High Jump - wikipedia High Jump For other uses, see High jump ( disambiguation ). Athletics High jump Yelena Slesarenko using the Fosbury Flop technique during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Men 's records World Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) ( 1993 ) Olympic Charles Austin 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) ( 1996 ) Women 's records World Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) ( 1987 ) Olympic Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) ( 2004 ) The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern most practised format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and use the Fosbury Flop method of jumping, leaping head first with their back to the bar. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form. The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events to feature on the Olympic athletics programme. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meetings. 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 current men 's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) set in 1993 -- the longest standing record in the history of the men 's high jump. Stefka Kostadinova ( Bulgaria ) has held the women 's world record at 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) since 1987, also the longest - held record in the event. Javier Sotomayor, the only human ever to have cleared 8 feet in high jump Contents 1 Rules 2 History 3 Technical aspects 3.1 The approach run 3.2 The take - off 4 Winner declaration 5 Training 5.1 Sprinting 5.2 Weight Lifting 5.3 Plyometrics 6 All - time top 25 athletes 6.1 Men ( absolute ) 6.1. 1 Notes 6.2 Women ( absolute ) 6.2. 1 Notes 7 Olympic medalists 7.1 Men 7.2 Women 8 World Championships medalists 8.1 Men 8.2 Women 9 World Indoor Championships medalists 9.1 Men 9.2 Women 10 Athletes with most medals 10.1 Men 10.2 Women 11 Season 's bests 11.1 Men 11.2 Women 12 Height differentials 12.1 Men 12.2 Women 13 Female two metres club 14 National records 14.1 Men 14.2 Women 15 See also 16 Notes and references 17 External links Rules Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop The rules for the high jump are set internationally by the International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF ). Jumpers must take off on one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the bar is dislodged by the action of the jumper whilst jumping or the jumper touches the ground or breaks the plane of the near edge of the bar before clearance. The technique one uses for the jump must be almost flawless in order to have a chance of clearing a high bar. Competitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass, at their own discretion. Most competitions state that three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the jumper from competition. The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final. Tie - breakers are used for any place in which scoring occurs. If two or more jumpers tie for one of these places, the tie - breakers are : 1 ) The fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred ; and 2 ) The fewest misses throughout the competition. If the event remains tied for first place ( or a limited advancement position to a subsequent meet ), the jumpers have a jump - off, beginning at the next greater height. Each jumper has one attempt. The bar is then alternately lowered and raised until only one jumper succeeds at a given height. History Konstantinos Tsiklitiras during the standing high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics The first recorded high jump event took place in Scotland in the 19th century. Early jumpers used either an elaborate straight - on approach or a scissors technique. In the later years, the bar was approached diagonally, and the jumper threw first the inside leg and then the other over the bar in a scissoring motion. Around the turn of the 20th century, techniques began to modernise, starting with the Irish - American Michael Sweeney 's Eastern cut - off. By taking off like the scissors, but extending his back and flattening out over the bar, Sweeney raised the world record to 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) in 1895. Another sliding over on his back and landing in a fashion which would likely have broken his neck in the old, sawdust landing pits. After he used this Fosbury flop to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal, the technique began to spread around the world, and soon floppers were dominating international high jump competitions. The last straddler to set a world record was Vladimir Yashchenko, who cleared 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) in 1977 and then 2.35 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) indoors in 1978. Among renowned high jumpers following Fosbury 's lead were Americans Dwight Stones and his rival, 1.73 metres ( 5 ft 8 in ) tall Franklin Jacobs of Paterson, NJ, who cleared 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ), 0.59 metres ( 1 ft 11 in ) over his head ( a feat equaled 27 years later by Sweden 's Stefan Holm ) ; Chinese record - setters Ni - chi Chin and Zhu Jianhua ; Germans Gerd Wessig and Dietmar Mögenburg ; Swedish Olympic medalist and former world record holder Patrik Sjöberg ; and female jumpers Iolanda Balaş of Romania, Ulrike Meyfarth of Germany and Italy 's Sara Simeoni. Technical aspects The approach run Spanish jumper Ruth Beitia approaching the bar from an angle The approach run of the high jump may actually be more important than the take - off. If a high jumper runs with bad timing or without enough aggression, clearing a high bar becomes more of a challenge. The approach requires a certain shape or curve, the right amount of speed, and the correct number of strides. The approach angle is also critical for optimal height. Most great straddle jumpers have a run at angles of about 30 to 40 degrees. The length of the run is determined by the speed of the person 's approach. A slower run requires about 8 strides. However, a faster high jumper might need about 13 strides. A greater run speed allows a greater part of the body 's forward momentum to be converted upward. The J type approach, favored by Fosbury floppers, allows for horizontal speed, the ability to turn in the air ( centripetal force ), and good take - off position. This allows for horizontal momentum to turn into vertical momentum, propelling the jumper off the ground and over the bar. The approach should be a hard controlled stride so that a person does not fall from creating an angle with speed. Athletes should run tall and lean on the curve, from the ankles and not the hips. This allows the correct angle to force their hips to rotate during take - off, which allows their center of gravity to pass under the bar. The take - off Unlike the classic straddle technique, where the take - off foot is `` planted '' in the same spot at every height, flop - style jumpers must adjust their take - off as the bar is raised. Their approach run must be adjusted slightly so that their take - off spot is slightly further out from the bar in order to allow their hips to clear the bar while still maintaining enough momentum to carry their legs across the bar. Jumpers attempting to reach record heights commonly fail when most of their energy is directed into the vertical effort, and they brush the bar off the standards with the backs of their legs as they stall out in mid-air. An effective approach shape can be derived from physics. For example, the rate of backward spin required as the jumper crosses the bar to facilitate shoulder clearance on the way up and foot clearance on the way down can be determined by computer simulation. This rotation rate can be back - calculated to determine the required angle of lean away from the bar at plant, based on how long the jumper is on the take - off foot. This information, together with the jumper 's speed in the curve, can be used to calculate the radius of the curved part of the approach. This is a lot of work and requires measurements of running speed and time of take - off foot on the ground. However, one can work in the opposite direction by assuming an approach radius and watching the resulting backward rotation. This only works if some basic rules are followed in how one executes the approach and take - off. Drills can be practiced to solidify the approach. One drill is to run in a straight line ( the linear part of the approach ) and then run two to three circles spiraling into one another. Another is to run or skip a circle of any size, two to three times in a row. It is important to train to leap upwards without first leaning into the