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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.
In the qualifying round, 19 women cleared 1.89m. That was too many to take to the final, so they went up to 1.92m. Only eight were able to clear 1.92m, so they counted back to the next tie-breaker at 1.89m, with a clean round and one miss at 1.89m being the difference.
All twelve finalists cleared 1.89m, ten over 1.93m and eight over 1.96m. Iryna Herashchenko, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Elena Vallortigara and Eleanor Patterson all made 1.98m. . Patterson took three attempts to make her clearance while Mahuchikh and Vallortigara were tied for the lead with perfect rounds go
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the world record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) is the women's world record holder with a jump of 2.10 m (6 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) set in 2024.
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.
Earlier this year, she upped her personal best to 2.02m (6-7.5), one of only 33 women in history to jump that high, and the second-best mark in the world in 2021.
High jump: 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) Andra Manson: Brenham High School: Brenham, Texas: Kingston, Jamaica: 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics: July 18, 2002 High jump: 7 ft 6 in (2.28 m) Vernon Turner: Yukon High School: Yukon, Oklahoma: Yukon, Oklahoma: April 14, 2017 [31] Video on YouTube: Pole vault: 5.93 m (19 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Armand ...
For the women's high jump event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 1.97 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.