Athletics

High Jump, Women 1928-2024

1928
1 Ethel Catherwood CAN 1,59
2 Carolina Gisolf NED 1,56
3 Mildred Wiley USA 1,56
4 Jean Shiley USA 1,51
5 Marjorie Clask RSA 1,48
6 Helma Notte GER 1,48
7 Inge Braumüller GER 1,48
8 Catherine Maguire USA 1,48

1932
1 Jean Shiley USA 1,65
2 Mildred Didrikson USA 1,65
3 Eva Dawes CAN 1,60
4 Carolina Gisolf NED 1,58
5 Marjorie Clark RSA 1,58
6 Annette Rogers USA 1,58
7 Helma Notte GER 1,55
8 Yuriko Hirohashi JPN 1,49

1936
1 Ibolya Csak HUN 1,60
2 Dorothy Odam GBR 1,60
3 Elfriede Kaun GER 1,60
4 Herman Ratjen GER 1,58
5 Marguerite Nicolas FRA 1,58
6 Francina Blamkers-Koen NED 1,55
6 Doris Carter AUS 1,55
6 Annette Rogers USA 1,55

1948
1 Alice Coachman USA 1,68
2 Dorothy Tyler GBR 1,68
3 Micheline Ostemeyer FRA 1,61
4 Vinton Beckett JAM 1,58
4 Doreen Dredge CAN 1,58
6 Bertha Crowther GBR 1,55
7 Iso Steinegger AUT 1,55
8 Dora Gardner GBR 1,55

1952
1 Esther Brand RSA 1,67
2 Sheila Lerwill GBR 1,65
3 Aleksandra Chudina URS 1,67
4 Thelma Hopkins GBR 1,58
5 Olga Madrochova TCH 1,58
6 Theodora Schenk AUT 1,58
7 Nina Kossova RUS 1,58
7 Dorothy Tyler GBR 1,58

1956
1 Mildred McDaniel USA 1,76
2 Thelma Hopkins GBR 1,67
2 Maria Pisareva URS 1,67
4 Gunhild Larking SWE 1,67
5 Iolanda Balas ROU 1,67
6 Michele Mason AUS 1,67
7 Mary Donaghy NZL 1,67
8 Hermina Geyser RSA 1,64
8 Jirina Voborilova TCH 1,54

1960
1 Iolanda Balas ROU 1,85
2 Jaroslawa Jozwiakowska POL 1,71
3 Dorothy Shirley GBR 1,71
4 Galina Dolya URS 1,71
5 Taisa Chenchik URS 1,68
6 Helen Lorentzon SWE 1,65
6 Inga-Briff Slaap GBR 1,65
6 Helen Frith AUT 1,65
8 Frances Slaap GBR 1,65
Qual. Marinella Bortoluzzi ITA 1,55

1964
1 Iolanda Balas ROU 1,90
2 Michele Brown-Mason AUS 1,80
3 Taisa Chenchik URS 1,78
4 Aida Dos Santos BRA 1,74
5 Dianne Gerace CAN 1,71
6 Frances Slaap GBR 1,71
7 Olga Pulic YUG 1,71
8 Eleanor Montgomery USA 1,71

1968
1 Miloslava Rezkova TCH 1,82
2 Antonina Okorokova URS 1,80
3 Valentyna Kozyr URS 1,80
4 Jaroslava Valentova TCH 1,78
5 Rita Schmidt GDR 1,78
6 Maria Faithova TCH 1,78
7 Karin Schulze GDR 1,78
8 Ilona Gusenbauer AUT 1,76

1972
1 Ulrike Meyfarth RFG 1,92
2 Yordanka Blagoeva BUL 1,88
3 Ilona Gusenbauer AUT 1,88
4 Barbara Inkpen GBR 1,85
5 Rita Schmidt GDR 1,85
6 Sara Simeoni ITA 1,85
7 Rosemarie Witschas GDR 1,85
8 Deborah Brill CAN 1,82

1976
1 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 1,93
2 Sara Simeoni ITA 1,91
3 Yordanka Blagoeva BUL 1,91
4 Maria Mracoova TCH 1,89
5 Joni Huntley USA 1,89
6 Tatyana Shlyahto URS 1,87
7 Annette Tannander SWE 1,87
8 Cornelia Popa ROU 1,87
Qual. Donatella Bulfoni ITA 1,75

1980
1 Sara Simeoni ITA 1,97
2 Urszula Kielan POL 1,94
3 Jutta Kirst GDR 1,94
4 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 1,91
5 Marina Sysoeva URS 1,91
6 Christine Reichstein GDR 1,91
7 Andrea Stanton AUS 1,91
8 Cornelia Popa ROU 1,88

