina Astafei (GER) 3 March 1995 Berlin (indoor)

Venelina Veneva-
2 June 2002 Kalamata
Mateeva (BUL)

15 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in)

Antonietta Di 9 February Banská

Martino (ITA) 2011 Bystrica(indoor)

19 August
Irina Gordeeva (RUS) Eberstadt
2012

Brigetta Barrett (USA) 22 June 2013 Des Moines

21 August
Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) London
1983

Louise Ritter (USA) 8 July 1988 Austin

Tatyana
30 May 1995 Bratislava
Motkova (RUS)
21 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in)

Niki Bakoyianni (GRE) 3 August 1996 Atlanta

23 January
Monica Iagar (ROU) Bucharest (indoor)
1999

Marina Kuptsova (RUS) 2 March 2002 Vienna (indoor)

 Svetlana 11 August
London
Shkolina (RUS) 2012

Notes
Below is a list of jumps equal or superior to 2.05 m:

 Stefka Kostadinova also jumped 2.08 m (1986), 2.07 m (1986, 1987, 1988), 2.06 m (1985, 1986,
1987), 2.05 m (1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996).
 Blanka Vlašić also jumped 2.07 m (2007) and 2.06 m (2007, 2008, 2010), 2.05 m (2007, 2008, 2009,
2010).
 Anna Chicherova also jumped 2.06 m (2012), 2.05 m (2011, 2012).
 Kajsa Bergqvist also jumped 2.05 (2002, 2006).
 Hestrie Cloete also jumped 2.05 (2003).
 Mariya Lasitskene also jumped 2.05 (2017).

Olympic medalists
Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze

James
Connolly (USA)
1896 Athens
Ellery Clark (USA) none awarded
details

Robert Garrett (USA)

1900 Paris
Irving Baxter (USA) Patrick Leahy (GBR) Lajos Gönczy (HUN)
details

1904 St. Louis

Samuel Jones (USA) Garrett Serviss (USA) Paul Weinstein (GER)
details

Géo André (FRA)

1908 London
Harry Porter (USA) Con Leahy (GBR) none awarded
details

István Somodi (HUN)

1912 Stockholm
Alma Richards (USA) Hans Liesche (GER) George Horine (USA)
details

1920 Antwerp Richmond

Harold Muller (USA) Bo Ekelund (SWE)
details Landon (USA)

1924 Paris
Harold Osborn (USA) Leroy Brown (USA) Pierre Lewden (FRA)
details

1928
Benjamin
Amsterdam Bob King (USA) Claude Ménard (FRA)
Hedges (USA)
details

1932 Los
Duncan
Angeles Bob Van Osdel (USA) Simeon Toribio (PHI)
McNaughton (CAN)
details

1936 Berlin Cornelius

Dave Albritton (USA) Delos Thurber (USA)
details Johnson (USA)

1948 London
John Winter (AUS) Bjørn Paulson (NOR) George Stanich (USA)
details

1952 Helsinki José da

Walt Davis (USA) Ken Wiesner (USA)
details Conceição (BRA)

1956
Melbourne Charles Dumas (USA) Chilla Porter (AUS) Igor Kashkarov (URS)
details

1960 Rome Robert

Valeriy Brumel (URS) John Thomas (USA)
details Shavlakadze (URS)

Valeriy Brumel (URS) John Thomas (USA) John Rambo (USA)

1964 Tokyo
details

1968 Mexico
Valentin
City Dick Fosbury (USA) Ed Caruthers (USA)
Gavrilov (URS)
details

1972 Munich
Jüri Tarmak (URS) Stefan Junge (GDR) Dwight Stones (USA)
details

1976 Montreal
Jacek Wszoła (POL) Greg Joy (CAN) Dwight Stones (USA)
details

1980 Moscow
Gerd Wessig (GDR) Jacek Wszoła (POL) Jörg Freimuth (GDR)
details

1984 Los
Dietmar
Angeles Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
Mögenburg (FRG)
details

Rudolf
Povarnitsyn (URS)
1988 Seoul Hennadiy
Hollis Conway (USA)
details Avdyeyenko (URS)

Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)

Hollis Conway (USA)

1992 Barcelona Javier

Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Tim Forsyth (AUS)
details Sotomayor (CUB)

Artur Partyka (POL)

1996 Atlanta
Charles Austin (USA) Artur Partyka (POL) Steve Smith (GBR)
details
2000 Sydney Javier Abderahmane
Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
details Sotomayor (CUB) Hammad (ALG)

2004 Athens Matt

Stefan Holm (SWE) Jaroslav Bába (CZE)
details Hemingway (USA)

2008 Beijing Germaine Yaroslav

Andrey Silnov (RUS)
details Mason (GBR) Rybakov (RUS)

Mutaz Essa
Barshim (QAT)

2012 London
Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Erik Kynard (USA)
details Derek Drouin (CAN)

Robert Grabarz (GBR)

2016 Rio de
Mutaz Essa Bohdan
Janeiro Derek Drouin (CAN)
Barshim (QAT) Bondarenko (UKR)
details

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze

1928
Ethel
Amsterdam Lien Gisolf (NED) Mildred Wiley (USA)
Catherwood (CAN)
details

1932 Los
Angeles Jean Shiley (USA) Babe Didrikson (USA) Eva Dawes (CAN)
details

1936 Berlin
Ibolya Csák (HUN) Dorothy Odam (GBR) Elfriede Kaun (GER)
details
1948 London Alice Micheline
Dorothy Tyler (GBR)
details Coachman (USA) Ostermeyer (FRA)

1952 Helsinki Aleksandra

Esther Brand (RSA) Sheile Lerwill (GBR)
details Chudina (URS)

Thelma Hopkins (GBR)

1956
Mildred
Melbourne none awarded
McDaniel (USA)
details
Mariya Pisareva (URS)

Jarosława
Jóźwiakowska (POL)
1960 Rome
Iolanda Balaş (ROU) none awarded
details

Dorothy Shirley (GBR)

