SportingHeroes.net: an encyclopaedia of sports
information athletics heroes cricket heroes football heroes golf heroes rugby heroes tennis heroes

Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net
Click for information on advertising on Sporting-Heroes.net

Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Women's High Jump. World Record Progression

IAAF era:

 TIME           ATHLETE                     COUNTRY	   DATE	   VENUE
2.09m.   Stefka Kostadinova            (BUL)  30 Aug 87  Rome
2.08m.   Stefka Kostadinova            (BUL)  31 May 86  Sofia
2.07m.   Stefka Kostadinova            (BUL)  25 May 86  Sofia
2.07m.   Ludmilla Andonova             (BUL)  20 Jul 84  Berlin
2.05m.   Tamara Bykova                 (URS)  22 Jun 84  Kiev
2.04m.   Tamara Bykova                 (URS)  25 Aug 83  Pisa
2.03m.   Tamara Bykova                 (URS)  21 Aug 83  London
2.03m.   Ulrike Meyfarth               (FRG)  21 Aug 83  London
2.02m.   Ulrike Meyfarth               (FRG)  08 Sep 82  Athens
2.01m.   Sara Simeoni                  (ITA)  21 Aug 78  Praha
2.01m.   Sara Simeoni                  (ITA)  04 Aug 78  Brescia
2.00m.   Rosemarie Ackermann           (GDR)  26 Aug 77  Berlin
1.97m.   Rosemarie Ackermann           (GDR)  26 Aug 77  Berlin
1.97m.   Rosemarie Ackermann           (GDR)  14 Aug 77  Helsinki
1.96m.   Rosemarie Ackermann           (GDR)  03 Jul 76  Dresden
1.96m.   Rosemarie Witschas/Ackermann  (GDR)  08 May 76  Dresden
1.95m.   Rosemarie Witschas            (GDR)  08 Sep 74  Rome
1.94m.   Rosemarie Witschas            (GDR)  24 Aug 74  Berlin
1.94m.   Yordanka Blagoyeva            (BUL)  24 Sep 72  Zagreb
1.92m.   Ulrike Meyfarth               (FRG)  04 Sep 72  Münich
1.92m.   Ilona Gusenbauer              (AUT)  04 Sep 71  Vienna
1.91m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  16 Jul 61  Sofia
1.90m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  08 Jul 61  Budapest
1.88m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  18 Jun 61  Warsaw
1.87m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  15 Apr 61  Bucharest
1.86m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  10 Jul 60  Bucharest
1.85m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  06 Jun 60  Bucharest
1.84m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  21 Sep 59  Bucharest
1.83m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  18 Oct 58  Bucharest
1.82m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  04 Oct 58  Bucharest
1.81m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  31 Jul 58  Poiana Brasov
1.80m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  22 Jun 58  Cluj
1.78m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  07 Jun 58  Bucharest
1.77m.   Cheng Feng-Jung               (CHN)  11 Nov 57  Beijing
1.76m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  13 Oct 57  Bucharest
1.76m.   Mildred McDaniel              (USA)  01 Dec 56  Melbourne
1.75m.   Iolanda Balas                 (ROM)  14 Jul 56  Bucharest
1.74m.   Thelma Hopkins                (GBR)  05 May 56  Belfast
1.73m.   Aleksandra Chudina            (URS)  22 May 54  Kiev
1.72m.   Sheila Lerwill                (GBR)  07 Jul 51  London
1.71m.   Fanny Blankers-Koen           (NED)  30 May 43  Amsterdam
1.69m.   Fanny Blankers-Koen           (NED)  30 May 43  Amsterdam
1.67m.   Fanny Blankers-Koen           (NED)  30 May 43  Amsterdam
1.66m.   Ilsebill Pfenning             (SUI)  27 Jul 41  Lugano
1.66m.   Esther van Heerden            (SAF)  29 Mar 42  Stellenbosch
1.66m.   Dorothy Odam                  (GBR)  29 May 39  Brentwood
1.65m.   Dorothy Odam                  (GBR)  01 Jun 36  Brentwood
1.65m.   Dora Greenwood                (GBR)  08 Jun 33  Southend
1.65m.   Babe Didrikson                (USA)  07 Aug 32  Los Angeles 
1.65m.   Jean Shiley                   (USA)  07 Aug 32  Los Angeles    

FSFI era:

1.625m.  Babe Didrikson                (USA)  07 Aug 32  Los Angeles
1.625m.  Jean Shiley                   (USA)  07 Aug 32  Los Angeles
1.62m.   Carolina Gisolf               (NED)  12 Jun 32  Amsterdam
1.605m.  Carolina Gisolf               (NED)  18 Aug 29  Maastricht
1.595m.  Ethel Catherwood              (CAN)  05 Aug 28  Amsterdam
1.58m.   Carolina Gisolf               (NED)  03 Jul 28  Brussels
1.60m.   Ethel Catherwood              (CAN)  02 Jul 28  Halifax, Can.
1.60m.   Marjorie Clark                (SAF)  23 Jun 28  London
1.585m.  Marjorie Clark                (SAF)  01 Oct 27  Pietermaritzburg
1.58m.   Ethel Catherwood              (CAN)  06 Sep 26  Regina
1.552m.  Phyllis Green                 (GBR)  02 Aug 26  London
1.524m.  Phyllis Green                 (GBR)  11 Jul 25  London
1.51m.   Phyllis Green                 (GBR)  05 Jul 25  Brussels
1.51m.   Phyllis Green                 (GBR)  06 Jun 25  London
1.51m.   Elise Van Truyen              (BEL)  04 Aug 24  London
1.496m.  Marguerite Patouillet         (FRA)  04 Aug 24  London
1.496m.  Elise Van Truyen              (BEL)  04 Aug 24  London
1.51m.   Döring                        (GER)  10 Jun 24  Berlin
1.485m.  Sophie Elliott-Lynn           (GBR)  06 Aug 23  Brentwood
1.50m.   Hilda Hatt                    (GBR)  14 Jul 23  London
1.485m.  Hilda Hatt                    (GBR)  14 Jul 23  London
1.485m.  Ivy Lowman                    (GBR)  14 Jul 23  London
1.485m.  Elizabeth Stine               (USA)  26 May 23  Leonia
1.47m.   Ivy Lowman                    (GBR)  07 Apr 23  Monte Carlo
1.47m.   Sophie Elliott-Lynn           (GBR)  02 Aug 22  Torquay
1.46m.   Nancy Vorhees                 (USA)  20 May 22  Simsbury  
1.47m.   Elise Constant                (FRA)  26 Mar 21  Caen
1.45m.   Elise Constant                (FRA)  26 Mar 21  Caen  





Womens High Jump World Records Progression
Les progressions des records du monde d'athlétisme
Récords Mundials de Atletismo
Leichtathletik Weltrekorde


Back To Top Of Page