The first World Record in the high jump for women (athletics (track and field)) was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936.

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 56 world records in the event.^[1]

[edit] Record Progression

Height	Athlete	Date	Place
1.46 m	Nancy Vorhees (USA)	20 May 1922	Simsbury[1]
1.485 m	Elizabeth Stine (USA)	26 May 1923	Leonia[1]
1.485 m	Sophie Eliott-Lynn (GBR)	6 August 1923	Brentwood[1]
1.524 m	Phyllis Green (GBR)	11 July 1925	London[1]
1.552 m	Phyllis Green (GBR)	2 August 1926	London[1]
1.58 m	Ethel Catherwood (CAN)	6 September 1926	Regina[1]
1.58 m	Carolina Gisolf (NED)	3 July 1928	Brussels[1]
1.595 m	Ethel Catherwood (CAN)	5 August 1928	Amsterdam[1]
1.605 m	Carolina Gisolf (NED)	18 August 1929	Maastricht[1]
1.62 m	Carolina Gisolf (NED)	12 June 1932	Amsterdam[1]
1.65 m	Jean Shiley (USA)	7 August 1932	Los Angeles[1]
1.65 m	Mildred Didrikson (USA)	7 August 1932	Los Angeles[1]
1.66 m	Dorothy Odam (GBR)	29 May 1939	Brentwood[1]
1.66 m	Esther van Heerden (RSA)	29 March 1941	Stellenbosch[1]
1.66 m	Ilsebill Pfenning (SUI)	27 July 1941	Lugano[1]
1.71 m	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	30 May 1943	Amsterdam[1]
1.72 m	Sheila Lerwill (GBR)	7 July 1951	London[1]
1.73 m	Aleksandra Chudina (URS)	22 May 1954	Kiev[1]
1.74 m	Thelma Hopkins (GBR)	5 May 1956	Belfast[1]
1.75 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	14 July 1956	Bucharest[1]
1.76 m	Mildred McDaniel (USA)	1 December 1956	Melbourne[1]
1.76 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	13 October 1957	Bucharest[1]
1.77 m	Cheng Feng-Jung (CHN)	17 November 1957	Beijing[1]
1.78 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	7 June 1958	Bucharest[1]
1.80 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	22 June 1958	Cluj-Napoca[1]
1.81 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	31 July 1958	Poiana Brasov[1]
1.82 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	4 October 1958	Bucharest[1]
1.83 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	18 October 1958	Bucharest[1]
1.84 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	21 September 1959	Bucharest[1]
1.85 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	6 June 1960	Bucharest[1]
1.86 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	10 July 1960	Bucharest[1]
1.87 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	15 April 1961	Bucharest[1]
1.88 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	18 June 1961	Warsaw[1]
1.90 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	8 July 1961	Budapest[1]
1.91 m	Iolanda Balaş (ROM)	16 July 1961	Sofia[1]
1.92 m	Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)	4 September 1971	Vienna[1]
1.92 m	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	4 September 1972	Munich[1]
1.94 m	Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)	24 September 1972	Zagreb[1]
1.94 m	Rosemarie Witschas (GDR)	24 August 1974	Berlin[1]
1.95 m	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	8 September 1974	Rome[1]
1.96 m	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	8 May 1976	Dresden[1]
1.96 m	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	3 July 1977	Dresden[1]
1.97 m	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	14 August 1977	Helsinki[1]
1.97 m	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	26 August 1977	West Berlin[1]
2.00 m	Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)	26 August 1977	West Berlin[1]
2.01 m	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	4 August 1978	Brescia[1]
2.01 m	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	31 August 1978	Prague[1]
2.02 m	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	8 September 1982	Athens[1]
2.03 m	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	21 August 1983	London[1]
2.03 m	Tamara Bykova (URS)	21 August 1983	London[1]
2.04 m	Tamara Bykova (URS)	25 August 1983	Pisa[1]
2.05 m	Tamara Bykova (URS)	22 June 1984	Kiev[1]
2.07 m	Lyudmila Andonova (BUL)	20 July 1984	East Berlin[1]
2.07 m	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	25 May 1986	Sofia[1]
2.08 m	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	31 May 1986	Sofia[1]
2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	30 August 1987	Rome[1]

[edit] See also

• World Record progression in athletics high jump men
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's High Jump

[edit] References

• Sporting Heroes