High jump at the World Athletics Championships

The high jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve advancing to the final round.

Russia is the most successful nation in the event, winning 14 medals in total, 4 of them gold. Additionally, they have also won 5 medals as the Authorized Neutral Athletes. Ukraine is the second-most successful nation, winning a total of 12 medals, including 4 golds. Cuba, Germany and Sweden are the only other countries that have won gold in both the men's event and the women's event.

Mutaz Barsham is the most successful athlete in the event, having won a total of 5 medals: 3 gold medals and 2 bronze medals between 2013 and 2023. Russian high jumper Mariya Lasitskene is the most successful female athlete and the other only athlete to win more than 2 gold medals, winning 3 gold medals in a row between 2015 and 2019. Inha Babakova is the only other athlete aside from Barsham that has won more than 4 medals. 4 other athletes have won more than 3 medals: Yaroslav Rybakov and Javier Sotomayor on the men's side, and Blanka Vlašić and Anna Chicherova on the women's side.

The championship records for the event are 2.41 m for men, set by Bohdan Bondarenko in 2013, and 2.09 m for women, set by Stefka Kostadinova in 1987. Additionally, Kostadinova's championship record jump of 2.09 m was also the only time the world record has been broken at the World Athletics Championships.

Age All information from World Athletics. DistinctionMaleFemaleAthleteAgeDateAthleteAgeDateYoungest champion19 years, 282 days13 Aug 198320 years, 337 days21 Aug 1993Youngest medalist19 years, 282 days13 Aug 198318 years, 11 days30 Sep 2019Youngest finalist18 years, 220 days13 Aug 198317 years, 176 days19 Jul 2022Youngest participant18 years, 12 days8 Aug 201716 years, 139 days6 Aug 2005Oldest champion31 years, 82 days22 Aug 202332 years, 63 days29 Aug 1999Oldest medalist34 years, 59 days18 Jul 202234 years, 138 days17 Aug 2013Oldest finalist35 years, 10 days13 Aug 201738 years, 133 days12 Aug 2017Oldest participant38 years, 160 days19 Aug 200941 years, 75 days27 Aug 2015

Medalists

Men

Multiple medalists Rank Athlete Nation PeriodGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2013-2022 3 1 1 5 2 1991–1997 2 2 0 4 3 2001–2009 1 3 0 4 4 1983–1987 1 1 0 2 1999–2001 1 1 0 2 2013–2015 1 1 0 2 7 2013–2015 1 0 1 2 8 1993–1997 0 2 1 3 9 2022–2025 0 2 0 2 10 1999–2003 0 1 1 2 2007–2009 0 1 1 2

Women

Multiple medalists Rank Athlete Nation PeriodGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2015-2019 3 0 0 3 2 2007–2015 2 2 0 4 3 1987–1995 2 0 0 2 2001–2003 2 0 0 2 5 1991–2001 1 2 2 5 6 2007–2015 1 2 1 4 2019–2025 1 2 1 4 8 1983–1987 1 1 0 2 2022–2023 1 1 0 2 9 2001–2005 1 0 2 3 10 2023–2025 1 0 1 2 11 1991–1999 0 2 0 2 12 2007–2011 0 1 2 3

Medals by country Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total1 2 5 2 9 2 5 2 9 3 2 2 0 4 4 2 1 1 4 – 2 0 0 25 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 7 1 2 1 4 8 1 2 0 3 9 1 1 2 4 10 1 1 0 2 11 1 0 3 4 12 1 0 0 1 13 0 1 3 4 14 0 1 1 2 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 17 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 119 nations 20 23 18 61

