Athletics — High Jump, Women

Times held 23
Total participants 453
Total countries 87

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1928 High Jump, Women Olympic 20 9
1932 High Jump, Women Olympic 10 6
1936 High Jump, Women Olympic 17 12
1948 High Jump, Women Olympic 19 10
1952 High Jump, Women Olympic 17 10
1956 High Jump, Women Olympic 19 12
1960 High Jump, Women Olympic 23 15
1964 High Jump, Women Olympic 26 18
1968 High Jump, Women Olympic 24 14
1972 High Jump, Women Olympic 40 22
1976 High Jump, Women Olympic 35 23
1980 High Jump, Women Olympic 20 13
1984 High Jump, Women Olympic 29 18
1988 High Jump, Women Olympic 24 15
1992 High Jump, Women Olympic 41 26
1996 High Jump, Women Olympic 32 24
2000 High Jump, Women Olympic 38 27
2004 High Jump, Women Olympic 34 25
2008 High Jump, Women Olympic 32 24
2012 High Jump, Women Olympic 34 27
2016 High Jump, Women Olympic 35 26
2020 High Jump, Women Olympic 31 20
2024 High Jump, Women Olympic 32 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Ethel CatherwoodCAN Lien GisolfNED Mildred WileyUSA
1932 Jean ShileyUSA Babe DidriksonUSA Eva DawesCAN
1936 Ibolya CsákHUN Dorothy OdamGBR Elfriede KaunGER
1948 Alice CoachmanUSA Dorothy TylerGBR Micheline OstermeyerFRA
1952 Esther BrandRSA Sheila LerwillGBR Aleksandra ChudinaURS
1956 Millie McDanielUSA Thelma Hopkins
Mariya Pisareva
GBR
URS
1960 Iolanda BalașROU Dorothy Shirley
Jarosława Jóźwiakowska
GBR
POL
1964 Iolanda BalașROU Michele Mason-BrownAUS Taisiya ChenchikURS
1968 Miloslava RezkováTCH Antonina OkorokovaURS Valentina KozyrURS
1972 Ulrike MeyfarthFRG Yordanka BlagoevaBUL Ilona GusenbauerAUT
1976 Rosie AckermannGDR Sara SimeoniITA Yordanka BlagoevaBUL
1980 Sara SimeoniITA Urszula KielanPOL Jutta KirstGDR
1984 Ulrike MeyfarthFRG Sara SimeoniITA Joni HuntleyUSA
1988 Louise RitterUSA Stefka KostadinovaBUL Tamara BykovaURS
1992 Heike HenkelGER Galina AstafeiROU Ioamnet QuinteroCUB
1996 Stefka KostadinovaBUL Niki BakogianniGRE Inha BabakovaUKR
2000 Yelena YelesinaRUS Hestrie Storbeck-CloeteRSA Oana Mușunoi-Pantelimon
Kajsa Bergqvist
ROU
SWE
2004 Yelena SlesarenkoRUS Hestrie Storbeck-CloeteRSA Vita StopinaUKR
2008 Tia HellebautBEL Blanka VlašićCRO Chaunté HowardUSA
2012 Anna ChicherovaRUS Brigetta BarrettUSA Ruth BeitíaESP
2016 Ruth BeitíaESP Mirela DemirevaBUL Blanka VlašićCRO
2020 Mariya LasitskeneROC Nicola McDermottAUS Yaroslava MahuchikhUKR
2024 Yaroslava MahuchikhUKR Nicola OlyslagersAUS Eleanor Patterson
Iryna Herashchenko
AUS
UKR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 2 3 9
Russian Federation RUS 3 0 0 3
Romania ROU 2 1 1 4
West Germany FRG 2 0 0 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 3 1 5
Italy ITA 1 2 0 3
South Africa RSA 1 2 0 3
Ukraine UKR 1 0 4 5
Canada CAN 1 0 1 2
East Germany GDR 1 0 1 2
Germany GER 1 0 1 2
Spain ESP 1 0 1 2
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
ROC ROC 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 5 0 5
Australia AUS 0 3 1 4
Soviet Union URS 0 2 4 6
Poland POL 0 2 0 2
Croatia CRO 0 1 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 2 0 0 2
Iolanda Balaș ROU 2 0 0 2
Sara Simeoni ITA 1 2 0 3
Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1 1 0 2
Ruth Beitía ESP 1 0 1 2
Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Andorra AND 1992 Summer Olympics Maggy Moreno 41 r1/2 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2016 Summer Olympics Priscilla Frederick 28 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 2000 Summer Olympics Solange Witteveen 20 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1964 Summer Olympics Michele Mason-Brown 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Nicola McDermott 2 Silver
2024 Summer Olympics Nicola Olyslagers 2 Silver
Austria AUT 1972 Summer Olympics Ilona Gusenbauer 3 Bronze See all
Barbados BAR 2016 Summer Olympics Akela Jones 31 r1/2 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Tatsiana Khramava 14 r1/2 See all
Belgium BEL 2008 Summer Olympics Tia Hellebaut 1 Gold See all
Brazil BRA 1964 Summer Olympics Aída dos Santos 4 See all
British Virgin Islands IVB 1996 Summer Olympics Coralea Cline DNS See all
