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A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Stefka Kostadinova's high jump world record of 2.08 m set on 31 May 1986. The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.
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.
The women's high jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 and 19 July 2022. [1] ... Championship record: World Leading
Video on YouTube Official video. These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy.There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday August 30, 1987.
The previous record of 2.09 was set by Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova in Rome in 1987. In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine's top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record Skip to main content
The women's world record has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972. [1] Ellery Clark was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Ethel Catherwood became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later.
Earlier this year, she upped her personal best to 2.02m (6-7.5), one of only 33 women in history to jump that high, and the second-best mark in the world in 2021.
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 m: Rome, Italy: 30 August 1987 Championship record: World Leading Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) 2.02 m: Lausanne, Switzerland: 29 June 2023 African Record Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06 m: Saint-Denis, France: 31 August 2003 Asian Record Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) 2.00 m