bar, allowing the momentum of the J approach to carry the body across the bar. Winner declaration In competition the winner is the person who cleared the highest height. In case of a tie, fewer failed attempts at that height are better : i.e., the jumper who makes a height on his or her first attempt is placed ahead of someone who clears the same height on the second or third attempt. If there still is a tie, all the failed attempts at lower heights are added up, and the one with the fewest total misses is declared the winner. If still tied, a playoff is held. Starting height is the next higher height after the overjumped one. If all the competitors clear the height, the bar is raised 2 cm ( 0.79 in ), and if they fail, the bar is lowered 2 cm. That continues until only one competitor succeeds in overjumping that height, and he or she is declared the winner. In the table below, dashes indicate that a height was not attempted, crosses indicate failed attempts, and circles indicate a cleared height. Jumpers A and D cleared 1.99 m but failed at 2.01 m. A wins this competition having cleared the winning height with two attempts, while jumper D required three attempts. Similarly, B is ranked ahead of C, having cleared the decisive height ( i.e., 1.97 m ) in the first attempt. Athlete 1.91 m 1.93 m 1.95 m 1.97 m 1.99 m 2.01 m Height Rank - - XO XO XO XXX 1.99 1st O - O O XXX 1.97 3rd O - XO XO X -- XX 1.97 4th - XO O XXO XXO XXX 1.99 2nd - O - XXX 1.93 5th Training In high jump, it helps if the athlete is tall, has long legs, and limited weight on their body. They must have a strong lower body and flexibility helps a lot as well. High jumpers tend to go through very vigorous training methods to achieve this ideal body frame. Sprinting High jumpers must have a fast approach so it is crucial to work on speed and also speed endurance. Lots of high jump competitions may take hours and athletes must make sure they have the endurance to last the entire competition. Common sprint endurance workouts for high jumpers include 200 -, 400 -, and 800 - meter training. Other speed endurance training methods such as hill training or a ladder workout may also be used. Weight lifting It is crucial for high jumpers to have strong lower bodies and cores, as the bar progressively gets higher, the strength of an athlete 's legs ( along with speed and technique ) will help propel them over the bar. Squats, deadlifts, and core exercises will help a high jumper achieve these goals. It is important, however, for a high jumper to keep a slim figure as any unnecessary weight makes it difficult to jump higher. Plyometrics Arguably the most important training for a high jumper is plyometric training. Because high jump is such a technical event, any mistake in the technique could either lead to failure, injury, or both. To prevent these from happening, high jumpers tend to focus heavily on plyometrics. This includes hurdle jumps, flexibility training, skips, or scissor kick training. Plyometric workouts tend to be performed at the beginning of the workout. All - time top 25 athletes See also : Men 's high jump world record progression, Women 's high jump world record progression, and Men 's high jump indoor world record progression As of February 2017. Men ( absolute ) Rank Mark Athlete Date Place Ref 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) 27 July 1993 Salamanca 2.43 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) 5 September 2014 Brussels 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) 30 June 1987 Stockholm Carlo Thränhardt ( FRG ) 26 February 1988 Berlin ( indoor ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) 25 February 2014 Prague ( indoor ) Bohdan Bondarenko ( UKR ) 14 June 2014 New York City 7 2.41 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Igor Paklin ( URS ) 4 September 1985 Kobe 8 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Rudolf Povarnitsyn ( URS ) 11 August 1985 Donetsk Sorin Matei ( ROM ) 20 June 1990 Bratislava Hollis Conway ( USA ) 10 March 1991 Seville ( indoor ) Charles Austin ( USA ) 7 August 1991 Zürich Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) 5 August 2000 London Stefan Holm ( SWE ) 6 March 2005 Madrid ( indoor ) Aleksey Dmitrik ( RUS ) 8 February 2014 Arnstadt ( indoor ) Derek Drouin ( CAN ) 25 April 2014 Des Moines Andriy Protsenko ( UKR ) 3 July 2014 Lausanne 17 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) 10 June 1984 Eberstadt Dietmar Mögenburg ( FRG ) 24 February 1985 Cologne ( indoor ) Ralf Sonn ( GER ) 1 March 1991 Berlin ( indoor ) Gianmarco Tamberi ( ITA ) 15 July 2016 Fontvieille 21 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Hennadiy Avdyeyenko ( URS ) 6 September 1987 Rome Sergey Malchenko ( URS ) 4 September 1988 Banska Bystrica Dragutin Topić ( SCG ) 1 August 1993 Beograd Steve Smith ( GBR ) 4 February 1994 Wuppertal ( indoor ) Wolf - Hendrik Beyer ( GER ) 10 March 1994 Weinheim ( indoor ) Troy Kemp ( BAH ) 12 July 1995 Nice Artur Partyka ( POL ) 18 August 1996 Eberstadt Matt Hemingway ( USA ) 4 March 2000 Atlanta ( indoor ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) 15 February 2005 Stockholm ( indoor ) Jacques Freitag ( RSA ) 5 March 2005 Oudtshoorn Andriy Sokolovskyy ( UKR ) 8 July 2005 Rome Andrey Silnov ( RUS ) 25 July 2005 London Linus Thornblad ( SWE ) 25 February 2007 Gothenburg ( indoor ) Zhang Guowei ( CHN ) 30 May 2015 Eugene Danil Lysenko ( RUS ) 27 August 2017 Eberstadt Notes Below is a list of jumps equal or superior to 2.40 m : Javier Sotomayor also jumped 2.44 m ( 1989 ), 2.43 m ( 1988, 1989 ), 2.42 m ( 1994 ), 2.41 m ( 1993 ), 2.40 m ( 1991, 1994, 1995 ). Mutaz Essa Barshim also jumped 2.42 m ( 2014 ) and 2.40 m ( 2014, 2016, 2017 ). Ivan Ukhov also jumped 2.41 m ( 2014 ) and 2.40 m ( 2009, 2014 ). Bohdan Bondarenko also jumped 2.41 m ( 2013 ) and 2.40 m ( 2009 ). Patrik Sjöberg also jumped 2.41 m ( 1987 ) and 2.40 m ( 1989 ). Carlo Thränhardt also jumped 2.40 m ( 1987 ). Women ( absolute ) Rank Mark Athlete Date Venue Ref 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) 30 August 1987 Rome 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) 6 February 2006 Arnstadt ( indoor ) Blanka Vlasic ( CRO ) 31 August 2009 Zagreb 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Lyudmila Andonova ( BUL ) 20 July 1984 Berlin Heike Henkel ( GER ) 8 February 1992 Karlsruhe ( indoor ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) 22 July 2011 Cheboksary 7 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) 31 August 2003 Paris Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) 28 August 2004 Athens Ariane Friedrich ( GER ) 14 June 2009 Berlin Mariya Lasitskene ( RUS ) 6 July 2017 Lausanne 11 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Tamara Bykova ( URS ) 22 June 1984 Kiev Inha Babakova ( UKR ) 15 September 1995 Tokyo Tia Hellebaut ( BEL ) 23 August 2008 Beijing Chaunté Lowe ( USA ) 26 June 2010 Des Moines 15 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Silvia Costa ( CUB ) 9 September 1989 Barcelona Alina Astafei ( GER ) 3 March 1995 Berlin ( indoor ) Venelina Veneva - Mateeva ( BUL ) 2 June 2002 Kalamata Antonietta Di Martino ( ITA ) 9 February 2011 Banská Bystrica ( indoor ) Irina Gordeeva ( RUS ) 19 August 2012 Eberstadt Brigetta Barrett ( USA ) 22 June 2013 Des Moines 21 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) 21 August 1983 London Louise Ritter ( USA ) 8 July 1988 Austin Tatyana Motkova ( RUS ) 30 May 1995 Bratislava Niki Bakoyianni ( GRE ) 3 August 1996 Atlanta Monica Iagar ( ROU ) 23 January 1999 Bucharest ( indoor ) Marina Kuptsova ( RUS ) 2 March 2002 Vienna ( indoor ) Svetlana Shkolina ( RUS ) 11 August 2012 London Notes Below is a list of jumps equal or superior to 2.05 m : Stefka Kostadinova also jumped 2.08 m ( 1986 ), 2.07 m ( 1986, 1987, 1988 ), 2.06 m ( 1985, 1986, 1987 ), 2.05 m ( 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1996 ). Blanka Vlašić also jumped 2.07 m ( 2007 ) and 2.06 m ( 2007, 2008, 2010 ), 2.05 m ( 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 ). Anna Chicherova also jumped 2.06 m ( 2012 ), 2.05 m ( 2011, 2012 ). Kajsa Bergqvist also jumped 2.05 ( 2002, 2006 ). Hestrie Cloete also jumped 2.05 ( 2003 ). Mariya Lasitskene also jumped 2.05 ( 2017 ). Olympic medalists Men Games Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens details Ellery Clark ( USA ) James Connolly ( USA ) none awarded Robert Garrett ( USA ) 1900 Paris details Irving Baxter ( USA ) Patrick Leahy ( GBR ) Lajos Gönczy ( HUN ) 1904 St. Louis details Samuel Jones ( USA ) Garrett Serviss ( USA ) Paul Weinstein ( GER ) 1908 London details Harry Porter ( USA ) Géo André ( FRA ) none awarded Con Leahy ( GBR ) István Somodi ( HUN ) 1912 Stockholm details Alma Richards ( USA ) Hans Liesche ( GER ) George Horine ( USA ) 1920 Antwerp details Richmond Landon ( USA ) Harold Muller ( USA ) Bo Ekelund ( SWE ) 1924 Paris details Harold Osborn ( USA ) Leroy Brown ( USA ) Pierre Lewden ( FRA ) 1928 Amsterdam details Bob King ( USA ) Benjamin Hedges ( USA ) Claude Ménard ( FRA ) 1932 Los Angeles details Duncan McNaughton ( CAN ) Bob Van Osdel ( USA ) Simeon Toribio ( PHI ) 1936 Berlin details Cornelius Johnson ( USA ) Dave Albritton ( USA ) Delos Thurber ( USA ) 1948 London details John Winter ( AUS ) Bjørn Paulson ( NOR ) George Stanich ( USA ) 1952 Helsinki details Walt Davis ( USA ) Ken Wiesner ( USA ) José da Conceição ( BRA ) 1956 Melbourne details Charles Dumas ( USA ) Chilla Porter ( AUS ) Igor Kashkarov ( URS ) 1960 Rome details Robert Shavlakadze ( URS ) Valeriy Brumel ( URS ) John Thomas ( USA ) 1964 Tokyo details Valeriy Brumel ( URS ) John Thomas ( USA ) John Rambo ( USA ) 1968 Mexico City details Dick Fosbury ( USA ) Ed Caruthers ( USA ) Valentin Gavrilov ( URS ) 1972 Munich details Jüri Tarmak ( URS ) Stefan Junge ( GDR ) Dwight Stones ( USA ) 1976 Montreal details Jacek Wszoła ( POL ) Greg Joy ( CAN ) Dwight Stones ( USA ) 1980 Moscow details Gerd Wessig ( GDR ) Jacek Wszoła ( POL ) Jörg Freimuth ( GDR ) 1984 Los Angeles details Dietmar Mögenburg ( FRG ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) 1988 Seoul details Hennadiy Avdyeyenko ( URS ) Hollis Conway ( USA ) Rudolf Povarnitsyn ( URS ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) 1992 Barcelona details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Hollis Conway ( USA ) Tim Forsyth ( AUS ) Artur Partyka ( POL ) 1996 Atlanta details Charles Austin ( USA ) Artur Partyka ( POL ) Steve Smith ( GBR ) 2000 Sydney details Sergey Klyugin ( RUS ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Abderahmane Hammad ( ALG ) 2004 Athens details Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Matt Hemingway ( USA ) Jaroslav Bába ( CZE ) 2008 Beijing details Andrey Silnov ( RUS ) Germaine Mason ( GBR ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) 2012 London details Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Erik Kynard ( USA ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Derek Drouin ( CAN ) Robert Grabarz ( GBR ) 2016 Rio de Janeiro details Derek Drouin ( CAN ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Bohdan Bondarenko ( UKR ) Women Games Gold Silver Bronze 1928 Amsterdam details Ethel Catherwood ( CAN ) Lien Gisolf ( NED ) Mildred Wiley ( USA ) 1932 Los Angeles details Jean Shiley ( USA ) Babe Didrikson ( USA ) Eva Dawes ( CAN ) 1936 Berlin details Ibolya Csák ( HUN ) Dorothy Odam ( GBR ) Elfriede Kaun ( GER ) 1948 London details Alice Coachman ( USA ) Dorothy Tyler ( GBR ) Micheline Ostermeyer ( FRA ) 1952 Helsinki details Esther Brand ( RSA ) Sheile Lerwill ( GBR ) Aleksandra Chudina ( URS ) 1956 Melbourne details Mildred McDaniel ( USA ) Thelma Hopkins ( GBR ) none awarded Mariya Pisareva ( URS ) 1960 Rome details Iolanda Balaş ( ROU ) Jarosława Jóźwiakowska ( POL ) none awarded Dorothy Shirley ( GBR ) 1964 Tokyo details Iolanda Balaş ( ROU ) Michele Brown ( AUS ) Taisia Chenchik ( URS ) 1968 Mexico City details Miloslava Rezková ( TCH ) Antonina Okorokova ( URS ) Valentina Kozyr ( URS ) 1972 Munich details Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) Yordanka Blagoeva ( BUL ) Ilona Gusenbauer ( AUT ) 1976 Montreal details Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) Sara Simeoni ( ITA ) Yordanka Blagoeva ( BUL ) 1980 Moscow details Sara Simeoni ( ITA ) Urszula Kielan ( POL ) Jutta Kirst ( GDR ) 1984 Los Angeles details Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) Sara Simeoni ( ITA ) Joni Huntley ( USA ) 1988 Seoul details Louise Ritter ( USA ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Tamara Bykova ( URS ) 1992 Barcelona details Heike Henkel ( GER ) Alina Astafei ( ROU ) Ioamnet Quintero ( CUB ) 1996 Atlanta details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Niki Bakoyianni ( GRE ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) 2000 Sydney details Yelena Yelesina ( RUS ) Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Oana Pantelimon ( ROU ) 2004 Athens details Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) Vita Styopina ( UKR ) 2008 Beijing details Tia Hellebaut ( BEL ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Chaunté Howard ( USA ) 2012 London details Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Brigetta Barrett ( USA ) Svetlana Shkolina ( RUS ) 2016 Rio de Janeiro details Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) Mirela Demireva ( BUL ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) World Championships medalists Men Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1983 Helsinki details Hennadiy Avdyeyenko ( URS ) Tyke Peacock ( USA ) Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) 1987 Rome details Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Hennadiy Avdyeyenko ( URS ) Igor Paklin ( URS ) none awarded 1991 Tokyo details Charles Austin ( USA ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Hollis Conway ( USA ) 1993 Stuttgart details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Artur Partyka ( POL ) Steve Smith ( GBR ) 1995 Gothenburg details Troy Kemp ( BAH ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Artur Partyka ( POL ) 1997 Athens details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Artur Partyka ( POL ) Tim Forsyth ( AUS ) 1999 Seville details Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) Mark Boswell ( CAN ) Martin Buß ( GER ) 2001 Edmonton details Martin Buß ( GER ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) none awarded 2003 Saint - Denis details Jacques Freitag ( RSA ) Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Mark Boswell ( CAN ) 2005 Helsinki details Yuriy Krymarenko ( UKR ) Víctor Moya ( CUB ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) none awarded 2007 Osaka details Donald Thomas ( BAH ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Kyriakos Ioannou ( CYP ) 2009 Berlin details Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Kyriakos Ioannou ( CYP ) Sylwester Bednarek ( POL ) Raúl Spank ( GER ) 2011 Daegu details Jesse Williams ( USA ) Aleksey Dmitrik ( RUS ) Trevor Barry ( BAH ) 2013 Moscow details Bohdan Bondarenko ( UKR ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Derek Drouin ( CAN ) 2015 Beijing details Derek Drouin ( CAN ) Bohdan Bondarenko ( UKR ) Zhang Guowei ( CHN ) none awarded 2017 London details Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Danil Lysenko ( ANA ) Majededdin Ghazal ( SYR ) Women Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1983 Helsinki details Tamara Bykova ( URS ) Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) Louise Ritter ( USA ) 1987 Rome details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Tamara Bykova ( URS ) Susanne Beyer ( GDR ) 1991 Tokyo details Heike Henkel ( GER ) Yelena Yelesina ( URS ) Inha Babakova ( URS ) 1993 Stuttgart details Ioamnet Quintero ( CUB ) Silvia Costa ( CUB ) Sigrid Kirchmann ( AUT ) 1995 Gothenburg details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Alina Astafei ( GER ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) 1997 Athens details Hanne Haugland ( NOR ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) Olga Kaliturina ( RUS ) none awarded 1999 Seville details Inha Babakova ( UKR ) Yelena Yelesina ( RUS ) Svetlana Lapina ( RUS ) 2001 Edmonton details Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) 2003 Saint - Denis details Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) Marina Kuptsova ( RUS ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) 2005 Helsinki details Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Chaunté Howard ( USA ) Emma Green ( SWE ) 2007 Osaka details Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Antonietta Di Martino ( ITA ) none awarded 2009 Berlin details Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Ariane Friedrich ( GER ) 2011 Daegu details Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Antonietta Di Martino ( ITA ) 2013 Moscow details Svetlana Shkolina ( RUS ) Brigetta Barrett ( USA ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) 2015 Beijing details Mariya Kuchina ( RUS ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) 2017 London details Mariya Lasitskene ( ANA ) Yuliya Levchenko ( UKR ) Kamila Lićwinko ( POL ) World Indoor Championships medalists Men Games Gold Silver Bronze 1985 Paris Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Othmane Belfaa ( ALG ) 1987 Indianapolis details Igor Paklin ( URS ) Hennadiy