Progression of Official World Record
Women, High Jump
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 25 Mar 1965 | WC | Roma | 30 Aug 1987 | 22 years 158 days | 36 years 234 days |
2.08 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 25 Mar 1965 | Sofia | 31 May 1986 | 21 years 67 days | 1 year 91 days | |
2.07 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 25 Mar 1965 | Sofia | 25 May 1986 | 21 years 61 days | 6 days | |
2.07 | Lyudmila Andonova | BUL | 6 May 1960 | Berlin | 20 Jul 1984 | 24 years 75 days | 1 year 315 days | |
2.05 | Tamara Bykova | RUS | 21 Dec 1958 | Kyiv | 22 Jun 1984 | 25 years 184 days | 28 days | |
2.04 | Tamara Bykova | RUS | 21 Dec 1958 | Pisa | 25 Aug 1983 | 24 years 247 days | 302 days | |
2.03 | Ulrike Meyfarth | GER | 4 May 1956 | ECp | London | 21 Aug 1983 | 27 years 109 days | 4 days |
2.03 | Tamara Bykova | RUS | 21 Dec 1958 | ECp | London | 21 Aug 1983 | 24 years 243 days | 4 days |
2.02 | Ulrike Meyfarth | GER | 4 May 1956 | EC | Athína | 8 Sep 1982 | 26 years 127 days | 347 days |
2.01 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 19 Apr 1953 | EC | Praha | 31 Aug 1978 | 25 years 134 days | 4 years 8 days |
2.01 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 19 Apr 1953 | Brescia | 4 Aug 1978 | 25 years 107 days | 4 years 35 days | |
2.00 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GER | 4 Apr 1952 | Berlin | 26 Aug 1977 | 25 years 144 days | 343 days | |
1.97 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GER | 4 Apr 1952 | ECp | Helsinki | 14 Aug 1977 | 25 years 132 days | 12 days |
1.96 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GER | 4 Apr 1952 | Dresden | 3 Jul 1977 | 25 years 90 days | 42 days | |
1.96 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GER | 4 Apr 1952 | Dresden | 8 May 1976 | 24 years 34 days | 1 year 98 days | |
1.95 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GER | 4 Apr 1952 | EC | Roma | 8 Sep 1974 | 22 years 157 days | 1 year 243 days |
1.94 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GER | 4 Apr 1952 | Berlin | 24 Aug 1974 | 22 years 142 days | 15 days | |
1.94 | Yordanka Blagoyeva | BUL | 19 Jan 1947 | München | 4 Sep 1972 | 25 years 229 days | 2 years 4 days | |
1.92 | Ulrike Meyfarth | GER | 4 May 1956 | OG | München | 4 Sep 1972 | 16 years 123 days | exactly |
1.92 | Ilona Gusenbauer | AUT | 16 Sep 1947 | Wien | 4 Sep 1971 | 23 years 353 days | 1 year exactly | |
1.91 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | BUL v ROU | Sofia | 16 Jul 1961 | 24 years 216 days | 10 years 50 days |
1.90 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Budapest | 8 Jul 1961 | 24 years 208 days | 8 days | |
1.88 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Kusoc | Warszawa | 18 Jun 1961 | 24 years 188 days | 20 days |
1.87 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Bucureşti | 15 Apr 1961 | 24 years 124 days | 64 days | |
1.86 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | NC | Bucureşti | 10 Jul 1960 | 23 years 211 days | 279 days |
1.85 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | IntC | Bucureşti | 6 Jun 1960 | 23 years 177 days | 34 days |
1.84 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | BalkanC | Bucureşti | 21 Sep 1959 | 22 years 283 days | 259 days |
1.83 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Bucureşti | 18 Oct 1958 | 21 years 310 days | 338 days | |
1.82 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Bucureşti | 4 Oct 1958 | 21 years 296 days | 14 days | |
1.81 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Poiana Braşov | 31 Jul 1958 | 21 years 231 days | 65 days | |
1.80 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Cluj | 22 Jun 1958 | 21 years 192 days | 39 days | |
1.78 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Bucureşti | 7 Jun 1958 | 21 years 177 days | 15 days | |
1.77 | Zheng Fengrong | CHN | 1 Jan 1937 | Beijing | 17 Nov 1957 | 20 years 320 days | 202 days | |
1.76 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Bucureşti | 13 Oct 1957 | 20 years 305 days | 35 days | |
1.76 | Mildred McDaniel | USA | 4 Nov 1933 | OG | Melbourne | 1 Dec 1956 | 23 years 27 days | 351 days |
1.75 | Iolanda Balaș | ROU | 12 Dec 1936 | Bucureşti | 14 Jul 1956 | 19 years 215 days | 140 days | |
1.74 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 16 Mar 1936 | Belfast | 5 May 1956 | 20 years 50 days | 70 days | |
1.73 | Aleksandra Chudina | URS | 6 Nov 1923 | Kyiv | 22 May 1954 | 30 years 197 days | 1 year 349 days | |
1.72 | Sheila Lerwill | GBR | 16 Aug 1928 | London | 7 Jul 1951 | 22 years 325 days | 2 years 319 days | |
1.71 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 26 Apr 1918 | Amsterdam | 30 May 1943 | 25 years 34 days | 8 years 38 days | |
1.66 | Ilsebill Pfenning | SUI | 17 Aug 1916 | Lugano | 27 Jul 1941 | 24 years 344 days | 1 year 307 days | |
1.66 | Esther van Heerden | RSA | Stellenbosch | 29 Mar 1941 | exactly | 2 years 62 days | ||
1.66 | Dorothy Odam | GBR | Brentwood | 25 Sep 1939 | exactly | 3 years 247 days | ||
1.65 | Babe Didriksen | USA | OG | Los Angeles CA | 7 Aug 1932 | exactly | 7 years 49 days | |
1.65 | Jean Shiley | USA | 20 Nov 1911 | OG | Los Angeles CA | 7 Aug 1932 | 20 years 261 days | 7 years 49 days |
1.62 | Carolien Gisolf | NED | Amsterdam | 12 Jun 1932 | exactly | 56 days | ||
1.60 | Carolien Gisolf | NED | Maastricht | 18 Aug 1929 | exactly | 2 years 299 days | ||
1.59 | Ethel Catherwood | CAN | OG | Amsterdam | 5 Aug 1928 | exactly | 1 year 13 days | |
1.58 | Ethel Catherwood | CAN | Regina | 6 Sep 1926 | exactly | 1 year 334 days | ||
1.55 | Phyllis Green | GBR | London | 2 Aug 1926 | exactly | 35 days | ||
1.52 | Phyllis Green | GBR | London | 11 Jul 1925 | exactly | 1 year 22 days | ||
1.49 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | GBR | Brentwood | 6 Aug 1923 | exactly | 1 year 339 days | ||
1.49 | Elizabeth Stine | USA | Leonia NJ | 26 May 1923 | exactly | 2 years 46 days | ||
1.46 | Nancy Vorhees | USA | Simsbury CT | 20 May 1922 | exactly | 1 year 6 days |