1984
1 Ulrike Meyfarth RFG 2,02
2 Sara Simeoni ITA 2,00
3 Joni Huntley USA 1,97
4 Maryse Ewanje-Epee FRA 1,94
5 Deborah Brill CAN 1,94
6 Vanessa Browne AUS 1,94
7 Zheg Zheng CHN 1,91
8 D. Louise Ritter USA 1,91

1988
1 D. Luise Ritter USA 2,03
2 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2,01
3 Tamara Bykova URS 1,99
4 Olga Tourtchak URS 1,96
5 Lyudmila Astafei ROU 1,93
5 Galina Andonova BUL 1,93
7 Christine Stanton AUS 1,93
8 Diana Davies GBR 1,90
8 Kim hae-sun KOR 1,90

1992
1 Heike Henkel GER 2,02
2 Galina Astafei ROU 2,00
3 Ioamnet Quintero CUB 1,97
4 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1,94
5 Sigrid Kirchmann AUT 1,94
6 Silvia Costa CUB 1,94
7 Megumi Sato JPN 1,91
8 Alison Inverarity AUS 1,91
Qual. Antonella Bevilacqua ITA 1,85

1996
1 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2,05
2 Niki Bakogianni GRE 2,03
3 Inga Babakova UKR 2,01
4 Antonella Bevilacqua ITA 1,99
5 Yelena Gulyayeva RUS 1,99
6 Alina Astafei GER 1,96
6 Tatiana Motkova RUS 1,96
6 Nele Zlinskiene LTU 1,96

2000
1 Yelena Yelesina RUS 2,01
2 Hestrie Cloete RSA 2,01
3 Kaja Berqvist SWE 1,99
4 Oana Manuela Pantelimon ROU 1,99
5 Inga Babakova UKR 1,96
6 Svetlana Zalevskaya KAZ 1,96
7 Vita Palmar UKR 1,96
8 Amewu Mensah GER 1,93

2004
1 Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2,06
2 Hestrie Cloete RSA 2,02
3 Viktoriya Styopina UKR 2,02
4 Amy Acuff USA 1,99
5 Iryna Mykhalchenko UKR 1,96
6 Anna Chicherova RUS 1,96
7 Oana Pantelimon ROU 1,93
8 Monica Iagar ROU 1,93

2008
1 Tia Hellebaut BEL 2,05
2 Blanka Vasic CRO 2,05
3 Chaunte Howard USA 1,99
4 Ruth Beitia ESP 1,96
4 Ariane Friedrich GER 1,96
6 Emma Green Tregaro SWE 1,96
7 Antonietta Di Martino ITA 1,93
7 Marina Aitova KAZ 1,93
Anna Chicherova RUS (2,03), Elena Selsarenko RUS (2,01) and Vita Palamar UKR (1,99) have been disqualified due to anti-doping rule violations.

2012
1 Anna Chicherova RUS 2,05
2 Brigetta Barrett USA 2,03
3
4 Ruth Beitia ESP 2,00
5 Tia Hellebaut BEL 1,97
6 Chaunte Lowe USA 1,97
7 Svetlana Radzivil UZB 1,97
8 Emma Green Tregaro SWE 1,93  
Final classification under review after Svetlana Shhkolina RUS (2,03) has been suspended.

2016
1 Ruth Beitia ESP 1,97
2 Mirela Demireva BUL 1,97
3 Blanka Vlasic CRO 1,97
4 Chaunte Lowe USA 1,97
5 Alessia Trost ITA 1,93
6 Levern Spencer LCA 1,93
7 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch GER 1,93
7 Sofie Skoog SWE 1,93
16 Desiree Rossit ITA 1,88

2020
1 Mariya Lasitskene ROC 2,04
2 Nicola McDermott AUS 2,02
3 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2,00
4 Iryna Gerashchenko UKR 1,98
5 Eleanor Patterson AUS 1,96
6 Vasthi Cunningham 1,96
6 Safina Sadullayeva UZB 1,96
8 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 1,96
Qual. Alessia Trost ITA 1,90
Qual. Elena Vallortigara ITA 1,93

2024
1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2,00
2 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 2,00
3 Iryna Gerashchenko UKR 1,95
4 Eleanor Patterson AUS 1,95
5 Vashiti Cunnigham USA 1,95
6 Christina Honsel GER 1,95
7 Elena Kulichenko CYP 1,95
7 Safina Sadullayeva UZB 1,95