Avdyeyenko ( URS ) Ján Zvara ( TCH ) 1989 Budapest details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Dietmar Mögenburg ( FRG ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) 1991 Seville details Hollis Conway ( USA ) Artur Partyka ( POL ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Aleksey Yemelin ( URS ) 1993 Toronto details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Steve Smith ( GBR ) 1995 Barcelona details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Labros Papakostas ( GRE ) Tony Barton ( USA ) 1997 Paris details Charles Austin ( USA ) Labros Papakostas ( GRE ) Dragutin Topić ( FRY ) 1999 Maebashi details Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) Charles Austin ( USA ) 2001 Lisbon details Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Andriy Sokolovskyy ( UKR ) Staffan Strand ( SWE ) 2003 Birmingham details Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Henadz Maroz ( BLR ) 2004 Budapest details Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Ștefan Vasilache ( ROU ) Germaine Mason ( JAM ) Jaroslav Bába ( CZE ) 2006 Moscow details Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Andrey Tereshin ( RUS ) Linus Thörnblad ( SWE ) 2008 Valencia details Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Kyriakos Ioannou ( CYP ) Andra Manson ( USA ) 2010 Doha details Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Dusty Jonas ( USA ) 2012 Istanbul details Dimitrios Chondrokoukis ( GRE ) Andrey Silnov ( RUS ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) 2014 Sopot details Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Andriy Protsenko ( UKR ) 2016 Portland details Gianmarco Tamberi ( ITA ) Robert Grabarz ( GBR ) Erik Kynard ( USA ) Women Games Gold Silver Bronze 1985 Paris Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Susanne Lorentzon ( SWE ) Debbie Brill ( CAN ) Danuta Bułkowska ( POL ) Silvia Costa ( CUB ) 1987 Indianapolis details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Susanne Beyer ( GDR ) Emilia Dragieva ( BUL ) 1989 Budapest details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Tamara Bykova ( URS ) Heike Redetzky ( FRG ) 1991 Seville details Heike Henkel ( GER ) Tamara Bykova ( URS ) Heike Balck ( GER ) 1993 Toronto details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Heike Henkel ( GER ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) 1995 Barcelona details Alina Astafei ( GER ) Britta Bilač ( SLO ) Heike Henkel ( GER ) 1997 Paris details Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) Hanne Haugland ( NOR ) 1999 Maebashi details Khristina Kalcheva ( BUL ) Zuzana Hlavoňová ( CZE ) Tisha Waller ( USA ) 2001 Lisbon details Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Inha Babakova ( UKR ) Venelina Veneva ( BUL ) 2003 Birmingham details Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Yelena Yelesina ( RUS ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) 2004 Budapest details Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) 2006 Moscow details Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) 2008 Valencia details Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) Vita Palamar ( UKR ) 2010 Doha details Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) Chaunté Lowe ( USA ) 2012 Istanbul details Chaunté Lowe ( USA ) Antonietta Di Martino ( ITA ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Ebba Jungmark ( SWE ) none awarded 2014 Sopot details Mariya Kuchina ( RUS ) Kamila Lićwinko ( POL ) none awarded Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) 2016 Portland details Vashti Cunningham ( USA ) Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) Kamila Lićwinko ( POL ) Known as the World Indoor Games Athletes with most medals Athletes who have won multiple titles at the two most important competitions, the Olympic Games and the World Championships : 3 wins : Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1993 & 1997 3 wins : Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1987 & 1995 2 wins : Gennadiy Avdeyenko ( URS ) - Olympic Champion in 1988, World Champion in 1983 2 wins : Charles Austin ( USA ) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1991 2 wins : Iolanda Balas ( ROM ) - Olympic Champion in 1960 & 1964 2 wins : Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) - Olympic Champion in 1972 & 1984 2 wins : Heike Henkel ( GER ) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1991 2 wins : Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) - World Champion in 2001 & 2003 2 wins : Blanka Vlasic ( CRO ) - World Champion in 2007 & 2009 2 wins : Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) - Olympic Champion in 2012, World Champion in 2011 2 wins : Mariya Lasitskene ( RUS ) - World Champion in 2015 & 2017 Kostadinova and Sotomayor are the only high jumpers to have been Olympic Champion, World Champion and broken the world record. Men Athlete Olympic Games World Championships World Indoor Championships Continental Championships Continental Indoor Championships Universiade Regional Games Mediterranean Pan American Asian Total Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 13 Dietmar Mögenburg ( FRG ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 - - - 7 Stefan Holm ( SWE ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 7 Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 6 Lee Jin - Taek ( KOR ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 6 Igor Paklin ( URS ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Valeriy Brumel ( URS ) 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charles Austin ( USA ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 8 Dragutin Topić ( SRB ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vladimir Yashchenko ( URS ) 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Gennadiy Avdeyenko ( URS ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Hollis Conway ( USA ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0 Women Athlete Olympic Games World Championships World Indoor Championships Continental Championships Continental Indoor Championships Universiade Regional Games Mediterranean Pan American Commonwealth Total Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 13 0 Sara Simeoni ( ITA ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Heike Henkel ( FRG ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 6 Iolanda Balaş ( ROM ) 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 6 0 Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 5 0 Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 5 Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 5 0 Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Tamara Bykova ( URS ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Alina Astafei ( Romania & Germany ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Mariya Lasitskene ( RUS ) - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 Tia Hellebaut ( BEL ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Antonietta Di Martino ( ITA ) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 's bests Men Year Height Athlete Venue 1970 1971 2.29 m ( 7 ft 6 in ) Pat Matzdorf ( USA ) Berkeley 1972 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Jüri Tarmak ( URS ) Moscow 1973 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Dwight Stones ( USA ) Munich 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Dwight Stones ( USA ) Oslo 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Dwight Stones ( USA ) New York 1976 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Dwight Stones ( USA ) Philadelphia 1977 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Vladimir Yashchenko ( URS ) Richmond 1978 2.35 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Vladimir Yashchenko ( URS ) Milano 1979 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Dietmar Mögenburg ( FRG ) Ottawa 1980 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Gerd Wessig ( GDR ) Moscow 1981 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Aleksey Demyanyuk ( URS ) Leningrad 1982 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) Delhi 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) Shanghai 1984 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) Zhu Jianhua ( CHN ) Eberstadt 1985 2.41 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Igor Paklin ( URS ) Kobe 1986 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Igor Paklin ( URS ) Rieti 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Stockholm 1988 2.43 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Salamanca 1989 2.44 m ( 8 ft 0 in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) San Juan 1990 