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A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Stefka Kostadinova's high jump world record of 2.08 m set on 31 May 1986. The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.
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.
In July, she broke the world record in high jump by jumping 2.10 m at the Wanda Diamond League in Paris. The previous record (2.09 m) was one of the longest-standing on the books, set by Stefka Kostadinova at the 1987 World Championships. [98] On 24 October 2024, World Athletics officially ratified her world record. [99]
Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships World record Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 2.08: Arnstadt, Germany: 4 February 2006 Championship record Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.05: Indianapolis, United States: 8 March 1987 World Leading Maria Kuchina (RUS) 2.01: Stockholm, Sweden: 6 February 2014 African record Hestrie Cloete (RSA ...
Championship record: World Leading Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.03 m: Brno, Czech Republic: 22 June 2022 African Record Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06 m: Saint-Denis, France: 31 August 2003 Asian Record Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) 2.00 m: Almaty, Kazakhstan: 8 June 2021 North, Central American and Caribbean record Chaunte Lowe (USA) 2.05 m: Des ...
Women's high jump world record progression; Men's high jump indoor world record progression; Men's high jump world record progression; L. Masters M70 long jump world ...
At the Hochsprung mit Musik meeting in Arnstadt, Germany, on 4 February 2006, Bergqvist set her first world record: she made an indoor leap of 2.08 on her first attempt, surpassing Heike Henkel's 2.07 m leap on 8 February 1992. The record was not totally unexpected since she jumped 2.00 m already in the warm up for the competition.
The women's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019. [ 1 ] Summary