Women · World record

High Jump

The current record and its documented progression: 57 ratified records from 1922 to 2024.

Current record

2.10

Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKRParis · 7 Jul 2024

2 years standing0.01 m improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record

2.1001.460

19221941 · Pfenning 1.661959 · Balaş 1.841977 · Ackermann 1.972024 · Mahuchikh 2.10

Documented records

57 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372026638, imported 2 Sep 2026

Mark	Athlete	Nation	Venue	Date	Stood
2.10	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	UKR	Paris	7 Jul 2024	2 yrs
2.09	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	Rome	30 Aug 1987	36 yrs
2.08	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	Sofia	31 May 1986	1 yr
2.07	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	Sofia	25 May 1986	6 d
2.07	Lyudmila Andonova	BUL	East Berlin	20 Jul 1984	1 yr
2.05	Tamara Bykova	URS	Kiev	22 Jun 1984	28 d
2.04	Tamara Bykova	URS	Pisa	25 Aug 1983	302 d
2.03	Tamara Bykova	URS	London	21 Aug 1983	4 d
2.03	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	London	21 Aug 1983	0 d
2.02	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	Athens	8 Sep 1982	347 d
2.01	Sara Simeoni	ITA	Prague	31 Aug 1978	4 yrs
2.01	Sara Simeoni	ITA	Brescia	4 Aug 1978	27 d
2.00	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	West Berlin	26 Aug 1977	343 d
1.97	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	West Berlin	26 Aug 1977	0 d
1.97	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	Helsinki	14 Aug 1977	12 d
1.96	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	Dresden	3 Jul 1977	42 d
1.96	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	Dresden	8 May 1976	1 yr
1.95	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	Rome	8 Sep 1974	1 yr
1.94	Rosemarie Witschas	GDR	Berlin	24 Aug 1974	15 d
1.94	Yordanka Blagoeva	BUL	Zagreb	24 Sep 1972	1 yr
1.92	Ulrike Meyfarth	FRG	Munich	4 Sep 1972	20 d
1.92	Ilona Gusenbauer	AUT	Vienna	4 Sep 1971	1 yr
1.91	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Sofia	16 Jul 1961	10 yrs
1.90	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Budapest	8 Jul 1961	8 d
1.88	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Warsaw	18 Jun 1961	20 d
1.87	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	15 Apr 1961	64 d
1.86	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	10 Jul 1960	279 d
1.85	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	6 Jun 1960	34 d
1.84	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	21 Sep 1959	259 d
1.83	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	18 Oct 1958	338 d
1.82	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	4 Oct 1958	14 d
1.81	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Poiana Brasov	31 Jul 1958	65 d
1.80	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Cluj-Napoca	22 Jun 1958	39 d
1.78	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	7 Jun 1958	15 d
1.77	Zheng Fengrong	CHN	Beijing	17 Nov 1957	202 d
1.76	Iolanda Balaş	ROU	Bucharest	13 Oct 1957	35 d
1.76	Mildred McDaniel	USA	Melbourne	1 Dec 1956	316 d
1.75	Iolanda Balaș	ROU	Bucharest	14 Jul 1956	140 d
1.74	Thelma Hopkins	GBR	Belfast	5 May 1956	70 d
1.73	Aleksandra Chudina	URS	Kiev	22 May 1954	1 yr
1.72	Sheila Lerwill	GBR	London	7 Jul 1951	2 yrs
1.71	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Amsterdam	30 May 1943	8 yrs
1.66	Ilsebill Pfenning	SUI	Lugano	27 Jul 1941	1 yr
1.66	Esther van Heerden		Stellenbosch	29 Mar 1941	120 d
1.66	Dorothy Odam	GBR	Brentwood	29 May 1939	1 yr
1.65	Mildred Didrikson	USA	Los Angeles	7 Aug 1932	6 yrs
1.65	Jean Shiley	USA	Los Angeles	7 Aug 1932	0 d
1.62	Lien Gisolf	NED	Amsterdam	12 Jun 1932	56 d
1.605	Lien Gisolf	NED	Maastricht	18 Aug 1929	2 yrs
1.595	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	Amsterdam	5 Aug 1928	1 yr
1.58	Lien Gisolf	NED	Brussels	3 Jul 1928	33 d
1.58	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	Regina	6 Sep 1926	1 yr
1.552	Phyllis Green	GBR	London	2 Aug 1926	35 d
1.524	Phyllis Green	GBR	London	11 Jul 1925	1 yr
1.485	Sophie Eliott-Lynn	GBR	Brentwood	6 Aug 1923	1 yr
1.485	Elizabeth Stine	USA	Englewood, New Jersey	26 May 1923	72 d
1.46	Nancy Voorhees	USA	Simsbury	20 May 1922	1 yr

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and ^A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.