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Sorin Matei ( ROM ) Bratislava 1991 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Charles Austin ( USA ) Hollis Conway ( USA ) Saint - Denis Zürich Sevilla 1992 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Patrik Sjöberg ( SWE ) Genova 1993 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Salamanca 1994 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Seville 1995 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Mar del Plata 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) Charles Austin ( USA ) Atlanta 1997 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Athens 1998 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor ( CUB ) Maracaibo 1999 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) Seville 2000 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) London 2001 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Vyacheslav Voronin ( RUS ) Eberstadt 2002 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Jacques Freitag ( RSA ) Durban 2003 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Aleksander Walerianczyk ( POL ) Bydgoszcz 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Stockholm 2005 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Stefan Holm ( SWE ) Madrid 2006 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Andrey Silnov ( RUS ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Monaco Arnstadt ; Moscow Arnstadt 2007 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) ( i ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Moscow 2008 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Andrey Silnov ( RUS ) Yaroslav Rybakov ( RUS ) London Moscow 2009 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Pireás 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Banská Bystrica 2011 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Hustopece ; Banská Bystrica ; Paris - Bercy 2012 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) Ivan Ukhov ( RUS ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Cheboksary Lausanne 2013 2.41 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Bohdan Bondarenko ( UKR ) Lausanne 2014 2.43 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Bruxelles 2015 2.41 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Athlone ; Eugene 2016 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Opole 2017 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Mutaz Essa Barshim ( QAT ) Birmingham Women Year Height Athlete Venue 1970 1.87 m ( 6 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Antonina Lazareva ( URS ) Kiev 1971 1.92 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Ilona Gusenbauer ( AUT ) Vienna 1972 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Yordanka Blagoeva ( BUL ) Zagreb 1973 1.92 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Yordanka Blagoeva ( BUL ) Warsaw 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) Rome 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) Nice 1976 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) Dresden 1977 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) Berlin 1978 2.01 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) Sara Simeoni ( ITA ) Brescia 1979 1.99 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Rosemarie Ackermann ( GDR ) Turin 1980 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Sara Simeoni ( ITA ) Turin 1981 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Pam Spencer ( USA ) Brussels 1982 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Ulrike Meyfarth ( FRG ) Athens 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Tamara Bykova ( URS ) Pisa ; Budapest 1984 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Lyudmila Andonova ( BUL ) Berlin 1985 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Moscow 1986 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Sofia 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Rome 1988 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Sofia 1989 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Silvia Costa ( CUB ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Barcelona ; Pireás 1990 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Yelena Yelesina ( URS ) Seattle 1991 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Heike Henkel ( GER ) Tokyo 1992 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Heike Henkel ( GER ) Karlsruhe 1993 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Fukuoka 1994 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Alina Astafei ( GER ) Berlin 1995 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Inga Babakova ( UKR ) Tokyo 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Atlanta 1997 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova ( BUL ) Inga Babakova ( UKR ) Osaka ; Paris - Bercy Fukuoka 1998 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Venelina Veneva ( BUL ) Kalamata 1999 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) Monaco 2000 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Monica Iagăr ( ROM ) Villeneuve d'Ascq 2001 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Venelina Veneva ( BUL ) Kalamáta 2002 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Poznań 2003 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Hestrie Cloete ( RSA ) Eberstadt Saint - Denis 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Yelena Slesarenko ( RUS ) Athens 2005 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Sheffield 2006 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) ( i ) Kajsa Bergqvist ( SWE ) Arnstadt 2007 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Stockholm 2008 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Istanbul Madrid 2009 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Zagreb 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) ( i ) Blanka Vlašić ( CRO ) Arnstadt 2011 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Cheboksary 2012 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) ( i ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Arnstadt 2013 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Brigetta Barrett ( USA ) Des Moines 2014 2.01 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) Maria Kuchina ( RUS ) ( i ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Ruth Beitia ( ESP ) Stockholm Eugene Zurich 2015 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Anna Chicherova ( RUS ) Lausanne 2016 2.01 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) Chaunté Lowe ( USA ) Eugene 2017 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Mariya Lasitskene ( RUS ) Lausanne `` i '' indicates indoor performance. Height differentials All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height. Men Rank Differential Athlete Height Mark 0.59 m ( 1 ft 11 in ) Stefan Holm 1.81 m ( 5 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Franklin Jacobs 1.73 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) 0.58 m ( 1 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Linus Thörnblad 1.80 m ( 5 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Anton Riepl 1.75 m ( 5 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Rick Noji 1.73 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 6 0.57 m ( 1 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Hollis Conway 1.83 m ( 6 ft 0 in ) 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) 7 0.56 m ( 1 ft 10 in ) Takahiro Kimino 1.76 m ( 5 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Charles Austin 1.84 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Sorin Matei 1.84 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) 10 0.55 m ( 1 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Robert Wolski 1.84 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Hari Shankar Roy 1.70 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Marcello Benvenuti 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Milton Ottey 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Women Rank Differential Athlete Height Mark 0.35 m ( 1 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Antonietta Di Martino 1.69 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) 0.35 m ( 1 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Inika McPherson 1.65 m ( 5 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 0.33 m ( 1 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Kajsa Bergqvist 1.75 m ( 5 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Niki Bakoyianni 1.70 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) 5 0.32 m ( 1 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Yolanda Henry 1.68 m ( 5 ft 6 in ) 