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High jump at the World Athletics Championships

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High jump
at the World Athletics Championships
The 2015 men's high jump champion Derek Drouin
Overview
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19832023
Women: 19832023
Championship record
Men2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko (2013)
Women2.09 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

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  • 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

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Men

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Qatar (QAT)3115
2 Russia (RUS)2507
3 Cuba (CUB)2305
4 United States (USA)2215
5 Ukraine (UKR)2114
6 Bahamas (BAH)2013
7 Soviet Union (URS)1203
8 Canada (CAN)1124
9 Sweden (SWE)1102
10 Germany (GER)1023
11 Italy (ITA)1001
 South Africa (RSA)1001
13 Poland (POL)0224
 Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)0213
14 China (CHN)0112
 Cyprus (CYP)0112
16 South Korea (KOR)0101
17 Australia (AUS)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Syria (SYR)0011
Totals (19 entries)19231658

Multiple medalists

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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

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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

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

Multiple medalists

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS BUDAPEST 23 STATISTICAL BOOKLET" (PDF). World Athletics. World Athletics. p. 44. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

Bibliography

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