1964 Tokyo Taisia

Iolanda Balaş (ROU) Michele Brown (AUS)
details Chenchik (URS)

1968 Mexico
Miloslava Antonina Valentina
City
Rezková (TCH) Okorokova (URS) Kozyr (URS)
details

1972 Munich Yordanka Ilona

Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
details Blagoeva (BUL) Gusenbauer (AUT)

1976 Montreal Rosemarie Yordanka

Sara Simeoni (ITA)
details Ackermann (GDR) Blagoeva (BUL)

1980 Moscow
Sara Simeoni (ITA) Urszula Kielan (POL) Jutta Kirst (GDR)
details

1984 Los Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) Sara Simeoni (ITA) Joni Huntley (USA)
Angeles
details

1988 Seoul Stefka Tamara

Louise Ritter (USA)
details Kostadinova (BUL) Bykova (URS)

1992 Barcelona Ioamnet

Heike Henkel (GER) Alina Astafei (ROU)
details Quintero (CUB)

1996 Atlanta Stefka

Niki Bakoyianni (GRE) Inha Babakova (UKR)
details Kostadinova (BUL)

Kajsa
Bergqvist (SWE)
2000 Sydney Yelena
Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
details Yelesina (RUS)
Oana
Pantelimon (ROU)

2004 Athens Yelena

Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Vita Styopina (UKR)
details Slesarenko (RUS)

2008 Beijing Anna

Tia Hellebaut (BEL) Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
details Chicherova (RUS)

2012 London Anna Svetlana

Brigetta Barrett (USA)
details Chicherova (RUS) Shkolina (RUS)

2016 Rio de
Janeiro Ruth Beitia (ESP) Mirela Demireva (BUL) Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
details

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze

1983 Helsinki Hennadiy
Tyke Peacock (USA) Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
details Avdyeyenko (URS)

Hennadiy
1987 Rome Avdyeyenko (URS)
Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) none awarded
details

Igor Paklin (URS)

1991 Tokyo Javier Hollis

Charles Austin (USA)
details Sotomayor (CUB) Conway (USA)

1993 Stuttgart Javier

Artur Partyka (POL) Steve Smith (GBR)
details Sotomayor (CUB)

1995 Gothenburg Javier

Troy Kemp (BAH) Artur Partyka (POL)
details Sotomayor (CUB)

1997 Athens Javier

Artur Partyka (POL) Tim Forsyth (AUS)
details Sotomayor (CUB)

1999 Seville Vyacheslav

Mark Boswell (CAN) Martin Buß (GER)
details Voronin (RUS)

Yaroslav
Rybakov (RUS)
2001 Edmonton
Martin Buß (GER) none awarded
details
Vyacheslav
Voronin (RUS)

2003 Saint-Denis Jacques

Stefan Holm (SWE) Mark Boswell (CAN)
details Freitag (RSA)

Víctor Moya (CUB)

2005 Helsinki Yuriy
none awarded
details Krymarenko (UKR) Yaroslav
Rybakov (RUS)

2007 Osaka Donald Yaroslav Kyriakos

details Thomas (BAH) Rybakov (RUS) Ioannou (CYP)

Sylwester
2009 Berlin Yaroslav Kyriakos Bednarek (POL)
details Rybakov (RUS) Ioannou (CYP)
Raúl Spank (GER)
2011 Daegu Aleksey
Jesse Williams (USA) Trevor Barry (BAH)
details Dmitrik (RUS)

2013 Moscow Bohdan Mutaz Essa

Derek Drouin (CAN)
details Bondarenko (UKR) Barshim (QAT)

Bohdan
2015 Beijing Bondarenko (UKR)
Derek Drouin (CAN) none awarded
details
Zhang Guowei (CHN)

2017 London Mutaz Essa Majededdin

Danil Lysenko (ANA)
details Barshim (QAT) Ghazal (SYR)

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze

1983 Helsinki Tamara Ulrike

Louise Ritter (USA)
details Bykova (URS) Meyfarth (FRG)

1987 Rome Stefka Tamara Susanne

details Kostadinova (BUL) Bykova (URS) Beyer (GDR)

1991 Tokyo Yelena Inha

Heike Henkel (GER)
details Yelesina (URS) Babakova (URS)

1993 Stuttgart Ioamnet Sigrid

Silvia Costa (CUB)
details Quintero (CUB) Kirchmann (AUT)

1995 Gothenburg Stefka Inha

Alina Astafei (GER)
details Kostadinova (BUL) Babakova (UKR)

Inha
1997 Athens Hanne Babakova (UKR)
none awarded
details Haugland (NOR)

Olga Kaliturina (RUS)

1999 Seville Yelena Svetlana
Inha Babakova (UKR)
details Yelesina (RUS) Lapina (RUS)

2001 Edmonton Inha Kajsa

Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
details Babakova (UKR) Bergqvist (SWE)

2003 Saint-Denis Marina Kajsa

Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
details Kuptsova (RUS) Bergqvist (SWE)

2005 Helsinki Kajsa Chaunté

Emma Green (SWE)
details Bergqvist (SWE) Howard (USA)

Anna
Chicherova (RUS)
2007 Osaka
Blanka Vlašić (CRO) none awarded
details
Antonietta Di
Martino (ITA)

2009 Berlin Anna Ariane

Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
details Chicherova (RUS) Friedrich (GER)

2011 Daegu Anna Antonietta Di

Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
details Chicherova (RUS) Martino (ITA)

Anna
2013 Moscow Svetlana Brigetta Chicherova (RUS)
details Shkolina (RUS) Barrett (USA)
Ruth Beitia (ESP)

2015 Beijing Mariya Anna

Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
details Kuchina (RUS) Chicherova (RUS)

2017 London Mariya Yuliya Kamila

details Lasitskene (ANA) Levchenko (UKR) Lićwinko (POL)

