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High Jump

World record

2.10

Yaroslava MahuchikhUKRParis · 7 Jul 2024

2 years standingRecord progression →

2.10

Best mark

World record

2.00

Top 50 cutoff

50 rows

2.02

Median

Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks

19

Countries

RUS 10 · UKR 7 · 17 others

Performance distribution

50 athletes from 2.10 to 2.00 · median 2.02

2.102.092.082.072.072.062.062.062.062.062.052.052.052.052.052.042.042.042.042.042.032.032.032.032.032.022.022.022.022.022.022.022.022.022.022.012.012.012.012.012.012.012.012.012.012.012.012.002.002.00

2.10 · WR2.02 · median2.00 · cutoff

Top 50 cutoff

The mark an athlete needed to make the list

World all-time top 50

Best by athlete · data refreshed 17 Sep 2026 · methodology

50 rows

#AthleteCountryMarkDateVenueAge
1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh WR UKR 2.10 7 Jul 2024 Paris 22
2 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2.09 30 Aug 1987 Roma 22
3 Blanka Vlašić CRO 2.08 31 Aug 2009 Zagreb 25
4 Lyudmila Andonova BUL 2.07 20 Jul 1984 Berlin 24
5 Anna Chicherova RUS 2.07 22 Jul 2011 Cheboksary 29
6 Kajsa Bergqvist SWE 2.06 26 Jul 2003 Eberstadt 26
7 Hestrie Cloete RSA 2.06 31 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis 25
8 Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2.06 28 Aug 2004 Athínai 22
9 Ariane Friedrich GER 2.06 14 Jun 2009 Berlin 25
10 Mariya Lasitskene RUS 2.06 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne 24
11 Tamara Bykova RUS 2.05 22 Jun 1984 Kyiv 25
12 Heike Henkel GER 2.05 31 Aug 1991 Tokyo 27
13 Inga Babakova UKR 2.05 15 Sep 1995 Tokyo
14 Tia Hellebaut BEL 2.05 23 Aug 2008 Beijing 30
15 Chaunté Lowe USA 2.05 26 Jun 2010 Des Moines 26
16 Silvia Costa CUB 2.04 9 Sep 1989 Barcelona 25
17 Venelina Veneva BUL 2.04 2 Jun 2001 Kalamáta
18 Irina Gordeeva RUS 2.04 19 Aug 2012 Eberstadt 25
19 Brigetta Barrett USA 2.04 22 Jun 2013 Des Moines 22
20 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 2.04 27 Aug 2025 Zürich 28
21 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 2.03 21 Aug 1983 London 27
22 Louise Ritter USA 2.03 8 Jul 1988 Austin 30
23 Tatyana Motkova RUS 2.03 30 May 1995 Bratislava 26
24 Niki Bakoyianni GRE 2.03 3 Aug 1996 Atlanta 28
25 Antonietta Di Martino ITA 2.03 24 Jun 2007 Milano 29
26 Yelena Yelesina RUS 2.02 23 Jul 1990 Seattle
27 Monika Iagar ROU 2.02 6 Jun 1998 Budapest
28 Marina Kuptsova RUS 2.02 1 Jun 2003 Hengelo
29 Viktoriya Styopina UKR 2.02 28 Aug 2004 Athínai
30 Ruth Beitia ESP 2.02 4 Aug 2007 San Sebastián
31 Elena Vallortigara ITA 2.02 22 Jul 2018 London
32 Nafissatou Thiam BEL 2.02 22 Jun 2019 H Talence 24
33 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 2.02 10 Sep 2019 Minsk
34 Vashti Cunningham USA 2.02 29 May 2021 Chula Vista
35 Eleanor Patterson AUS 2.02 19 Jul 2022 Eugene
36 Sara Simeoni ITA 2.01 4 Aug 1978 Brescia
37 Olga Turchak KAZ 2.01 7 Jul 1986 Moskva
38 Desiree du Plessis RSA 2.01 16 Sep 1986 Johannesburg
39 Heike Balck GER 2.01 18 Jun 1989 Karl-Marx-Stadt
40 Alina Astafei GER 2.01 27 May 1995 Wörrstadt
41 Hanne Haugland NOR 2.01 13 Aug 1997 Zürich
42 Yelena Gulyayeva RUS 2.01 23 May 1998 Kalamáta
43 Vita Palamar UKR 2.01 15 Aug 2003 Zürich
44 Amy Acuff USA 2.01 15 Aug 2003 Zürich
45 Irina Mikhalchenko UKR 2.01 17 Jul 2004 Eberstadt
46 Emma Green SWE 2.01 1 Aug 2010 Barcelona
47 Svetlana Shkolina RUS 2.01 4 Jul 2012 Cheboksary
48 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 2.00 26 Aug 1977 Berlin
49 Charmaine Weavers RSA 2.00 25 Mar 1985 Pretoria
50 Lyudmila Avdeyenko UKR 2.00 17 Jul 1987 Bryansk
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