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Emilia Dragieva 1.68 m ( 5 ft 6 in ) 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 7 0.31 m ( 1 ft 0 in ) Marie Collonvillé 1.63 m ( 5 ft 4 in ) 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) 8 0.30 m ( 0 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Jessica Ennis 1.65 m ( 5 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Viktoriya Seryogina 1.70 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Antonella Bevilacqua 1.69 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) 1.99 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Lyudmila Andonova 1.77 m ( 5 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Cindy Holmes 1.53 m ( 5 ft 0 in ) 1.83 m ( 6 ft 0 in ) Female two metres club As of August 2017, 67 different female athletes had ever been able to jump 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ). # Nations Athletes 16 Russia Anna Chicherova 2.07, Elena Slesarenko 2.06, Mariya Lasitskene 2.06, Tamara Bykova 2.05, Irina Gordeeva 2.04, Marina Kuptsova 2.03, Svetlana Shkolina 2.03, Tatyana Babashkina 2.03, Yelena Yelesina 2.02, Yelena Gulyayeva 2.01, Svetlana Lapina 2.00 Ekaterina Savchenko 2.00, Larisa Kositsyna 2.00, Viktoriya Klyugina 2.00, Viktoriya Seryogina 2.00, Yuliya Lyakhova 2.00 8 United States Chaunté Lowe 2.05, Brigetta Barrett 2.04, Louise Ritter 2.03, Amy Acuff 2.01, Tisha Waller 2.01, Coleen Sommer 2.00, Jan Wohlschlag 2.00, Yolanda Henry 2.00 Germany Heike Henkel 2.07, Ariane Friedrich 2.06, Alina Astafei 2.04, Ulrike Meyfarth 2.03, Gabriele Günz 2.01, Heike Balck 2.01, Daniela Rath 2.00, Meike Kröger 2.00, Marie - Laurence Jungfleisch 2.00 6 Ukraine Inha Babakova 2.05, Vita Styopina 2.02, Iryna Mykhalchenko 2.01, Vita Palamar 2.01, Yuliya Levchenko 2.01, Lyudmila Avdeyenko 2.00 5 Bulgaria Stefka Kostadinova 2.09, Lyudmila Andonova 2.07, Venelina Veneva - Mateeva 2.04, Emilia Dragieva 2.00, Svetlana Isaeva - Leseva 2.00 Italy Antonietta Di Martino 2.04, Sara Simeoni 2.01, Alessia Trost 2.00 m South Africa Hestrie Cloete 2.06, Desiré du Plessis 2.01, Charmaine Gale - Weavers 2.00 Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist 2.08, Emma Green Tregaro 2.01 Cuba Silvia Costa 2.04, Ioamnet Quintero 2.01 East Germany Susanne Beyer 2.02, Rosemarie Ackermann 2.00 Croatia Blanka Vlašić 2.08 Belgium Tia Hellebaut 2.05 Greece Niki Bakogianni 2.03 Romania Monica Iagar 2.03 Spain Ruth Beitia 2.02 Poland Kamila Lićwinko 2.02 Kazakhstan Olga Turchak 2.01 Norway Hanne Haugland 2.01 Lithuania Airinė Palšytė 2.01 Yugoslavia Biljana Petrović 2.00 Belarus Tatyana Shevchik 2.00 Czech Republic Zuzana Hlavoňová 2.00 Slovenia Britta Bilač 2.00 Hungary Dóra Győrffy 2.00 National records Men Nation Height Athlete Date Place Ref Cuba 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Javier Sotomayor 27 July 1993 Salamanca Qatar 2.43 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Mutaz Essa Barshim 5 September 2014 Brussels Sweden 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Patrik Sjöberg 30 June 1987 Stockholm Russia 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) i Ivan Ukhov 25 February 2014 Prague Germany 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) i Carlo Thränhardt 26 February 1988 Berlin Ukraine 2.42 m ( 7 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Bohdan Bondarenko 14 June 2014 New York City Kyrgyzstan 2.41 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Igor Paklin 4 September 1985 Kobe Romania 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Sorin Matei 20 June 1990 Bratislava United States 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Charles Austin 7 August 1991 Zürich Canada 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Derek Drouin 25 April 2014 Des Moines China 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) Zhu Jianhua 11 June 1983 Beijing Italy 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) Gianmarco Tamberi 15 July 2016 Fontvieille Serbia 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Dragutin Topic 1 August 1993 Belgrad Bahamas 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Troy Kemp 12 July 1995 Nice Poland 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Artur Partyka 18 August 1996 Eberstadt South Africa 2.38 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Jacques Freitag 5 March 2005 Oudtshoorn Azerbaijan 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Valeriy Sereda 2 September 1984 Rieti United Kingdom 2.37 m ( 7 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Steve Smith 20 September 1992 Seoul 22 August 1993 Stuttgart Robbie Grabarz 23 August 2012 Lausanne Belgium 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Eddy Annys 26 May 1985 Ghent Kazakhstan 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Sergey Zasimovich 5 May 1984 Tashkent Slovakia 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Jan Zvara 23 August 1987 Prague Czech Republic 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Jaroslav Baba 8 July 2005 Rome Bermuda 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Clarence Saunders 1 February 1990 Auckland Bulgaria 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Georgi Dakov 10 August 1990 Brussels Greece 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Lambros Papakostas 21 July 1992 Athens Australia 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Tim Forsyth 2 March 1997 Melbourne Norway 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Steinar Hoen 1 July 1997 Oslo Israel 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Konstantin Matusevich 5 February 2000 Perth Syria 2.36 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Majededdin Ghazal 18 May 2016 Beijing France 2.35 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Jean - Charles Gicquel 13 March 1994 Paris Cyprus 2.35 m ( 7 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Kyriakos Ioannou 29 August 2007 Osaka Lithuania 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Rolandas Verkys 16 June 1991 Warsaw Spain 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Arturo Ortiz 22 June 1991 Barcelona Belarus 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Andrey Sankovich 15 May 1993 Gomel South Korea 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Lee Jin - Taek 20 June 1997 Seoul Algeria 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Abderrahmane Hammad 14 July 2000 Algiers Jamaica 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Germaine Mason 9 August 2003 Santo Domingo Botswana 2.34 m ( 7 ft 8 in ) Kabelo Kgosiemang 4 May 2008 Addis Ababa Colombia 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Gilmar Mayo 17 October 1994 Pereira Japan 2.33 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Naoyuki Daigo 2 July 2006 Kobe Uzbekistan 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Gennadiy Belkov 29 May 1982 Tashkent Slovenia 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Rožle Prezelj 17 June 2012 Maribor Brazil 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Jessé de Lima 2 September 2008 Lausanne Switzerland 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Roland Dalhäuser 7 June 1981 Eberstadt Tajikistan 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Oleg Palaschevskiy 12 August 1990 Bryansk Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Elvir Krehmic 7 July 1998 Zagreb Saint Lucia 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Darvin Edwards 30 August 2011 Daegu Finland 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Mika Polku 22 July 2000 Hämeenkyrö Toni Huikuri 11 June 2002 Bratislava Peru 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) A Arturo Chávez 11 June 2016 Mexico City Venezuela 2.31 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Eure Yáñez 23 June 2017 Luque Netherlands 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Wilbert Pennings 7 August 1999 Eberstadt Estonia 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Marko Turban 5 June 1996 Rakvere Latvia 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Normunds Sietiņš 20 July 1992 Nurmijärvi Ireland 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Adrian O'Dwyer 24 June 2004 Algiers Mexico 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Gerardo Martinez 15 April 2007 Walnut 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) i Edgar Rivera 9 February 2016 Brno 4 February 2017 Hustopeče Malaysia 2.30 m ( 7 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Nauraj Singh Randhawa 27 April 2017 Singapore Chinese Taipei 2.29 m ( 7 ft 6 in ) Hsiang Chun - hsien 21 October 2015 Kaohsiung Puerto Rico 2.29 m ( 7 ft 6 in ) David Smith 23 April 2016 Auburn Luis Castro Rivera 28 May 2016 Sinn Iceland 