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze

Javier Othmane
1985 Paris[A] Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
Sotomayor (CUB) Belfaa (ALG)
1987
Hennadiy
Indianapolis Igor Paklin (URS) Ján Zvara (TCH)
Avdyeyenko (URS)
details

1989 Budapest Javier Dietmar

Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
details Sotomayor (CUB) Mögenburg (FRG)

Javier
Sotomayor (CUB)
1991 Seville
Hollis Conway (USA) Artur Partyka (POL)
details
Aleksey
Yemelin (URS)

1993 Toronto Javier

Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Steve Smith (GBR)
details Sotomayor (CUB)

1995 Barcelona Javier Labros

Tony Barton (USA)
details Sotomayor (CUB) Papakostas (GRE)

1997 Paris Labros

Charles Austin (USA) Dragutin Topić (FRY)
details Papakostas (GRE)

1999 Maebashi Javier Vyacheslav

Charles Austin (USA)
details Sotomayor (CUB) Voronin (RUS)

2001 Lisbon Andriy Staffan

Stefan Holm (SWE)
details Sokolovskyy (UKR) Strand (SWE)

2003
Yaroslav
Birmingham Stefan Holm (SWE) Henadz Maroz (BLR)
Rybakov (RUS)
details

Ștefan
Vasilache (ROU)

2004 Budapest Yaroslav

Stefan Holm (SWE) Germaine
details Rybakov (RUS)
Mason (JAM)

Jaroslav Bába (CZE)

2006 Moscow Yaroslav Andrey Linus

details Rybakov (RUS) Tereshin (RUS) Thörnblad (SWE)
 Kyriakos
Ioannou (CYP)
2008 Valencia Yaroslav
Stefan Holm (SWE)
details Rybakov (RUS)
| Andra
Manson (USA)

2010 Doha Yaroslav

Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Dusty Jonas (USA)
details Rybakov (RUS)

2012 Istanbul Dimitrios

Andrey Silnov (RUS) Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
details Chondrokoukis (GRE)

2014 Sopot Mutaz Essa Andriy

Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
details Barshim (QAT) Protsenko (UKR)

2016 Portland Gianmarco

Robert Grabarz (GBR) Erik Kynard (USA)
details Tamberi (ITA)

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze

Debbie Brill (CAN)

Stefka Susanne
1985 Paris[A] Danuta
Kostadinova (BUL) Lorentzon (SWE)
Bułkowska (POL)

Silvia Costa (CUB)

1987
Stefka Susanne
Indianapolis Emilia Dragieva (BUL)
Kostadinova (BUL) Beyer (GDR)
details

1989 Budapest Stefka Tamara Heike

details Kostadinova (BUL) Bykova (URS) Redetzky (FRG)

1991 Seville Tamara

Heike Henkel (GER) Heike Balck (GER)
details Bykova (URS)

1993 Toronto Stefka

Heike Henkel (GER) Inha Babakova (UKR)
details Kostadinova (BUL)

1995 Barcelona
Alina Astafei (GER) Britta Bilač (SLO) Heike Henkel (GER)
details

1997 Paris Stefka Inha Babakova (UKR) Hanne

details Kostadinova (BUL) Haugland (NOR)

1999 Maebashi Khristina Zuzana

Tisha Waller (USA)
details Kalcheva (BUL) Hlavoňová (CZE)

2001 Lisbon Venelina

Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Inha Babakova (UKR)
details Veneva (BUL)

2003
Yelena Anna
Birmingham Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
Yelesina (RUS) Chicherova (RUS)
details

2004 Budapest Yelena Anna

Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
details Slesarenko (RUS) Chicherova (RUS)

2006 Moscow Yelena

Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Ruth Beitia (ESP)
details Slesarenko (RUS)

2008 Valencia Yelena

Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Vita Palamar (UKR)
details Slesarenko (RUS)

2010 Doha
Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Ruth Beitia (ESP) Chaunté Lowe (USA)
details

Antonietta Di
Martino (ITA)

2012 Istanbul Anna

Chaunté Lowe (USA) none awarded
details Chicherova (RUS)

Ebba
Jungmark (SWE)

Mariya Kuchina (RUS)

2014 Sopot
none awarded Ruth Beitia (ESP)
details
Kamila Lićwinko (POL)

2016 Portland Vashti Kamila

Ruth Beitia (ESP)
details Cunningham (USA) Lićwinko (POL)

 A Known as the World Indoor Games

Athletes with most medals

Athletes who have won multiple titles at the two most important competitions, the Olympic Games and
the World Championships:

 3 wins: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1993 & 1997
 3 wins: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1987 & 1995
 2 wins: Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) - Olympic Champion in 1988, World Champion in 1983
 2 wins: Charles Austin (USA) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1991
 2 wins: Iolanda Balas (ROM) - Olympic Champion in 1960 & 1964
 2 wins: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) - Olympic Champion in 1972 & 1984
 2 wins: Heike Henkel (GER) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1991
 2 wins: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) - World Champion in 2001 & 2003
 2 wins: Blanka Vlasic (CRO) - World Champion in 2007 & 2009
 2 wins: Anna Chicherova (RUS) - Olympic Champion in 2012, World Champion in 2011
 2 wins: Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) - World Champion in 2015 & 2017
Kostadinova and Sotomayor are the only high jumpers to have been Olympic Champion, World
Champion and broken the world record.

