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

Best performances

Top ten highest World Championship jumps1

RankHeightAthleteNationYearDate
12.41 mBohdan Bondarenko20132013-08-15
22.40 mJavier Sotomayor19931993-08-22
32.38 mPatrik Sjöberg19871987-09-06
32.38 mIgor Paklin19871987-09-06
32.38 mHennadiy Avdyeyenko19871987-09-06
32.38 mCharles Austin19911991-09-01
32.38 mMutaz Essa Barshim20132013-08-15
32.38 mDerek Drouin20132013-08-15
92.37 mArtur Partyka19931993-08-22
92.37 mSteve Smith19931993-08-22
92.37 mTroy Kemp19951995-08-08
92.37 mJavier Sotomayor19951995-08-08
92.37 mJavier Sotomayor19971997-08-06
92.37 mVyacheslav Voronin19991999-08-23
92.37 mMutaz Essa Barshim20192019-10-04
92.37 mMutaz Essa Barshim20222022-07-18

RankHeight AthleteNationYearDate
12.09 mStefka Kostadinova19871987-08-30
22.06 mHestrie Cloete20032003-08-31
32.05 mHeike Henkel19911991-08-31
32.05 mBlanka Vlašić20072007-09-02
52.04 mBlanka Vlašić20092009-08-20
52.04 mMariya Lasitskene20192019-09-30
52.04 mYaroslava Mahuchikh20192019-09-30
82.03 mAnna Chicherova20072007-09-02
82.03 mAntonietta Di Martino20072007-09-02
82.03 mAnna Chicherova20112011-09-03
82.03 mBlanka Vlašić20112011-09-03
82.03 mMariya Lasitskene20172017-08-12

1Does not include ancillary marks