Women's high jump world record progression
The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936.
As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 56 world records in the event.Record progression
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at:1922 text:Nancy Voorhees_1.46_m
at:1926 text:Phyllis Green_1.55_m
at:1928 text:Ethel Catherwood_1.595_m
at:1929 text:Carolina Gisoll_1.60_m
at:1932 text:Jean Shiley_1.65_m
at:1939 text:Dorothy Tyler_1.66_m
at:1943 text:Fanny Blankers-Koen_1.71_m
at:1956 text:Mildred Singleton_1.76_m
at:1958 text:Iolanda Balas_1.80_m
at:1960 shift: text:Iolanda_Balas_1.85_m
at:1961 shift: text:Iolanda_Balas_1.90_m
at:1961 shift: text:Iolanda_Balas_1.91_m
at:1971 text:Ilona Gusenbauer_1.92_m
at:1972 text:Jordanka Blagojewa_1.94_m
at:1974 text:Rosemarie Ackermann_1.95_m
at:1976 shift: text:Rosemarie_Ackermann_1.96_m
at:1977 shift: text:Rosemarie_Ackermann_1.97_m
at:1977 shift: text:Rosemarie_Ackermann_2.00_m
at:1978 shift: text:Sara Simeoni_2.01_m
at:1982 shift: text:Ulrike Meyfarth_2.02_m
at:1983 shift: text:Ulrike_Meyfarth_2.03_m
at:1983 shift: text:Tamara Bykowa_2.04_m
at:1984 shift: text:Tamara_Bykowa_2.05_m
at:1984 shift: text:Ludmilla Andonowa_2.07_m
at:1986 text:Stefka Kostadinova_2.08_m
at:1987 text:Stefka_Kostadinova_2.09_m
| Height | Athlete | Date | Place |
| | 20 May 1922 | Simsbury |
| | 26 May 1923 | Leonia |
| | 6 August 1923 | Brentwood |
| | 11 July 1925 | London |
| | 2 August 1926 | London |
| | 6 September 1926 | Regina |
| | 3 July 1928 | Brussels |
| | 5 August 1928 | Amsterdam |
| | 18 August 1929 | Maastricht |
| | 12 June 1932 | Amsterdam |
| | 7 August 1932 | Los Angeles |
| | 7 August 1932 | Los Angeles |
| | 29 May 1939 | Brentwood |
| | 29 March 1941 | Stellenbosch |
| | 27 July 1941 | Lugano |
| | 30 May 1943 | Amsterdam |
| | 7 July 1951 | London |
| | 22 May 1954 | Kiev |
| | 5 May 1956 | Belfast |
| | 14 July 1956 | Bucharest |
| | 1 December 1956 | Melbourne |
| | 13 October 1957 | Bucharest |
| | 17 November 1957 | Beijing |
| | 7 June 1958 | Bucharest |
| | 22 June 1958 | Cluj-Napoca |
| | 31 July 1958 | Poiana Brasov |
| | 4 October 1958 | Bucharest |
| | 18 October 1958 | Bucharest |
| | 21 September 1959 | Bucharest |
| | 6 June 1960 | Bucharest |
| | 10 July 1960 | Bucharest |
| | 15 April 1961 | Bucharest |
| | 18 June 1961 | Warsaw |
| | 8 July 1961 | Budapest |
| | 16 July 1961 | Sofia |
| | 4 September 1971 | Vienna |
| | 4 September 1972 | Munich |
| | 24 September 1972 | Zagreb |
| | 24 August 1974 | Berlin |
| | 8 September 1974 | Rome |
| | 8 May 1976 | Dresden |
| | 3 July 1977 | Dresden |
| | 14 August 1977 | Helsinki |
| | 26 August 1977 | West Berlin |
| | 26 August 1977 | West Berlin |
| | 4 August 1978 | Brescia |
| | 31 August 1978 | Prague |
| | 8 September 1982 | Athens |
| | 21 August 1983 | London |
| | 21 August 1983 | London |
| | 25 August 1983 | Pisa |
| | 22 June 1984 | Kiev |
| | 20 July 1984 | East Berlin |
| | 25 May 1986 | Sofia |
| | 31 May 1986 | Sofia |
| | 30 August 1987 | Rome |