Season's bests
Men

Year Height Athlete Venue

1970

Pat
1971 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) Berkeley
Matzdorf (USA)

Jüri
1972 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Moscow
Tarmak (URS)

Dwight
1973 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Munich
Stones (USA)

Dwight
1974 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Oslo
Stones (USA)

Dwight
1975 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) New York
Stones (USA)

Dwight
1976 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Philadelphia
Stones (USA)

Vladimir
1977 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Richmond
Yashchenko (URS)

2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Vladimir

1978 Milano
(i) Yashchenko (URS)

Dietmar
1979 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Ottawa
Mögenburg (FRG)
 Gerd
1980 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Moscow
Wessig (GDR)

Aleksey
1981 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Leningrad
Demyanyuk (URS)

Zhu
1982 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Delhi
Jianhua (CHN)

Zhu
1983 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Shanghai
Jianhua (CHN)

Zhu
1984 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Eberstadt
Jianhua (CHN)

1985 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Igor Paklin (URS) Kobe

1986 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Igor Paklin (URS) Rieti

Patrik
1987 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Stockholm
Sjöberg (SWE)

Javier
1988 2.43 m (7 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Salamanca
Sotomayor (CUB)

Javier
1989 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) San Juan
Sotomayor (CUB)

Sorin
1990 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Bratislava
Matei (ROM)
 Javier
Sotomayor (CUB)
Saint-Denis
1
Charles
1991 2.40 m (7 ft 10  ⁄4 in) Zürich
Austin (USA)
Sevilla
Hollis
Conway (USA)

2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Patrik

1992 Genova
(i) Sjöberg (SWE)

Javier
1993 2.45 m (8 ft 0 1⁄4 in) Salamanca
Sotomayor (CUB)

Javier
1994 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Seville
Sotomayor (CUB)

Javier
1995 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Mar del Plata
Sotomayor (CUB)

Charles
1996 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Atlanta
Austin (USA)

Javier
1997 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Athens
Sotomayor (CUB)

Javier
1998 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Maracaibo
Sotomayor (CUB)

Vyacheslav
1999 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Seville
Voronin (RUS)

Vyacheslav
2000 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) London
Voronin (RUS)
 Vyacheslav
2001 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Eberstadt
Voronin (RUS)

Jacques
2002 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Durban
Freitag (RSA)

Aleksander
2003 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Bydgoszcz
Walerianczyk (POL)

2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Stefan

2004 Stockholm
(i) Holm (SWE)

2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Stefan

2005 Madrid
(i) Holm (SWE)

Andrey
Silnov (RUS) Monaco
2006 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Yaroslav Arnstadt;Moscow ]
Rybakov (RUS) Arnstadt
Ivan Ukhov (RUS)

2007 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) (i) Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Moscow

Andrey
Silnov (RUS) London
2008 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Yaroslav Moscow
Rybakov (RUS)

2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

2009 Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Pireás
(i)

2010 Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Banská Bystrica

2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
 (i)

2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Hustopece; Banská

2011 Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
(i) Bystrica; Paris-Bercy

Ivan Ukhov (RUS)

Cheboksary
2012 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Mutaz Essa
Lausanne
Barshim (QAT)

Bohdan
2013 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Lausanne
Bondarenko (UKR)

Mutaz Essa
2014 2.43 m (7 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Bruxelles
Barshim (QAT)

Mutaz Essa
2015 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Athlone; Eugene
Barshim (QAT)

Mutaz Essa
2016 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Opole
Barshim (QAT)

Mutaz Essa
2017 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Birmingham
Barshim (QAT)

Year Height Athlete Venue

Antonina
1970 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Kiev
Lazareva (URS)
 Ilona
1971 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Vienna
Gusenbauer (AUT)

Yordanka
1972 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Zagreb
Blagoeva (BUL)

Yordanka
1973 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Warsaw
Blagoeva (BUL)

Rosemarie
1974 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Rome
Ackermann (GDR)

Rosemarie
1975 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Nice
Ackermann (GDR)

Rosemarie
1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Dresden
Ackermann (GDR)

Rosemarie
1977 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Berlin
Ackermann (GDR)

1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Sara Simeoni (ITA) Brescia

Rosemarie
1979 1.99 m (6 ft 6 1⁄4 in) Turin
Ackermann (GDR)

1980 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Sara Simeoni (ITA) Turin

1981 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Pam Spencer (USA) Brussels

1982 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) Athens

1983 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Tamara Bykova (URS) Pisa;Budapest

Lyudmila
1984 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Berlin
Andonova (BUL)

Stefka
1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Moscow
Kostadinova (BUL)

Stefka
1986 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Sofia
Kostadinova (BUL)

Stefka
1987 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Rome
Kostadinova (BUL)

Stefka
1988 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Sofia
Kostadinova (BUL)

Silvia Costa (CUB)

1
1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8  ⁄4 in) Stefka Barcelona;Pireás
Kostadinova (BUL)

1990 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Yelena Yelesina (URS) Seattle

1991 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Heike Henkel (GER) Tokyo

2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in)

1992 Heike Henkel (GER) Karlsruhe
(i)

1993 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Fukuoka

Stefka
 Kostadinova (BUL)

2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

1994 Alina Astafei (GER) Berlin
(i)

1995 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Inga Babakova (UKR) Tokyo

Stefka
1996 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Atlanta
Kostadinova (BUL)

Stefka Osaka;Paris-
1 Kostadinova (BUL)
1997 2.02 m (6 ft 7  ⁄2 in) Bercy
Inga Babakova (UKR) Fukuoka

Venelina
1998 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Kalamata
Veneva (BUL)

1999 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Monaco

Villeneuve
2000 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Monica Iagăr (ROM)
d'Ascq

Venelina
2001 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Kalamáta
Veneva (BUL)

2002 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Poznań

Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Eberstadt

2003 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Saint-Denis

2004 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Athens

Yelena
 Slesarenko (RUS)

2005 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Sheffield

2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in)

2006 Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Arnstadt
(i)

2007 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Stockholm

Istanbul
2008 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
Madrid

2009 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Zagreb

2010 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (i) Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Arnstadt

Anna
2011 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Cheboksary
Chicherova (RUS)

Anna
2012 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (i) Arnstadt
Chicherova (RUS)

2013 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Brigetta Barrett (USA) Des Moines

Maria
Kuchina (RUS) (i) Stockholm
2014 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Anna Eugene
Chicherova (RUS) Zurich
Ruth Beitia (ESP)

2015 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Lausanne

Anna
 Chicherova (RUS)

2016 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Chaunté Lowe (USA) Eugene

Mariya
2017 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Lausanne
Lasitskene (RUS)

 "i" indicates indoor performance.

