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 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.

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.^[1]

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 details	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)	Tyke Peacock (USA)	Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
1987 Rome details	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) Igor Paklin (URS)	none awarded
1991 Tokyo details	Charles Austin (USA)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Hollis Conway (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)	Steve Smith (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg details	Troy Kemp (BAH)	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)
1997 Athens details	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	Artur Partyka (POL)	Tim Forsyth (AUS)
1999 Seville details	Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	Mark Boswell (CAN)	Martin Buß (GER)
2001 Edmonton details	Martin Buß (GER)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	none awarded
2003 Saint-Denis details	Jacques Freitag (RSA)	Stefan Holm (SWE)	Mark Boswell (CAN)
2005 Helsinki details	Yuriy Krymarenko (UKR)	Víctor Moya (CUB) Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	none awarded
2007 Osaka details	Donald Thomas (BAH)	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)
2009 Berlin details	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)	Sylwester Bednarek (POL) Raúl Spank (GER)
2011 Daegu details	Jesse Williams (USA)	Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS)	Trevor Barry (BAH)
2013 Moscow details	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Derek Drouin (CAN)
2015 Beijing details	Derek Drouin (CAN)	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) Zhang Guowei (CHN)	none awarded
2017 London details	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Danil Lysenko (ANA)	Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR)
2019 Doha details	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Mikhail Akimenko (ANA)	Ilya Ivanyuk (ANA)
2022 Eugene details	Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)	Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR)	Andriy Protsenko (UKR)
2023 Budapest details	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
11	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
14	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	0	4
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
9	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
4	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
14	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 details	Tamara Bykova (URS)	Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)	Louise Ritter (USA)
1987 Rome details	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Tamara Bykova (URS)	Susanne Beyer (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Heike Henkel (GER)	Yelena Yelesina (URS)	Inha Babakova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	Silvia Costa (CUB)	Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)
1995 Gothenburg details	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	Alina Astafei (GER)	Inha Babakova (UKR)
1997 Athens details	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	Inha Babakova (UKR) Olga Kaliturina (RUS)	none awarded
1999 Seville details	Inha Babakova (UKR)	Yelena Yelesina (RUS)	Svetlana Lapina (RUS)
2001 Edmonton details	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Inha Babakova (UKR)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	Marina Kuptsova (RUS)	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2005 Helsinki details	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	Chaunté Howard (USA)	Emma Green (SWE)
2007 Osaka details	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS) Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)	none awarded
2009 Berlin details	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Ariane Friedrich (GER)	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2011 Daegu details	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2013 Moscow details	Brigetta Barrett (USA)	Anna Chicherova (RUS) Ruth Beitia (ESP)	none awarded
2015 Beijing details	Mariya Kuchina (RUS)	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	Anna Chicherova (RUS)
2017 London details	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	Yuliya Levchenko (UKR)	Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
2019 Doha details	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Vashti Cunningham (USA)
2022 Eugene details	Eleanor Patterson (AUS)	Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)	Elena Vallortigara (ITA)
2023 Budapest details	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
3	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa (RSA)	2001–2003	2	0	0	2
5	Inha Babakova	Ukraine (UKR)	1991–2001	1	2	2	5
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
8	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
8	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

References

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High jump at the World Athletics Championships

High jump at the World Athletics Championships
Summary
Men	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023
Women	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships
Early editions	Malmö 1976 (one event only) Sittard 1980 (two events only)
Championships	Helsinki 1983 Rome 1987 Tokyo 1991 Stuttgart 1993 Gothenburg 1995 Athens 1997 Seville 1999 Edmonton 2001 Saint-Denis 2003 Helsinki 2005 Osaka 2007 Berlin 2009 Daegu 2011 Moscow 2013 Beijing 2015 London 2017 Doha 2019 Eugene 2022 Budapest 2023 Tokyo 2025 Beijing 2027
Related lists	Championships records Doping Medalists Men Women Medal sweeps Medal table Nations
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