The women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 18 and 21 September 2025. Summary Out of a field of 36 athletes, 16 progressed to the final, with the automatic qualifying height of 1.97m unnecessary, with 11 athletes clearing 1.92m and the remaining 5 flawless until 1.92m. All the pre event favourites such as world leader Nicola Olyslagers and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh easily qualified.

The final was marred by rain, with multiple suspensions due to weather, with the competition taking over two and a half hours to complete. Although all but one athlete was able to clear the opening height of 1.87m, an opening miss by Maria Żodzik, threatened to ruin her competition, as she remained otherwise flawless until 2.00m. As the height began to rise, more athletes began to be eliminated, including 2023 silver medalist Eleanor Patterson, with a missed jump at 1.97m, forcing her to have to jump 2.00m to stay in medal contention, although three misses at that height forced her to share 5th place with Ukrainian Yuliya Levchenko. After 1.97m, only three athletes had flawless records, with defending champion Mahuchikh tied with Olyslagers and Serbian Angelina Topić who jumped a seasons best to remain in the hunt, alongside Żodzik whose early miss threatened her chances. After Olyslagers jumped 2.00m, the rain became too heavy to continue, leading to a suspension in the competition.

When it returned, Mahuchikh missed and, now needing 2.02m to take gold, elected to skip 2.00m. Topić was unable to improve on her season best. In a shock, Żodzik set a personal best on her third jump at 2.00m, to keep her in contention for a medal. Two further misses by Mahuchikh at 2.02m ensured she shared Bronze with Topić. Olyslagers and Żodzik swapped misses at the same height, until Olyslagers won her first World Championship on countback, having been flawless until then.

Records Before the competition records were as follows: RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record 2.10 m Paris, France 7 July 2024 Championship record 2.09 m Rome, Italy 30 August 1987 World Leading 2.04 m Zurich, Switzerland 27 August 2025 African Record 2.06 m Paris, France 31 August 2003 Asian Record 2.00 m Almaty, Kazakhstan 8 June 2021 European Record 2.10 m Paris, France 7 July 2024 North, Central American and Caribbean record 2.05 m Des Moines, United States 26 June 2010Oceanian record 2.04 m Zurich, Switzerland 27 August 2025 South American Record 1.96 m Oristano, Italy 8 September 1997

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.97 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:

Date Time Round 18 September 19:45 Qualification 21 September 20:00 Final

Results

Qualification All athletes over 1.97 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A Place Athlete Nation 1.83 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 Mark Notes 1 Morgan Lake - o o 1.92 m 1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh - - o 1.92 m 1 Eleanor Patterson - o o 1.92 m 1 Angelina Topić o o o 1.92 m 5 Fatoumata Balley o o xxx 1.88 m 5 Imke Onnen o o xxx 1.88 m 5 Merel Maes o o xxx 1.88 m 8 Dacsy Adelina Brisón xo o xxx 1.88 m 9 Engla Nilsson o xo xxx 1.88 m 10 Lilianna Bátori xo xo xxx 1.88 m 11 Nagisa Takahashi xo xxo xxx 1.88 m 12 Sanaa Barnes o xxx 1.83 m 12 Tatiana Gusin o xxx 1.83 m 14 Lia Apostolovski xo xxx 1.83 m 15 Idea Pieroni xxo xxx 1.83 m — Ella Junnila xxx — Styliana Ioannidou xxx — Britt Weerman xxx

Group B Place Athlete Nation 1.83 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 Mark Notes 1 Michaela Hrubá o o o 1.92 m 1 Yuliya Levchenko o o o 1.92 m 1 Nicola Olyslagers - o o 1.92 m 4 Maria Żodzik xo o o 1.92 m 5 Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah xo xo o 1.92 m 6 Christina Honsel xo o xo 1.92 m 7 Marija Vuković o o xxo 1.92 m , 8 Elena Kulichenko o o xxx 1.88 m 8 Elisabeth Pihela o o xxx 1.88 m 10 Vashti Cunningham xo o xxx 1.88 m 11 Kateryna Tabashnyk xxo xo xxx 1.88 m 12 Emma Gates xo xxo xxx 1.88 m 13 Emily Whelan xxo xxo xxx 1.88 m 14 Asia Tavernini xxo xxx 1.83 m — Lamara Distin xxx — Ellen Ekholm xxx — Buse Savaşkan xxx — Hellen Tenorio xxx

Final Place Athlete Nation 1.88 1.93 1.97 2.00 2.02 Mark Notes Nicola Olyslagers - o o o xxx 2.00 m Maria Żodzik xo o o xxo xxx 2.00 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh - o o x- xx 1.97 m Angelina Topić o o o xxx 1.97 m 5 Yuliya Levchenko o o xo xxx 1.97 m Eleanor Patterson o o xo xxx 1.97 m 7 Christina Honsel o o xxx 1.93 m Morgan Lake o o xxx 1.93 m 9 Elena Kulichenko o xo xxx 1.93 m 10 Merel Maes o xxo xxx 1.93 m 11 Imke Onnen xo xxo xxx 1.93 m 12 Michaela Hrubá o xxx 1.88 m Fatoumata Balley o xxx 1.88 m Marija Vuković o xxx 1.88 m 15 Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah xo xxx 1.88 m — Elisabeth Pihela xxx

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