Height differentials
All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height. [18][19]
Men

Rank Differential Athlete Height Mark

Stefan Holm 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄4 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

1 0.59 m (1 ft 11 in)

Franklin Jacobs 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in)

Linus Thörnblad 1.80 m (5 ft 10 3⁄4 in) 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in)

3 0.58 m (1 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Anton Riepl 1.75 m (5 ft 8 3⁄4 in) 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

Rick Noji 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in)

6 0.57 m (1 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Hollis Conway 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

Takahiro Kimino 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in)

7 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in)

Charles Austin 1.84 m (6 ft 0 1⁄4 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

 Sorin Matei 1.84 m (6 ft 0 1⁄4 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

Robert Wolski 1.84 m (6 ft 0 1⁄4 in) 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in)

Hari Shankar Roy 1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in) 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in)

10 0.55 m (1 ft 9 1⁄2 in)

Marcello Benvenuti 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

Milton Ottey 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

Women

Rank Differential Athlete Height Mark

0.35 m (1 ft 1 3⁄4 in) Antonietta Di Martino 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in)

0.35 m (1 ft 1 3⁄4 in) Inika McPherson 1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)

Kajsa Bergqvist 1.75 m (5 ft 8 3⁄4 in) 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in)

3 0.33 m (1 ft 0 3⁄4 in)

Niki Bakoyianni 1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in) 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in)

Yolanda Henry 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)

5 0.32 m (1 ft 0 1⁄2 in)

Emilia Dragieva 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)

7 0.31 m (1 ft 0 in) Marie Collonvillé 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in)

8 0.30 m (0 ft 11 3⁄4 in) Jessica Ennis 1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in) 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in)
 Viktoriya Seryogina 1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)

Antonella Bevilacqua 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 1⁄4 in)

Lyudmila Andonova 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in)

Cindy Holmes 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Female two metres club

As of August 2017, 67 different female athletes had ever been able to jump 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in).[7][9]

# Nations Athletes

Anna Chicherova 2.07, Elena Slesarenko 2.06, Mariya

Lasitskene 2.06, Tamara Bykova2.05, Irina Gordeeva 2.04, Marina
Kuptsova 2.03,
16 Russia Svetlana Shkolina 2.03, Tatyana Babashkina 2.03, Yelena
Yelesina 2.02, Yelena Gulyayeva 2.01, Svetlana Lapina 2.00
Ekaterina Savchenko 2.00, Larisa Kositsyna 2.00, Viktoriya
Klyugina 2.00, Viktoriya Seryogina 2.00, Yuliya Lyakhova 2.00

Chaunté Lowe 2.05, Brigetta Barrett 2.04, Louise Ritter 2.03, Amy
United
Acuff 2.01, Tisha Waller 2.01,
States
Coleen Sommer 2.00, Jan Wohlschlag 2.00, Yolanda Henry 2.00

Heike Henkel 2.07, Ariane Friedrich 2.06, Alina Astafei 2.04, Ulrike
Germany Meyfarth 2.03, Gabriele Günz 2.01, Heike Balck 2.01,
Daniela Rath 2.00, Meike Kröger 2.00, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch 2.00

Inha Babakova 2.05, Vita Styopina 2.02, Iryna Mykhalchenko 2.01, Vita
6 Ukraine
Palamar 2.01, Yuliya Levchenko 2.01, Lyudmila Avdeyenko 2.00

Stefka Kostadinova 2.09, Lyudmila Andonova 2.07, Venelina Veneva-

5 Bulgaria
Mateeva 2.04, Emilia Dragieva 2.00, Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva 2.00
 Italy Antonietta Di Martino 2.04, Sara Simeoni 2.01, Alessia Trost 2.00 m

3
South Hestrie Cloete 2.06, Desiré du Plessis 2.01, Charmaine Gale-
Africa Weavers 2.00

Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist 2.08, Emma Green Tregaro 2.01

Cuba Silvia Costa 2.04, Ioamnet Quintero 2.01

2

East
Susanne Beyer 2.02, Rosemarie Ackermann 2.00
Germany

Croatia Blanka Vlašić 2.08

Belgium Tia Hellebaut 2.05

Greece Niki Bakogianni 2.03

Romania Monica Iagar 2.03

1
Spain Ruth Beitia 2.02

Poland Kamila Lićwinko 2.02

Kazakhstan Olga Turchak 2.01

Norway Hanne Haugland 2.01

 Lithuania Airinė Palšytė 2.01

Yugoslavia Biljana Petrović 2.00

Belarus Tatyana Shevchik 2.00

Czech
Zuzana Hlavoňová 2.00
Republic

Slovenia Britta Bilač 2.00

Hungary Dóra Győrffy 2.00

National records
Men

Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

Cuba 2.45 m (8 ft 0 1⁄4 in) Javier Sotomayor 27 July 1993 Salamanca

5 September
Qatar 2.43 m (7 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Mutaz Essa Barshim Brussels [20]
2014

30 June
Sweden 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Patrik Sjöberg Stockholm
1987

2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) 25 February [21]

Russia Ivan Ukhov Prague
i 2014

2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) 26 February

Germany Carlo Thränhardt Berlin
i 1988
Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

14 June
Ukraine 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Bohdan Bondarenko New York City [12]
2014

4 September
Kyrgyzstan 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Igor Paklin Kobe
1985

20 June
Romania 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Sorin Matei Bratislava
1990

7 August
United States 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Charles Austin Zürich
1991

25 April
Canada 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Derek Drouin Des Moines [22]
2014

11 June
China 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Zhu Jianhua Beijing
1983

2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Gianmarco Tamberi 15 July 2016 Fontvieille [23]

Italy

1 August
Serbia 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Dragutin Topic Belgrad
1993

Bahamas 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Troy Kemp 12 July 1995 Nice

