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References. Women's high jump world record progression. 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 Olympic records for the event are 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) for men, set by Charles Austin in 1996, and 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) for women, set by Yelena Slesarenko in 2004. Gerd Wessig is the only man to have set a world record in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in).
The Women's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 24 competitors, with two qualifying groups (24 jumpers) before the final (12) took place on Friday September 30, 1988. [1]
There were 17 athletes who made the final. The height of 1.93 proved to be the undoing for five of them, even though all of them had cleared 1.94 in qualifying the day earlier. Among the non-qualifiers were World indoor Champion Vashti Cunningham and European silver medalist Airinė Palšytė.
The women's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [ 1] Even though 32 athletes qualified through the qualification system for the Games, [ 2] only 31 took part in the competition. This was the 22nd appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since women's ...
McLaughlin-Levrone’s victory tightens her stranglehold on the 400 hurdles and bolsters her case as track and field’s most dominant athlete. She last lost a 400-meter hurdles race in July 2019 ...
The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the world record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump.
The women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Thursday, 28 September and Saturday, 30 September. [1] Medalists [ edit ]