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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.
In July, she broke the world record in high jump by jumping 2.10 m at the Wanda Diamond League in Paris. The previous record (2.09 m) was one of the longest-standing on the books, set by Stefka Kostadinova at the 1987 World Championships. [98] On 24 October 2024, World Athletics officially ratified her world record. [99]
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.
Wearing her trademark blue-and-yellow eyeliner, Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh smashed a 37-year-old high jump world record earlier this week. The world and European champion is now ...
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 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
For the women's high jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 1.97 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
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.