18 August
Poland 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Artur Partyka Eberstadt
1996

5 March
South Africa 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Jacques Freitag Oudtshoorn
2005
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

2 September
Azerbaijan 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Valeriy Sereda Rieti
1984

20
September Seoul
1992
Steve Smith

United
2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) 22 August
Kingdom Stuttgart
1993

23 August [24]
Robbie Grabarz Lausanne
2012

26 May
Belgium 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Eddy Annys Ghent
1985

Kazakhstan 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Sergey Zasimovich 5 May 1984 Tashkent

23 August
Slovakia 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Jan Zvara Prague
1987

Czech
2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Jaroslav Baba 8 July 2005 Rome
Republic

1 February
Bermuda 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Clarence Saunders Auckland
1990

10 August
Bulgaria 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Georgi Dakov Brussels
1990
Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

Greece 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Lambros Papakostas 21 July 1992 Athens

2 March
Australia 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Tim Forsyth Melbourne
1997

Norway 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Steinar Hoen 1 July 1997 Oslo

5 February
Israel 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Konstantin Matusevich Perth
2000

18 May
Syria 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Majededdin Ghazal Beijing [25]
2016

13 March
France 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Jean-Charles Gicquel Paris
1994

29 August
Cyprus 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Kyriakos Ioannou Osaka
2007

16 June
Lithuania 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Rolandas Verkys Warsaw
1991

22 June
Spain 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Arturo Ortiz Barcelona
1991

15 May
Belarus 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Andrey Sankovich Gomel
1993

20 June
South Korea 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Lee Jin-Taek Seoul
1997
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

Abderrahmane
Algeria 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) 14 July 2000 Algiers
Hammad

9 August Santo
Jamaica 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Germaine Mason
2003 Domingo

Botswana 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Kabelo Kgosiemang 4 May 2008 Addis Ababa

17 October
Colombia 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Gilmar Mayo Pereira
1994

Japan 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Naoyuki Daigo 2 July 2006 Kobe

29 May
Uzbekistan 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Gennadiy Belkov Tashkent
1982

17 June
Slovenia 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Rožle Prezelj Maribor
2012

2 September
Brazil 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Jessé de Lima Lausanne
2008

Switzerland 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Roland Dalhäuser 7 June 1981 Eberstadt

12 August
Tajikistan 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Oleg Palaschevskiy Bryansk
1990

Bosnia and
2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Elvir Krehmic 7 July 1998 Zagreb
Herzegovina
Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

30 August
Saint Lucia 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Darvin Edwards Daegu
2011

Mika Polku 22 July 2000 Hämeenkyrö

Finland 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in)

11 June
Toni Huikuri Bratislava
2002

2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) 11 June [26]

Peru Arturo Chávez Mexico City
A 2016

23 June
Venezuela 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Eure Yáñez Luque [27]
2017

7 August
Netherlands 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Wilbert Pennings Eberstadt [28]
1999

Estonia 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Marko Turban 5 June 1996 Rakvere

Latvia 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Normunds Sietiņš 20 July 1992 Nurmijärvi

24 June
Ireland 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Adrian O'Dwyer Algiers
2004

15 April
2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Gerardo Martinez Walnut
2007

Mexico

9 February
2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) i Edgar Rivera Brno [29]
2016
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

4 February
Hustopeče [30]
2017

27 April
Malaysia 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Nauraj Singh Randhawa Singapore [31]
2017

Chinese 21 October
2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) Hsiang Chun-hsien Kaohsiung
Taipei 2015

23 April [32]
David Smith Auburn
2016

Puerto Rico 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)

28 May [33]
Luis Castro Rivera Sinn
2016

20 February
Iceland 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Einar Karl Hjartarson Reykjavík
2001

19 June
Cameroon 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Fernand Djoumessi Bühl [34]
2014

Hungary 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) László Boros 6 July 2005 Debrecen

18 May
Austria 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Markus Einberger Schwechat
1986

23 February
2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) i Bordeaux [35]
2014
Sudan Mohamed Younes Idris

2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Namur [36]

27 May
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

2015

Antigua and Pergine

2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) James Grayman 7 July 2007
Barbuda Valsugana

4 March
Denmark 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Janick Klausen Paris [37]
2011

23 July 2004 Colombo

Manjula Kumara
Sri Lanka 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in)
Wijesekara
4 September
Incheon
2005

23 April
Beirut
2004

Lebanon 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Jean-Claude Rabbath

12 June
Bucharest
2004

28 June Caprino
San Marino 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Eugenio Rossi [38]
2015 Veronese

20 April [39]
Shiraz
2012

2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in)

22 June [40]
Bangkok
Iran Keivan Ghanbarzadeh 2015

20
2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) i September Ashgabat [41]

2017
Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

10
India 2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄ 4 in) Tejaswin Shankar November Coimbatore [42]

2016

Ciudad de
Fernando Pastoriza 23 July 1988
México

Argentina 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in)

11 May
Erasmo Jara Rosário
2002

12 April
Barbados 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Henderson Dottin El Paso
2008

27 June
Egypt 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Karim Samir Lotfy Eberstadt
2008

2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) [43]

Kenya Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe 31 July 2015 Nairobi
A

24 May
Mali 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Abdoulaye Diarra Tourcoing [44]
2015

30 May
Radu Tucan Chişinău
2008

Moldova 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in)

28 May
Andrei Mîţîcov Tiraspol
2016

8 August
Ghana 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) Awuku Boateng Kitchener
1996
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

6 March [45]
Portugal 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) i Paulo Conceição Pombal
2016

Chile 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Felipe Apablaza 3 June 2001 Cochabamba

Jordan 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Fakhredin Fouad 4 July 1991 Amman

Saint Kitts 17 April

2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Jermaine Francis Willemstad [46]
and Nevis 2017

