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.

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.

Age

All information from World Athletics.^[1]

Distinction	Male	Female
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

Medalists

Men

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)

Medal table


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
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

Multiple medalists

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
Kyriakos Ioannou	Cyprus (CYP)	2007–2009	0	1	1	2

Women

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)

Multiple medalists

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
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
Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine (UKR)	2019–2025	1	2	1	4
8	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983–1987	1	1	0	2
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

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	5	2	9
Ukraine (UKR)	2	5	2	9
3	Croatia (CRO)	2	2	0	4
4	Australia (AUS)	2	1	1	4
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	2	0	0	2
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	0	2
South Africa (RSA)	2	0	0	2
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	1	4
8	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
9	United States (USA)	1	1	2	4
10	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	0	2
11	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	3	4
12	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
13	Italy (ITA)	0	1	3	4
14	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
15	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
17	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
19 nations	20	23	18	61

Championship record progression

Men

Men's high jump World Championships record progression^[2]
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

Women

Women's high jump World Championships record progression^[3]
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
Ulrike Meyfarth	West Germany (FRG)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
1.99 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
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
Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987	Final	1987-08-30
2.04 m	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1987	Final	1987-08-30
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

Best performances

Top ten highest World Championship jumps¹

Highest men's jumps at the World Championships^[4]
Rank	Height(m)	Athlete	Nation	Year	Date
1	2.41 m	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	2013	2013-08-15
2	2.40 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	1993	1993-08-22
3	2.38 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	1987	1987-09-06
Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	1987	1987-09-06
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union	1987	1987-09-06
Charles Austin	United States	1991	1991-09-01
Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	2013	2013-08-15
Derek Drouin	Canada	2013	2013-08-15
9	2.37 m	Artur Partyka	Poland	1993	1993-08-22
Steve Smith	Great Britain	1993	1993-08-22
Troy Kemp	Bahamas	1995	1995-08-08
Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	1995	1995-08-08
Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	1997	1997-08-06
Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	1999	1999-08-23
Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	2019	2019-10-04
Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	2022	2022-07-18

Highest women's jumps at the World Championships^[5]
Rank	Height (m)	Athlete	Nation	Year	Date
1	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	1987	1987-08-30
2	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	2003	2003-08-31
3	2.05 m	Heike Henkel	Germany	1991	1991-08-31
Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	2007	2007-09-02
5	2.04 m	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	2009	2009-08-20
Mariya Lasitskene	Authorised Neutral Athletes	2019	2019-09-30
Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	2019	2019-09-30
8	2.03 m	Anna Chicherova	Russia	2007	2007-09-02
Antonietta Di Martino	Italy	2007	2007-09-02
Anna Chicherova	Russia	2011	2011-09-03
Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	2011	2011-09-03
Mariya Lasitskene	Authorised Neutral Athletes	2017	2017-08-12

¹Does not include ancillary marks

References

^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
^ Main > Men's High Jump > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
^ Main > Women's high jump > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
^ "Men's high jump".
^ "Women's high jump". Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

Bibliography

Butler, Mark (2023). World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book. World Athletics.

External links

Official World Athletics website

[1] "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.

[2] Main > Men's High Jump > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.

[3] Main > Women's high jump > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.

[alltime-athletics.com-4] "Men's high jump".

[alltime-athletics.women-5] "Women's high jump". Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

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Summary
Men	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025
Women	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025

v t e World Athletics Championships
Early editions	Malmö 1976 (one event only) Sittard 1980 (two events only)
Championships	Helsinki 1983 Rome 1987 Tokyo 1991 Stuttgart 1993 Gothenburg 1995 Athens 1997 Seville 1999 Edmonton 2001 Saint-Denis 2003 Helsinki 2005 Osaka 2007 Berlin 2009 Daegu 2011 Moscow 2013 Beijing 2015 London 2017 Doha 2019 Eugene 2022 Budapest 2023 Tokyo 2025 Beijing 2027
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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

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

Top ten highest World Championship jumps¹