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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 women's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Even though 32 athletes qualified through the qualification system for the Games, [2] only 31 took part in the competition. This was the 22nd appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since women's ...
The women's world record has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972. [1] Ellery Clark was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Ethel Catherwood became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later.
While Jiang Ranxin and Wei Meng did not break the qualification world records for the women's 10m air pistol or the women's skeet respectively, they did set Olympic records since they were not previously established in those events. ^ Sjöström broke the Olympic record for the women's 100 m freestyle in the women's 4x100 m freestyle relay final.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
She won the women's high jump with a personal best and world leading height of 2.03 m. She improved to 2.04 m on 11 June 2017 in Hengelo . On 6 July 2017, she set a new personal best at the Diamond League in Lausanne with a height of 2.06 m, a Diamond League record.
McCoy won the 2014 women's High Jump title at the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships clearing a 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) bar. McCoy jumped 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) San Diego State Aztecs Invitational which qualified for the 2014 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships , where she made Team USA for the first time.
Heike Henkel (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪkə ˈhɛŋkl̩] ⓘ; born Heike Redetzky; 5 May 1964) is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.