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. In the 2015 World Championships in Athletics the qualifying height for men was 2.31 m and for women 1.94 m.

High jump at the World Athletics Championships
The 2015 men's high jump champion Derek Drouin
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1983 – 2023
Championship record
Men	2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko (2013)
Women	2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova (1987)
Reigning champion
Men	Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
Women	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)

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.

Age

• All information from WA.

Distinction	Male athlete	Age	Female athlete	Age
Youngest champion	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	19 years, 282 days	Ioamnet Quintero	20 years, 337 days
Youngest medalist	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	19 years, 282 days	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	18 years, 11 days
Youngest participant	Tim Forsyth	18 years, 12 days	Zheng Xingjuan	16 years, 139 days
Oldest champion	Mutaz Essa Barshim	31 years, 24 days	Inha Babakova	32 years, 63 days
Oldest medalist	Andriy Protsenko	34 years, 59 days	Ruth Beitia	34 years, 138 days
Oldest participant	Dragutin Topić	38 years, 160 days	Venelina Veneva-Mateeva	41 years, 75 days

Medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	Tyke Peacock (USA)	Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
1987 Rome	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) Igor Paklin (URS)	none awarded
1991 Tokyo	Charles Austin (USA)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Hollis Conway (USA)
1993 Stuttgart	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)	Steve Smith (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg	Troy Kemp (BAH)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)
1997 Athens	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)	Tim Forsyth (AUS)
1999 Seville	Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	Mark Boswell (CAN)	Martin Buß (GER)
2001 Edmonton	Martin Buß (GER)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	none awarded
2003 Saint-Denis	Jacques Freitag (RSA)	Stefan Holm (SWE)	Mark Boswell (CAN)
2005 Helsinki	Yuriy Krymarenko (UKR)	Víctor Moya (CUB) Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	none awarded
2007 Osaka	Donald Thomas (BAH)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)
2009 Berlin	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)	Sylwester Bednarek (POL) Raúl Spank (GER)
2011 Daegu	Jesse Williams (USA)	Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS)	Trevor Barry (BAH)
2013 Moscow	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Derek Drouin (CAN)
2015 Beijing	Derek Drouin (CAN)	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) Zhang Guowei (CHN)	none awarded
2017 London	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Danil Lysenko (ANA)	Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR)
2019 Doha	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Mikhail Akimenko (ANA)	Ilya Ivanyuk (ANA)
2022 Eugene	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR)	Andriy Protsenko (UKR)
2023 Budapest	Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)	JuVaughn Harrison (USA)	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Qatar (QAT)	3	1	1	5
2	Russia (RUS)	2	5	0	7
3	Cuba (CUB)	2	3	0	5
4	United States (USA)	2	2	1	5
5	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	1	4
6	Bahamas (BAH)	2	0	1	3
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	0	3
8	Canada (CAN)	1	1	2	4
9	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
10	Germany (GER)	1	0	2	3
11	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	0	1
13	Poland (POL)	0	2	2	4
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	0	2	1	3
14	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	1	2
16	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
17	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		19	23	16	58

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mutaz Barshim	Qatar (QAT)	2013-2022	3	1	1	5
2	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba (CUB)	1991–1997	2	2	0	4
3	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia (RUS)	2001–2009	1	3	0	4
4	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983–1987	1	1	0	2
	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia (RUS)	1999–2001	1	1	0	2
	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine (UKR)	2013–2015	1	1	0	2
7	Derek Drouin	Canada (CAN)	2013–2015	1	0	1	2
8	Artur Partyka	Poland (POL)	1993–1997	0	2	1	3
9	Mark Boswell	Canada (CAN)	1999–2003	0	1	1	2
	Kyriakos Ioannou	Cyprus (CYP)	2007–2009	0	1	1	2

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	5	0	7
2	Cuba (CUB)	2	3	0	5
3	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
4	Qatar (QAT)	2	1	0	3
	Ukraine (UKR)	2	1	0	3
6	Bahamas (BAH)	2	0	1	3
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	0	3
8	Canada (CAN)	1	1	2	4
9	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
10	Germany (GER)	1	0	2	3
11	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	0	1
12	Poland (POL)	0	2	2	4
13	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	0	2	1	3
14	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	1	2
16	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
18 nations		17	21	14	52

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Tamara Bykova (URS)	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	Louise Ritter (USA)
1987 Rome	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Tamara Bykova (URS)	Susanne Beyer (GDR)
1991 Tokyo	Heike Henkel (GER)	Yelena Yelesina (URS)	Inha Babakova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	Silvia Costa (CUB)	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)
1995 Gothenburg	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Alina Astafei (GER)	Inha Babakova (UKR)
1997 Athens	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	Inha Babakova (UKR) Olga Kaliturina (RUS)	none awarded
1999 Seville	Inha Babakova (UKR)	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)	Svetlana Lapina (RUS)
2001 Edmonton	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Inha Babakova (UKR)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2003 Saint-Denis	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Marina Kuptsova (RUS)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2005 Helsinki	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	Chaunté Howard (USA)	Emma Green (SWE)
2007 Osaka	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS) Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)	none awarded
2009 Berlin	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Ariane Friedrich (GER)	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2011 Daegu	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2013 Moscow	Brigetta Barrett (USA)	Anna Chicherova (RUS) Ruth Beitia (ESP)	none awarded
2015 Beijing	Mariya Kuchina (RUS)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS)
2017 London	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	Yuliya Levchenko (UKR)	Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
2019 Doha	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Vashti Cunningham (USA)
2022 Eugene	Eleanor Patterson (AUS)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Elena Vallortigara (ITA)
2023 Budapest	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Eleanor Patterson (AUS)	Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mariya Lasitskene	Russia (RUS) & Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	2015-2019	3	0	0	3
2	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia (CRO)	2007–2015	2	2	0	4
3	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria (BUL)	1987–1995	2	0	0	2
	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa (RSA)	2001–2003	2	0	0	2
5	Inha Babakova	Ukraine (UKR)	1991–2001	1	2	2	5
	Anna Chicherova	Russia (RUS)	2007–2015	1	2	2	5
7	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine (UKR)	2019–2023	1	2	0	3
8	Tamara Bykova	Soviet Union (URS)	1983–1987	1	1	0	2
	Eleanor Patterson	Australia (AUS)	2022–2023	1	1	0	2
9	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden (SWE)	2001–2005	1	0	2	3
10	Yelena Yelesina	Russia (RUS)	1991–1999	0	2	0	2
11	Antonietta Di Martino	Italy (ITA)	2007–2011	0	1	2	3

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	3	5	3	11
2	Ukraine (UKR)	2	5	1	7
3	Croatia (CRO)	2	2	0	4
4	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	2	0	0	2
	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	0	0	2
	South Africa (RSA)	2	0	0	2
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	1	4
8	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
	Australia (AUS)	1	1	1	3
10	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	0	2
11	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	3	4
12	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
13	United States (USA)	0	2	2	4
14	Italy (ITA)	0	1	3	4
15	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
16	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
19 nations		19	21	18	58

Bibliography

• Butler, Mark (2015). IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Book. IAAF.

External links

• Official IAAF website