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Einar Karl Hjartarson 20 February 2001 Reykjavík Cameroon 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Fernand Djoumessi 19 June 2014 Bühl Hungary 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) László Boros 6 July 2005 Debrecen Austria 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Markus Einberger 18 May 1986 Schwechat Sudan 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) i Mohamed Younes Idris 23 February 2014 Bordeaux 2.28 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) 27 May 2015 Namur Antigua and Barbuda 2.27 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) James Grayman 7 July 2007 Pergine Valsugana Denmark 2.27 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Janick Klausen 4 March 2011 Paris Sri Lanka 2.27 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Manjula Kumara Wijesekara 23 July 2004 Colombo 4 September 2005 Incheon Lebanon 2.27 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Jean - Claude Rabbath 23 April 2004 Beirut 12 June 2004 Bucharest San Marino 2.27 m ( 7 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Eugenio Rossi 28 June 2015 Caprino Veronese Iran 2.26 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Keivan Ghanbarzadeh 20 April 2012 Shiraz 22 June 2015 Bangkok 2.26 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) i 20 September 2017 Ashgabat India 2.26 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Tejaswin Shankar 10 November 2016 Coimbatore Argentina 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Fernando Pastoriza 23 July 1988 Ciudad de México Erasmo Jara 11 May 2002 Rosário Barbados 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Henderson Dottin 12 April 2008 El Paso Egypt 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Karim Samir Lotfy 27 June 2008 Eberstadt Kenya 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) A Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe 31 July 2015 Nairobi Mali 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Abdoulaye Diarra 24 May 2015 Tourcoing Moldova 2.25 m ( 7 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Radu Tucan 30 May 2008 Chişinău Andrei Mîţîcov 28 May 2016 Tiraspol Ghana 2.24 m ( 7 ft 4 in ) Awuku Boateng 8 August 1996 Kitchener Portugal 2.24 m ( 7 ft 4 in ) i Paulo Conceição 6 March 2016 Pombal Chile 2.22 m ( 7 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Felipe Apablaza 3 June 2001 Cochabamba Jordan 2.22 m ( 7 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Fakhredin Fouad 4 July 1991 Amman Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.22 m ( 7 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Jermaine Francis 17 April 2017 Willemstad Grenada 2.21 m ( 7 ft 3 in ) Paul Caraballo 26 April 1997 Des Moines Saudi Arabia 2.21 m ( 7 ft 3 in ) Nawaf Ahmad Al - Yami 15 June 2013 Salzburg Panama 2.21 m ( 7 ft 3 in ) Alexander Bowen Jr. 9 May 2015 Albany Cayman Islands 2.19 m ( 7 ft 2 in ) Omar Wright 13 May 2006 El Paso Iraq 2.19 m ( 7 ft 2 in ) Hussein Al - Ibraheemi 19 May 2017 Baku Guyana 2.17 m ( 7 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Robert Bynoe 17 April 1995 George Town Trinidad and Tobago 2.17 m ( 7 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Kareem Roberts 25 June 2017 Port of Spain Armenia 2.16 m ( 7 ft 1 in ) A Karen Ardarian 14 July 1984 Yerevan Gerasim Hayrapetian 15 June 1985 Edik Mesropian 15 October 1985 United Arab Emirates 2.16 m ( 7 ft 1 in ) Sayed Abbas Al - Alaoui 10 April 2013 Doha Indonesia 2.15 m ( 7 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Andre Dermawan 13 September 2012 Pekanbaru Rizky Ghusyafa Pratama 26 August 2017 Bukit Jalil Zambia 2.15 m ( 7 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Shaddye Melu 9 April 2016 Spokane Andorra 2.14 m ( 7 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Estéve Martín 26 June 1996 Barcelona Liberia 2.14 m ( 7 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Jah Bennett 28 April 2007 Fresno Albania 2.11 m ( 6 ft 11 in ) Muhamet Abazi 6 July 1988 Tirana Bangladesh 2.11 m ( 6 ft 11 in ) Sajib Hossain 5 May 2010 Dhaka Angola 2.10 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Orlando Bonifácio 9 May 1982 Luanda Aruba 2.10 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Pierre de Windt 24 September 2006 Breda Bolivia 2.10 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Claudio Pinto 12 November 1989 La Paz Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Zimbert Bramble 11 April 2015 Pittsburg Fiji 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Antonio Rahiman 5 April 2003 Suva Malakai Kaiwalu 8 July 2016 Suva Macau 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Wong Chi Wai 19 May 2016 Taoyuan Brunei 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Demingo Kapal 7 June 1992 B.S. Begawan Belize 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Joel Wade 17 August 1997 Belize City Libya 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Fethi Abdulmounem Aboud 27 August 2008 Amman Suriname 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Miguel van Assen 31 March 2013 Nassau Myanmar 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Htin Linn 28 April 2016 Kallang Anguilla 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Theron Niles 6 July 2014 Basseterre Nepal 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Surya Khatri 12 July 2015 Kathmandu Kosovo 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) Erydit Rysha 29 May 2016 Bar Kiribati 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) David Birati 10 May 2015 Cairns Nicaragua 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Francisco Garth 21 January 2017 Managua Rwanda 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Ian Kagame 30 April 2016 Amherst Guam 1.90 m ( 6 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Raffy Cartaciano 7 May 2002 Tumon Malta 1.87 m ( 6 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Edward Calleja 17 June 1998 Marsa Comoros 1.85 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Mouhoussoine Soudjay 23 May 2015 Gagny Bhutan 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) Mipham Yoezer Gurung 7 July 2016 Thimphu Kinley Wangdy South Sudan 1.55 m ( 5 ft 1 in ) Dood Deng Akoi 13 / 14 June 2015 Khartoum Women Nation Height Athlete Date Venue Ref Bulgaria 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Stefka Kostadinova 30 August 1987 Rome Sweden 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) i Kajsa Bergqvist 4 February 2006 Arnstadt Croatia 2.08 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Blanka Vlašić 31 August 2009 Zagreb Germany 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) i Heike Henkel 8 February 1992 Karlsruhe Russia 2.07 m ( 6 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) Anna Chicherova 22 July 2011 Cheboksary South Africa 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) Hestrie Cloete 31 August 2003 Paris Ukraine 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Inga Babakova 15 September 1995 Tokyo Belgium 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Tia Hellebaut 3 March 2007 Birmingham United States 2.05 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Chaunte Lowe 26 June 2010 Des Moines Cuba 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Silvia Costa 9 September 1989 Barcelona Italy 2.04 m ( 6 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) i Antonietta Di Martino 9 February 2011 Banská Bystrica Greece 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Niki Bakogianni 3 August 1996 Atlanta Romania 2.03 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Monica Iagar 23 January 1999 Bucharest Spain 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Ruth Beitia 4 August 2007 San Sebastián Poland 2.02 m ( 6 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) i Kamila Lićwinko 21 February 2015 Toruń Kazakhstan 2.01 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) Olga Turchak 7 July 1986 Moscow Norway 2.01 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) Hanne Haugland 13 August 1997 Zürich Lithuania 2.01 m ( 6 ft 7 in ) i Airinė Palšytė 4 March 2017 Belgrade Yugoslavia 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Biljana Petrović 22 June 1990 Saint - Denis Belarus 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Tatyana Shevchik 14 May 1993 Gomel Czech Republic 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Zuzana Hlavoňová 5 June 2000 Prague Slovenia 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Britta Bilač 14 August 1994 Helsinki Hungary 2.00 m ( 6 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Dóra Győrffy 26 July 2001 Nyíregyháza