High jump at the World Athletics Championships | |
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Overview | |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1983 – 2023 |
Championship record | |
Men | 2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko (2013) |
Women | 2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova (1987) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) |
Women | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) |
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. Aditionally, 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.
Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
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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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
– | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 19 | 23 | 16 | 58 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | Mark Boswell | Canada (CAN) | 1999–2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kyriakos Ioannou | Cyprus (CYP) | 2007–2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
7 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine (UKR) | 2019–2023 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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 | Yelena Yelesina | Soviet Union (URS) Russia (RUS) | 1991–1999 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Antonietta Di Martino | Italy (ITA) | 2007–2011 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
– | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
9 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
11 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
14 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
19 nations | 18 | 22 | 17 | 57 | |
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
Time | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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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 |
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