26 April
Grenada 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Paul Caraballo Des Moines
1997

15 June
Saudi Arabia 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Nawaf Ahmad Al-Yami Salzburg
2013

2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Alexander Bowen Jr. 9 May 2015 Albany [47]

Panama

Cayman 13 May
2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) Omar Wright El Paso
Islands 2006

19 May [48]
Iraq 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) Hussein Al-Ibraheemi Baku
2017

17 April
Guyana 2.17 m (7 ft 1 1⁄4 in) Robert Bynoe George Town
1995

Trinidad and 25 June

2.17 m (7 ft 1 1⁄4 in) Kareem Roberts Port of Spain [49]
Tobago 2017
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

Karen Ardarian 14 July 1984

15 June
Gerasim Hayrapetian
Armenia 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) A 1985 Yerevan

15 October
Edik Mesropian
1985

United Arab 10 April

2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Sayed Abbas Al-Alaoui Doha
Emirates 2013

13
Andre Dermawan September Pekanbaru
2012
Indonesia 2.15 m (7 ft 0 1⁄2 in)

Rizky Ghusyafa 26 August [50]

Bukit Jalil
Pratama 2017

26 June
Andorra 2.14 m (7 ft 0 1⁄4 in) Estéve Martín Barcelona
1996

28 April
Liberia 2.14 m (7 ft 0 1⁄4 in) Jah Bennett Fresno
2007

Albania 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Muhamet Abazi 6 July 1988 Tirana

2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Sajib Hossain 5 May 2010 Dhaka [51]

Bangladesh

Angola 2.10 m (6 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Orlando Bonifácio 9 May 1982 Luanda

 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

24
Aruba 2.10 m (6 ft 10 1⁄ 2 in) Pierre de Windt September Breda
2006

12
Bolivia 2.10 m (6 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Claudio Pinto November La Paz
1989

Saint Vincent
11 April
and the 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Zimbert Bramble Pittsburg [52]
2015
Grenadines

Antonio Rahiman 5 April 2003 Suva

Fiji 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in)

Malakai Kaiwalu 8 July 2016 Suva [53]

19 May
Macau 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Wong Chi Wai Taoyuan [54]
2016

B. S.
Brunei 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Demingo Kapal 7 June 1992
Begawan

17 August
Belize 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Joel Wade Belize City
1997

Fethi Abdulmounem 27 August

Libya 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Amman
Aboud 2008

31 March
Suriname 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Miguel van Assen Nassau
2013
Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

28 April
Myanmar 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Htin Linn Kallang [55]
2016

Anguilla 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Theron Niles 6 July 2014 Basseterre

Nepal 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Surya Khatri 12 July 2015 Kathmandu [56]

29 May
Kosovo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Erydit Rysha Bar
2016

10 May
Kiribati 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) David Birati Cairns [57]
2015

21 January
Nicaragua 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Francisco Garth Managua [58]
2017

Umunyarwanda
25 May
Rwanda 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Rumenerangabo Beijing [59]
2017
Gasagara Armene

Guam 1.90 m (6 ft 2 3⁄4 in) Raffy Cartaciano 7 May 2002 Tumon

17 June
Malta 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Edward Calleja Marsa
1998

23 May
Comoros 1.85 m (6 ft 0 3⁄4 in) Mouhoussoine Soudjay Gagny
2015

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Mipham Yoezer Gurung 7 July 2016 Thimphu [60]

Bhutan
 Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref

Kinley Wangdy [60]

Women

Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

Stefka 30 August
Bulgaria 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Rome
Kostadinova 1987

4 February
Sweden 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) i Kajsa Bergqvist Arnstadt
2006

31 August
Croatia 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Blanka Vlašić Zagreb
2009

8 February
Germany 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) i Heike Henkel Karlsruhe
1992

Russia 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Anna Chicherova 22 July 2011 Cheboksary

31 August
South Africa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hestrie Cloete Paris
2003

15 September
Ukraine 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Inga Babakova Tokyo
1995

Belgium 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Tia Hellebaut 3 March 2007 Birmingham

United States 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Chaunte Lowe 26 June 2010 Des Moines
 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

9 September
Cuba 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Silvia Costa Barcelona
1989

Antonietta Di 9 February Banská

Italy 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) i
Martino 2011 Bystrica

Greece 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Niki Bakogianni 3 August 1996 Atlanta

23 January
Romania 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Monica Iagar Bucharest
1999

Spain 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Ruth Beitia 4 August 2007 San Sebastián

21 February
Poland 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) i Kamila Lićwinko Toruń [61]
2015

Kazakhstan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Olga Turchak 7 July 1986 Moscow

13 August
Norway 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Hanne Haugland Zürich
1997

Lithuania 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) i Airinė Palšytė 4 March 2017 Belgrade [62]

Yugoslavia 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Biljana Petrović 22 June 1990 Saint-Denis

Belarus 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Tatyana Shevchik 14 May 1993 Gomel

Czech
2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Zuzana Hlavoňová 5 June 2000 Prague
Republic
 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

14 August
Slovenia 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Britta Bilač Helsinki
1994

Hungary 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Dóra Győrffy 26 July 2001 Nyíregyháza

Lyudmila Butuzova 10 June 1984 Sochi

Uzbekistan 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Svetlana Radzivil 22 May 2008 Cottbus

Nadiya Dusanova 17 July 2008 Cottbus

2 September
Canada 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Debbie Brill Rieti
1984

12 February
Australia 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Alison Inverarity Ingolstadt
1989

Saint Lucia 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Levern Spencer 8 May 2010 Athens

United Katarina Johnson- 12 August

1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Rio de Janeiro [63]
Kingdom Thompson 2016

China 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Jin Ling 7 May 1989 Hamamatsu

Valentīna 30 March
Latvia 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Vilnius
Gotovska 1992

21 August
Austria 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Sigrid Kirchmann Stuttgart
1993
 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

5 September
Moldova 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Olga Bolşova Rieti
1993

Argentina 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Solange Witteveen 19 May 2001 Manaus

