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The women's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 18 August and 20 August 2009.. Reigning champion Blanka Vlašić had spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons largely unbeaten, but high-profile losses in the Olympic high jump final and the 2008 IAAF Golden League final spelled the end for her lengthy winning streak.
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 average viewing figures in Germany were 5 million with peaks of 9.9 and 8.6 million for the men's 100 metres final and the women's high jump, respectively. The average audience figures in France were 3.5–4 million, 2.5–3.5 million in the United Kingdom and 4–5 million in Japan. [12]
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.
At the meeting, two world records were broken in the women's high jump (by Yaroslava Mahuchikh) and women's 1500 m (by Faith Kipyegon). [1] [2]Other notable performances occurred in the men's 800 meters, where three athletes ran under the 1:42 barrier; France's Gabriel Tual (1:41.61), Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:41.58), who previously broke the 1:42 barrier at the 2024 Kenyan Olympic Trials ...
The high jump season included the surprise world record of Yaroslava Mahuchikh. Less than a month before this competition at the 2024 Meeting de Paris, held across town at the Stade Sébastien Charléty, Mahuchikh had already cleared 2.03 m to win the competition. A high jump competition only ends with three failures or a withdrawal.
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15 August. The Ethiopian team was particularly strong in the event, with two-time World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba , 5000 metres World Champion Meseret Defar , and African record holder Meselech Melkamu all vying for first place.
The men's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 19 August and 21 August 2009. The 2008 Olympic gold and silver medallists, Andrey Silnov and Germaine Mason , did not compete at the Championships and the reigning world champion, Donald Thomas had been in poor form that season.