2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates23 March
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Winning height1.97 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Nicola Olyslagers  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Eleanor Patterson  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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The women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 23 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event is contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The final took place on 23 March during the morning session.

Background

The women's high jump was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslava Mahuchikh  (UKR)2.10 Paris, France7 July 2024
Championship record [2] Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)2.05 Indianapolis, United States8 March 1987
World leading [3] Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslava Mahuchikh  (UKR)2.01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia18 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's high jump, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 1.97 m. [5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 12 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was held on 23 March, starting at 11:35 (UTC+8) in the morning. [6] [7]

RankAthleteNationality1.851.891.921.951.971.99ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Nicola Olyslagers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –ooooxxx1.97 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Eleanor Patterson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia –oxoooxxx1.97
Bronze medal icon.svg Yaroslava Mahuchikh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine –o–ox–xx1.95
4 Angelina Topić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia oooxox–xx1.95
5 Charity Hufnagel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States oooxxx1.92
6 Imke Onnen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxooxxx1.92
7 Elena Kulichenko Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus oxxoxxoxxx1.92
8 Idea Pieroni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy xoxoxxx1.89
9 Kateryna Tabashnyk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xoxxoxxx1.89
10 Vashti Cunningham Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States oxxx1.85

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump women", World Athletics . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Results High Jump Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – High jump women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Timetable | Nanjing 2025". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "High Jump Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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