# Women's high jump world record progression

The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. In 1936, the FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, now known as World Athletics. As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) has ratified 56 world records in the event.

## Record progression

The event is linked on some of the dates.
| Mark | Athlete | Date | Venue |
| 1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Nancy Voorhees (USA) | 20 May 1922 | Simsbury |
| 1.485 m (4 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Elizabeth Stine (USA) | 26 May 1923 | Englewood, New Jersey |
| 1.485 m (4 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Sophie Eliott-Lynn (GBR) | 6 August 1923 | Brentwood |
| 1.524 m (5 ft 0 in) | Phyllis Green (GBR) | 11 July 1925 | London |
| 1.552 m (5 ft 1 in) | Phyllis Green (GBR) | 2 August 1926 | London |
| 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | Ethel Catherwood (CAN) | 6 September 1926 | Regina |
| 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | Lien Gisolf (NED) | 3 July 1928 | Brussels |
| 1.595 m (5 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Ethel Catherwood (CAN) | 5 August 1928 | Amsterdam |
| 1.605 m (5 ft 3 in) | Lien Gisolf (NED) | 18 August 1929 | Maastricht |
| 1.62 m (5 ft 3+3⁄4 in) | Lien Gisolf (NED) | 12 June 1932 | Amsterdam |
| 1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Jean Shiley (USA) | 7 August 1932 | Los Angeles |
| 1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Mildred Didrikson (USA) | 7 August 1932 | Los Angeles |
| 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Dorothy Odam (GBR) | 29 May 1939 | Brentwood |
| 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Esther van Heerden (South Africa) | 29 March 1941 | Stellenbosch |
| 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Ilsebill Pfenning (SUI) | 27 July 1941 | Lugano |
| 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 30 May 1943 | Amsterdam |
| 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Sheila Lerwill (GBR) | 7 July 1951 | London |
| 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) | 22 May 1954 | Kiev |
| 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Thelma Hopkins (GBR) | 5 May 1956 | Belfast |
| 1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) | 14 July 1956 | Bucharest |
| 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Mildred McDaniel (USA) | 1 December 1956 | Melbourne |
| 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 13 October 1957 | Bucharest |
| 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Zheng Fengrong (CHN) | 17 November 1957 | Beijing |
| 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 7 June 1958 | Bucharest |
| 1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 22 June 1958 | Cluj-Napoca |
| 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 31 July 1958 | Poiana Brasov |
| 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 4 October 1958 | Bucharest |
| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 18 October 1958 | Bucharest |
| 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 21 September 1959 | Bucharest |
| 1.85 m (6 ft 3⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 6 June 1960 | Bucharest |
| 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 10 July 1960 | Bucharest |
| 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 15 April 1961 | Bucharest |
| 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 18 June 1961 | Warsaw |
| 1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 8 July 1961 | Budapest |
| 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Iolanda Balaş (ROM) | 16 July 1961 | Sofia |
| 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) | 4 September 1971 | Vienna |
| 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 4 September 1972 | Munich |
| 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) | 24 September 1972 | Zagreb |
| 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Rosemarie Witschas (GDR) | 24 August 1974 | Berlin |
| 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 8 September 1974 | Rome |
| 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 8 May 1976 | Dresden |
| 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 3 July 1977 | Dresden |
| 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 14 August 1977 | Helsinki |
| 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 26 August 1977 | West Berlin |
| 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 26 August 1977 | West Berlin |
| 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 4 August 1978 | Brescia |
| 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 31 August 1978 | Prague |
| 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 8 September 1982 | Athens |
| 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 21 August 1983 | London |
| 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 21 August 1983 | London |
| 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 25 August 1983 | Pisa |
| 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 22 June 1984 | Kiev |
| 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) | 20 July 1984 | East Berlin |
| 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 25 May 1986 | Sofia |
| 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 31 May 1986 | Sofia |
| 2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 30 August 1987 | Rome |
| 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 7 July 2024 | Paris |