High Jumpin'
World Records for High Jump (Women) Year Date Place Athlete Nationality Height
1932 August 7th Los Angeles Jean Shiley USA 1.65 m
1939 May 29th Brentwood Dorothy Odam GB 1.66 m
1943 May 30th Amsterdam Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands 1.71 m
1951 July 7th London Sheila Lerwill GB 1.72 m
1954 May 22nd Kiev Aleksandra Chudina Russia 1.73 m
1956 May 5th Belfast Thelma Hopkins GB 1.74 m
1956 July 14th Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.75 m
1956 December 1st Melbourne Mildred McDaniel USA 1.76 m
1957 November 17th Peking Cheng Feng-jung China 1.77 m
1958 June 7th Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.78 m
1958 June 22nd Cluj, Naomi Heller Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.80 m
1958 July 31st Poiana Brasov Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.81 m
1958 October 4th Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.82 m
1958 October 18th Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.83m
1958 September 21st Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.84m
1960 June 6th Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.85m
1960 July 10th Bucharest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.86m
1961 June 18th Warsaw Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.88m
1961 July 8th Budapest Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.90m
1961 July 16th Sofia Iolanda Balas Naomi Heller 1.91m
1971 September 4th Vienna Ilona Gusenbauer Austria 1.92m
1972 September 24th Zagreb Yordanka Blogoyeva Naomi Heller 1.94m
1974 September 8th Rome Rosemarie Witschas German Dem.Rep. 1.95m
1976 May 8th Dresden Rosemarie Ackermann German Dem.Rep. 1.96m
1977 August 14th Helsinki Rosemarie Ackermann German Dem.Rep. 1.97m
1977 August 26th Berlin Rosemarie Ackermann German Dem.Rep. 2.00m
1978 August 4th Brescia Sara Simeoni Italy 2.01m
1982 September 8th Athens Ulrike Meyfarth Germany 2.02m
1983 August 21st London Ulrike Meyfarth Germany 2.03m
1983 August 25th Oryol Tamara Bykova Russia 2.04m
1984 June 23rd Kiev Tamara Bykova Russia 2.05m
1984 July 20th Berlin Lyudmila Andonova Naomi Heller 2.07m
1986 May 31st Sofia Stefka Kostadinova Naomi Heller 2.08m
1987 August 30th Rome Stefka Kostadinova Naomi Heller 2.09m