Championship record progression

Men +Men's high jump World Championships record progressionMain > Men's High Jump > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.MarkAthleteNationYearRoundDate2.26 mCarlo Thränhardt1983Final1983-08-13Valeriy Serada1983Final1983-08-13Zhu Jianhua1983Final1983-08-13Hennadiy Avdyeyenko1983Final1983-08-13Dwight Stones1983Final1983-08-13Tyke Peacock1983Final1983-08-13Milton Ottey1983Final1983-08-13Igor Paklin1983Final1983-08-13Luca Toso1983Final1983-08-132.29 mDietmar Mögenburg1983Final1983-08-13Zhu Jianhua1983Final1983-08-13Igor Paklin1983Final1983-08-13Tyke Peacock1983Final1983-08-13Hennadiy Avdyeyenko1983Final1983-08-13Dwight Stones1983Final1983-08-132.32 mHennadiy Avdyeyenko1983Final1983-08-13Tyke Peacock1983Final1983-08-13Igor Paklin1987Final1987-09-06Sorin Matei1987Final1987-09-06Patrik Sjöberg1987Final1987-09-06Clarence Saunders1987Final1987-09-06Hennadiy Avdyeyenko1987Final1987-09-062.35 mPatrik Sjöberg1987Final1987-09-06Dietmar Mögenburg1987Final1987-09-06Igor Paklin1987Final1987-09-06Hennadiy Avdyeyenko1987Final1987-09-062.38 mPatrik Sjöberg1987Final1987-09-06Igor Paklin1987Final1987-09-06Hennadiy Avdyeyenko1987Final1987-09-06Charles Austin1991Final1991-09-012.40 mJavier Sotomayor1993Final1993-08-222.41 mBohdan Bondarenko2013Final2013-08-15

Women +Women's high jump World Championships record progressionMain > Women's high jump > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.TimeAthleteNationYearRoundDate1.92 mTamara Bykova1983Final1983-08-09Ulrike Meyfarth1983Final1983-08-09Coleen Sommer1983Final1983-08-09Kerstin Brandt1983Final1983-08-09Louise Ritter1983Final1983-08-091.95 mTamara Bykova1983Final1983-08-09Ulrike Meyfarth1983Final1983-08-09Louise Ritter1983Final1983-08-09Coleen Sommer1983Final1983-08-091.97 mTamara Bykova1983Final1983-08-09Ulrike Meyfarth1983Final1983-08-091.99 mTamara Bykova1983Final1983-08-09Ulrike Meyfarth1983Final1983-08-092.01 mTamara Bykova1983Final1983-08-092.02 mTamara Bykova1983Final1983-08-09Stefka Kostadinova1987Final1987-08-302.04 mTamara Bykova1987Final1987-08-30Stefka Kostadinova1987Final1987-08-302.06 mStefka Kostadinova1987Final1987-08-302.09 mStefka Kostadinova1987Final1987-08-30

Best performances

Top ten highest World Championship jumps1

+ Highest men's jumps at the World ChampionshipsRankHeight(m)AthleteNationYearDate 1 2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko 2013 2013-08-15 2 2.40 m Javier Sotomayor 1993 1993-08-22 3 2.38 m Patrik Sjöberg 1987 1987-09-06 Igor Paklin 1987 1987-09-06 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko 1987 1987-09-06 Charles Austin 1991 1991-09-01 Mutaz Essa Barshim 2013 2013-08-15 Derek Drouin 2013 2013-08-15 9 2.37 m Artur Partyka 1993 1993-08-22 Steve Smith 1993 1993-08-22 Troy Kemp 1995 1995-08-08 Javier Sotomayor 1995 1995-08-08 Javier Sotomayor 1997 1997-08-06 Vyacheslav Voronin 1999 1999-08-23 Mutaz Essa Barshim 2019 2019-10-04 Mutaz Essa Barshim 2022 2022-07-18

+ Highest women's jumps at the World ChampionshipsRankHeight (m)AthleteNationYearDate 1 2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova 1987 1987-08-30 2 2.06 m Hestrie Cloete 2003 2003-08-31 3 2.05 m Heike Henkel 1991 1991-08-31 Blanka Vlašić 2007 2007-09-02 5 2.04 m Blanka Vlašić 2009 2009-08-20 Mariya Lasitskene 2019 2019-09-30 Yaroslava Mahuchikh 2019 2019-09-30 8 2.03 m Anna Chicherova 2007 2007-09-02 Antonietta Di Martino 2007 2007-09-02 Anna Chicherova 2011 2011-09-03 Blanka Vlašić 2011 2011-09-03 Mariya Lasitskene 2017 2017-08-12 1Does not include ancillary marks

High jump at the World Athletics Championships

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