Dominican Juana Rosario 2 December

1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) San Salvador
Republic Arrendel 2002

5 February
Dortmund
2003

France 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) i Mélanie Melfort

18 February
Aubière
2007

Kyrgyzstan 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Tatyana Efimenko 11 July 2003 Rome

Mexico 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Romary Rifka 4 April 2004 Xalapa

Estonia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Anna Iljuštšenko 9 August 2011 Viljandi

15 September
Japan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Miki Imai Yokohama
2001

Belle Vue
Ivory Coast 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Lucienne N'Da 28 June 1992
Maurel

1 September
Ireland 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Deirdre Ryan Daegu
2011
 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

3 July 2008 Abuja

16 July 2011 Eberstadt [64]

Nigeria 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Doreen Amata

1 September [65]
Daegu
2011

Montenegro 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Marija Vuković 24 July 2016 Berane [66]

Israel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) i Danielle Frenkel 5 March 2011 Paris

Vietnam 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Bui Thi Nhung 4 May 2005 Bangkok

Bosnia and 15 August

1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Amra Temim Varaždin
Herzegovina 1987

16 September
Serbia 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Amra Temim Thessaloniki
1988

Denmark 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Pia Zinck 8 August 1997 Athens [67]

14 August
Netherlands 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Nadine Broersen Zürich [68]
2014

Colombia 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) Caterine Ibargüen 22 July 2005 Cali

Turkey 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in)[69] Candeğer Oğuz 16 May 2004 Istanbul

 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

13 March
1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) i Fayetteville [70]
2015
Cyprus Leontia Kallenou

1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) 15 May 2015 Starkville [71]

27 February
Barbados 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) i Akela Jones Ames [72]
2016

Finland 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) Linda Sandblom 25 June 2016 Kuortane [73]

11 August
Brazil 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Orlane dos Santos Bogotá
1989

Valentyna
Georgia 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) 27 June 2015 Berdychiv
Liashenko

Seychelles 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) A Lissa Labiche 9 May 2015 Potchefstroom [74]

Antigua and [75]

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Priscilla Frederick 22 July 2015 Toronto
Barbuda

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Yeung Man Wai 30 April 2017 Taipei City [76]
Hong Kong

24 January [77]
Nashville
2014
Saniel Atkinson
Bahamas 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) i
Grier
8 February [78]
Blacksburg
2014
Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

27 February
1.85 m (6 ft 0 3⁄4 in) i Clemson [79]
2014
Dominica Thea LaFond

1.85 m (6 ft 0 3⁄4 in) 3 April 2015 Gainesville [80]

Luxembourg 1.85 m (6 ft 0 3⁄4 in) Elodie Tshilumba 9 June 2017 Pierre-Benite [81]

19 March
Singapore 1.84 m (6 ft 0 1⁄4 in) Michelle Sng Laguna [82]
2015

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Laura Agront 2 June 1984 San Juan

Puerto Rico

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) A Alysbeth Félix 25 June 2016 Cali [83]

28 September [84]
Iran 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Sepideh Tavakkoli Incheon
2014

Besnet Moussad
Egypt 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 13 April 2016 Cairo
Mohamed

Uruguay 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Lorena Aires 25 June 2017 Luque [85]

13 December
Morocco 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄4 in) i Ghizlane Siba Manhattan [86]
2014

19 March
Malaysia 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Yap Sean Yee Kuala Lumpur [87]
2017

Ethiopia 1.80 m (5 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Brazzaville [88]

Ariyat Dibow 14 September
 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

Ubang 2015

1.80 m (5 ft 10 3⁄4 in) 11 March

Swaziland Erika Seyama Pretoria
A 2017

Indonesia 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Nadia Anggraini 28 April 2016 Singapore [89]

Odile [90]
Benin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 14 July 2017 Marseille
Ahouanwanou

Anguilla 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) i Shinelle Proctor 31 May 2014 Fayetteville [91]

West Long
6 June 2015
Branch
United States
1.75 m (5 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Wanetta Kirby
Virgin Islands

11 July 2015 New York City

11 August
Lebanon 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Carine Bitchakjin Jamhour
2000

20 December
Belize 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄4 in) i Katy Sealy London
2015

Sharyaane
Curaçao 1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in) 1 April 2013 Nassau [92]
Gijsbertha

17 December [93]
Doha
2011
Mariam Mohamed
Bahrain 1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in)
Al-Ansari

9 March 2013 Manama

 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

15 March
Muscat
2015

7 January Nogent-sur-
Guinea 1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in) i Fatoumata Balley [94]
2015 Oise

Takola Creque 21 May 1994 Road Town

British Virgin
1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Chantel Malone 29 June 2008 Road Town
Islands

Z’Niah Hutchinson 7 March 2016 Tortola [95]

Turks and
1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Sanadia Forbes 15 April 2017 Willemstad [96]
Caicos Islands

19 February
Malta 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Chloe Gambin Marsa
2011

10 March
Willemstad
2013
Suriname 1.60 m (5 ft 2 3⁄4 in) Deborah Galon

1 April 2013 Nassau [92]

27/31
Otricia Borkuah December Monrovia
2013
Liberia 1.60 m (5 ft 2 3⁄4 in)

24 February
Maya Neal Nashville
2017
 Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref

United Arab Alia Youssef Al- 15 March

1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Muscat
Emirates Hammadi 2015

Equatorial 25/27 October

1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄4 in) Bibiana Olama Malabo
Guinea 2012

Sarah Nasser Al- 15 March

Kuwait 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) Muscat
Sabea 2015

Buthayna Ayed Al-

Oman 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) 11 July 2013 Debrecen
Yacoobi

Bhutan 1.36 m (4 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Dawa Palden 8 July 2016 Thimphu [60]

American 20 February [97]

1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) Jordan Mageo Claremont
Samoa 2016

22 September
Afghanistan 1.11 m (3 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Asma Mohammadi Rjukan
2016