# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 4 August 2024. This was the 23rd time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

## Summary

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. As the winner, she could choose where to set the bar again. She chose 2.07 m and cleared it, so the competition continued. She set the bar to the rarely even attempted 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in) and cleared it on her first attempt, breaking the 37 year old record of 2.09 m by Stefka Kostadinova. It was one of the longest-standing records on the books, set back at the 1987 World Championships.
During the season, other than Mahuchikh who won bronze at the previous Olympics, the only other athletes to clear 2 metres were Nicola Olyslagers (2.03 m), the returning silver medalist; Lamara Distin; Rachel Glenn; and Natalya Spiridonova, a Russian not invited to the Olympics. Another Russian not invited was the defending champion Mariya Lasitskene. Eleanor Patterson was the reigning silver medalist from the World Championships.
The qualifying round selected twelve athletes plus ties or a 1.97 m would make an automatic Q; only six competitors cleared 1.95 m. Qualifying went as low as 1.92 m and four misses. Mahuchikh and Olyslagers led qualifying with the only two clean rounds. Patterson had one miss, and Iryna Herashchenko had two. Distin and Glenn did not qualify.
Thirteen athletes qualified to the final, but only eleven took jumps. Only eight cleared 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in), and 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) decided the medals. Vashti Cunningham, Herashchenko, Patterson, Olyslagers, and Mahuchikh got over on their first attempt. Cunningham had one miss earlier, so the others were tied for the lead. Olyslagers and Mahuchikh cleared the next height, 1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in), on their first attempt. When none of the others could get over 1.98 m, the count back went to the standings at 1.95 m, leaving Herashchenko and Patterson tied for bronze and Cunningham off the podium. The competition continued to two meters; Olyslagers had her first miss, while Mahuchikh again flew over the bar on her first attempt. Olyslagers missed again and was down to her last attempt. With her diary note-taking and eccentric concentration mannerisms, Olyslagers rattled her way over, and the bar stayed up. The competition continued, but Mahuchikh now had the lead. With Olyslagers jumping first, neither cleared 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in). When Olyslagers failed on her third attempt, the gold was confirmed for Mahuchikh. Amid the celebration, Mahuchikh had the bar raised to 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) for one last attempt, but did not clear it.

## Background

The women's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1928.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
| World record | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 2.10 | Paris, France | 7 July 2024 |
| Olympic record | Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 2.06 | Athens, Greece | 28 August 2004 |
| World leading | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 2.10 | Paris, France | 7 July 2024 |
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Height (m) |
| Africa (records) | Hestrie Cloete (RSA) | 2.06 |
| Asia (records) | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) | 2.00 |
| Europe (records) | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 2.10 WR |
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) | Chaunté Lowe (USA) | 2.05 |
| Oceania (records) | Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) | 2.03 |
| South America (records) | Solange Witteveen (ARG) | 1.96 |

## Qualification

For the women's high jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 1.97 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification was held on 2 August, starting at 10:15 (UTC+2) in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard 1.97 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1.83 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | Height | Notes |
| 1 | A | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine | – | – | o | o | r | 1.95 | q |
| 1 | B | Nicola Olyslagers | Australia | – | o | o | o | r | 1.95 | q |
| 3 | A | Eleanor Patterson | Australia | – | o | xo | o | r | 1.95 | q, =SB |
| 4 | B | Iryna Herashchenko | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xo | r | 1.95 | q, =SB |
| 5 | B | Safina Sadullayeva | Uzbekistan | o | o | o | xxo | r | 1.95 | q, SB |
| 6 | A | Christina Honsel | Germany | o | xo | xo | xxo | r | 1.95 | q, =SB |
| 7 | A | Elena Kulichenko | Cyprus | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.92 | q |
| 8 | B | Tatiana Gusin | Greece | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.92 | q |
| 8 | B | Nawal Meniker | France | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.92 | q |
| 8 | B | Buse Savaşkan | Turkey | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.92 | q, =PB |
| 11 | A | Valdiléia Martins | Brazil | o | xo | xo | xxr | | 1.92 | q, =NR |
| 12 | B | Vashti Cunningham | United States | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.92 | q |
| 12 | A | Angelina Topić | Serbia | – | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.92 | q |
| 14 | B | Imke Onnen | Germany | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 1.92 | |
| 15 | A | Rachel Glenn | United States | o | o | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 15 | A | Michaela Hrubá | Czech Republic | o | o | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 15 | A | Morgan Lake | Great Britain | o | o | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 15 | B | Airinė Palšytė | Lithuania | o | o | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 19 | B | Temitope Adeshina | Nigeria | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 19 | A | Mirela Demireva | Bulgaria | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 19 | A | Solène Gicquel | France | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 19 | A | Yelizaveta Matveyeva | Kazakhstan | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 19 | A | Daniela Stanciu | Romania | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.88 | SB |
| 24 | B | Lamara Distin | Jamaica | xo | xo | xxxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 25 | A | Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah | Ghana | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.88 | |
| 26 | B | Elisabeth Pihela | Estonia | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 26 | B | Lia Apostolovski | Slovenia | o | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 28 | B | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Kazakhstan | xo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 28 | B | Ella Junnila | Finland | xo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| 28 | A | Maria Żodzik | Poland | xo | xxx | | | | 1.83 | |
| | A | Panagiota Dosi | Greece | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

The final was held on 4 August, starting at 19:50 (UTC+2) in the evening.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1.86m | 1.91m | 1.95m | 1.98m | 2.00m | 2.02m | 2.04m | Height | Notes |
| | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine | — | o | o | o | o | xx- | x | 2.00 | |
| | Nicola Olyslagers | Australia | — | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.00 | |
| | Iryna Herashchenko | Ukraine | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.95 | =SB |
| | Eleanor Patterson | Australia | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.95 | =SB |
| 5 | Vashti Cunningham | United States | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 1.95 | |
| 6 | Christina Honsel | Germany | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | =SB |
| 7 | Elena Kulichenko | Cyprus | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | |
| 7 | Safina Sadullayeva | Uzbekistan | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | =SB |
| 9 | Tatiana Gusin | Greece | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.86 | |
| 10 | Buse Savaşkan | Turkey | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.86 | |
| 11 | Nawal Meniker | France | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.86 | |
| | Valdiléia Martins | Brazil | r | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Angelina Topić | Serbia | | | | | | | | | DNS |