Women's high jump world record progression
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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
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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][2] |
 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 (pending ratification) |
See also
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- Men's high jump world record progression
- Women's high jump all-time top 25: outdoor, indoor
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- Women's high jump Italian record progression
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 644–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
- ^ "Elizabeth Stine Breaks World's Record For High Jump On Englewood Field", The Record, May 28, 1923. Accessed August 1, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Elizabeth Stine created a new world's record for the women's high jump at the Englewood High school athletic field last Saturday afternoon when she cleared the bar at four feet ten and one-half inches. The former record was four feet, nine inches."