Uzbekistan 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Lyudmila Butuzova 10 June 1984 Sochi Svetlana Radzivil 22 May 2008 Cottbus Nadiya Dusanova 17 July 2008 Cottbus Canada 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Debbie Brill 2 September 1984 Rieti Australia 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Alison Inverarity 12 February 1989 Ingolstadt Saint Lucia 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Levern Spencer 8 May 2010 Athens United Kingdom 1.98 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Katarina Johnson - Thompson 12 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro China 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Jin Ling 7 May 1989 Hamamatsu Latvia 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Valentīna Gotovska 30 March 1992 Vilnius Austria 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Sigrid Kirchmann 21 August 1993 Stuttgart Moldova 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Olga Bolşova 5 September 1993 Rieti Argentina 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Solange Witteveen 19 May 2001 Manaus Dominican Republic 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Juana Rosario Arrendel 2 December 2002 San Salvador France 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) i Mélanie Melfort 5 February 2003 Dortmund 18 February 2007 Aubière Kyrgyzstan 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Tatyana Efimenko 11 July 2003 Rome Mexico 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Romary Rifka 4 April 2004 Xalapa Estonia 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) Anna Iljuštšenko 9 August 2011 Viljandi Japan 1.96 m ( 6 ft 5 in ) Miki Imai 15 September 2001 Yokohama Ivory Coast 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Lucienne N'Da 28 June 1992 Belle Vue Maurel Ireland 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Deirdre Ryan 1 September 2011 Daegu Nigeria 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Doreen Amata 3 July 2008 Abuja 16 July 2011 Eberstadt 1 September 2011 Daegu Montenegro 1.95 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Marija Vuković 24 July 2016 Berane Israel 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) i Danielle Frenkel 5 March 2011 Paris Vietnam 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Bui Thi Nhung 4 May 2005 Bangkok Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Amra Temim 15 August 1987 Varaždin Serbia 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Amra Temim 16 September 1988 Thessaloniki Denmark 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Pia Zinck 8 August 1997 Athens Netherlands 1.94 m ( 6 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Nadine Broersen 14 August 2014 Zürich Colombia 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Caterine Ibargüen 22 July 2005 Cali Turkey 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Candeğer Oğuz 16 May 2004 Istanbul Cyprus 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) i Leontia Kallenou 13 March 2015 Fayetteville 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) 15 May 2015 Starkville Barbados 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) i Akela Jones 27 February 2016 Ames Finland 1.93 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Linda Sandblom 25 June 2016 Kuortane Brazil 1.92 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Orlane dos Santos 11 August 1989 Bogotá Georgia 1.92 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Valentyna Liashenko 27 June 2015 Berdychiv Seychelles 1.92 m ( 6 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) A Lissa Labiche 9 May 2015 Potchefstroom Antigua and Barbuda 1.91 m ( 6 ft 3 in ) Priscilla Frederick 22 July 2015 Toronto Hong Kong 1.88 m ( 6 ft 2 in ) Yeung Man Wai 30 April 2017 Taipei City Bahamas 1.87 m ( 6 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) i Saniel Atkinson Grier 24 January 2014 Nashville 8 February 2014 Blacksburg Dominica 1.85 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) i Thea LaFond 27 February 2014 Clemson 1.85 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) 3 April 2015 Gainesville Luxembourg 1.85 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Elodie Tshilumba 9 June 2017 Pierre - Benite Singapore 1.84 m ( 6 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) Michelle Sng 19 March 2015 Laguna Puerto Rico 1.83 m ( 6 ft 0 in ) Laura Agront 2 June 1984 San Juan 1.83 m ( 6 ft 0 in ) A Alysbeth Félix 25 June 2016 Cali Iran 1.83 m ( 6 ft 0 in ) Sepideh Tavakkoli 28 September 2014 Incheon Egypt 1.82 m ( 5 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Besnet Moussad Mohamed 13 April 2016 Cairo Uruguay 1.82 m ( 5 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Lorena Aires 25 June 2017 Luque Morocco 1.81 m ( 5 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) i Ghizlane Siba 13 December 2014 Manhattan Malaysia 1.81 m ( 5 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) Yap Sean Yee 19 March 2017 Kuala Lumpur Ethiopia 1.80 m ( 5 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Ariyat Dibow Ubang 14 September 2015 Brazzaville Haiti 1.80 m ( 5 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Vanessa Jules 22 May 2015 Chula Vista Swaziland 1.80 m ( 5 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) A Erika Seyama 11 March 2017 Pretoria Bermuda 1.80 m ( 5 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Zindzi Swan 14 May 2005 Atlanta 10 July 2005 Nassau Sakari Famous 30 April 2016 Hamilton Indonesia 1.79 m ( 5 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) Nadia Anggraini 28 April 2016 Singapore Benin 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) Odile Ahouanwanou 14 July 2017 Marseille 1.78 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) i 22 January 2017 Eaubonne Anguilla 1.77 m ( 5 ft 9 ​ ⁄ in ) i Shinelle Proctor 31 May 2014 Fayetteville United States Virgin Islands 1.75 m ( 5 ft 8 ​ ⁄ in ) Wanetta Kirby 6 June 2015 West Long Branch 11 July 2015 New York City Iraq 1.73 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) Mariyam Abdul Hameed 16 -- 18 March 2017 Baghdad 21 May 2017 Bangkok Lebanon 1.72 m ( 5 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Carine Bitchakjin 11 August 2000 Jamhour Belize 1.71 m ( 5 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) i Katy Sealy 20 December 2015 London Curaçao 1.70 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Sharyaane Gijsbertha 1 April 2013 Nassau Bahrain 1.70 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Mariam Mohamed Al - Ansari 17 December 2011 Doha 9 March 2013 Manama 15 March 2015 Muscat Republic of the Congo 1.70 m ( 5 ft 6 ​ ⁄ in ) Addo Ndala 16 June 1990 Quimper Tania Matshoko 8 May 2016 Antony Suriname 1.66 m ( 5 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Deborah Gallon 5 May 2015 Paramaribo Guinea 1.65 m ( 5 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) i Fatoumata Balley 7 January 2015 Nogent - sur - Oise British Virgin Islands 1.65 m ( 5 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Takola Creque 21 May 1994 Road Town Chantel Malone 29 June 2008 Road Town Z'Niah Hutchinson 7 March 2016 Tortola Turks and Caicos Islands 1.65 m ( 5 ft 4 ​ ⁄ in ) Sanadia Forbes 15 April 2017 Willemstad Malta 1.61 m ( 5 ft 3 ​ ⁄ in ) Chloe Gambin 19 February 2011 Marsa Liberia 1.60 m ( 5 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Otricia Borkuah 27 / 31 December 2013 Monrovia Maya Neal 24 February 2017 Nashville United Arab Emirates 1.59 m ( 5 ft 2 ​ ⁄ in ) Alia Youssef Al - Hammadi 15 March 2015 Muscat Equatorial Guinea 1.56 m ( 5 ft 1 ​ ⁄ in ) Bibiana Olama 25 / 27 October 2012 Malabo Kuwait 1.53 m ( 5 ft 0 in ) Sarah Nasser Al - Sabea 15 March 2015 Muscat Mauritania 1.52 m ( 4 ft 11 ​ ⁄ in ) i Badia Kamara 23 January 2012 Doha Oman 1.50 m ( 4 ft 11 in ) Buthayna Ayed Al - Yacoobi 11 July 2013 Debrecen Qatar 1.45 m ( 4 ft 9 in ) i Fayza Abdulnaser Omar 26 February 2010 Doha Kosovo 1.40 m ( 4 ft 7 in ) Mimoza Sefedini 8 September 2013 Mitrovica Merlinda Kryetziu 23 April 2017 Skopje Bhutan 1.36 m ( 4 ft 5 ​ ⁄ in ) Dawa Palden 8 July 2016 Thimphu American Samoa 1.35 m ( 4 ft 5 in ) Jordan Mageo 20 February 2016 Claremont Afghanistan 1.11 m ( 3 ft 7 ​ ⁄ in ) Asma Mohammadi 22 September 2016 Rjukan See also List of high jump national champions ( men ) List of high jump national champions ( women ) Standing high jump Notes and references The Complete Book of Track and Field, by Tom McNab The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2000 ^ `` Archived copy '' ( PDF ). 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Question: who holds the record for the high jump
Answer: Javier Sotomayor