Bulgaria BUL 1996 Summer Olympics Stefka Kostadinova 1 Gold See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1996 Summer Olympics Irène Tiendrébéogo =29 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1928 Summer Olympics Ethel Catherwood 1 Gold See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Su Chun-Yueh 23 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 2004 Summer Olympics Caterine Ibargüen 30 r1/2 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Sandra Johnson DNS See all
Croatia CRO 2008 Summer Olympics Blanka Vlašić 2 Silver See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Ioamnet Quintero 3 Bronze See all
Cyprus CYP 2024 Summer Olympics Elena Kulichenko =7 See all
Czechia CZE 2008 Summer Olympics Iva Straková =9 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1968 Summer Olympics Miloslava Rezková 1 Gold See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1988 Summer Olympics Lucienne N'Da 24 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Anne Iversen =9 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2004 Summer Olympics Juana Rosario Arrendel =16 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Rosie Ackermann 1 Gold See all
Estonia EST 2012 Summer Olympics Anna Iljuštšenko =14 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1964 Summer Olympics Leena Kaarna 13 See all
France FRA 1948 Summer Olympics Micheline Ostermeyer 3 Bronze See all
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Valentina Liashenko =32 r1/2 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Heike Henkel 1 Gold See all
Ghana GHA 2024 Summer Olympics Rose Yeboah =24 See all
Great Britain GBR 1936 Summer Olympics Dorothy Odam 2 Silver See all
1948 Summer Olympics Dorothy Tyler 2 Silver
1952 Summer Olympics Sheila Lerwill 2 Silver
1956 Summer Olympics Thelma Hopkins =2 Silver
1960 Summer Olympics Dorothy Shirley =2 Silver
Greece GRE 1996 Summer Olympics Niki Bakogianni 2 Silver See all
Guyana GUY 1960 Summer Olympics Brenda Archer 20 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 1936 Summer Olympics Ibolya Csák 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 1984 Summer Olympics Disa Gísladóttir =24 r1/2 See all
India IND 2004 Summer Olympics Bobby Aloysius =28 r1/2 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Sahana Kumari =28 r1/2
Ireland IRL 2012 Summer Olympics Deirdre Ryan 26 r1/2 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Nazli Bayat Makou AC r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1952 Summer Olympics Tamar Metal 17 See all
Italy ITA 1980 Summer Olympics Sara Simeoni 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1948 Summer Olympics Vinton Beckett =4 See all
Japan JPN 1992 Summer Olympics Megumi Sato 7 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Svetlana Zalevskaya 6 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2004 Summer Olympics Tatyana Yefimenko =23 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 1992 Summer Olympics Valentīna Gotovska =13 See all
Lithuania LTU 1996 Summer Olympics Nelė Savickytė-Žilinskienė =5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics Triny Bourkel =14 See all
Malaysia MAS 1972 Summer Olympics Gladys Chai DNS See all
Mexico MEX 2004 Summer Olympics María Romary Rifka 14 r1/2 See all
Montenegro MNE 2020 Summer Olympics Marija Vuković 9 See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Lien Gisolf 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 1956 Summer Olympics Jessie Donaghy 7 See all
Nigeria NGR 2008 Summer Olympics Doreen Amata =13 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 1996 Summer Olympics Hanne Haugland 8 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Zheng Dazhen 7 See all
Peru PER 1972 Summer Olympics María Luisa Vilca DNS See all
Philippines PHI 1964 Summer Olympics Lolita Lagrosas 24 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Jarosława Jóźwiakowska =2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Urszula Kielan 2 Silver
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Laura Agront =22 r1/2 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Mariya Lasitskene 1 Gold See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Kim Hui-Seon =8 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 1996 Summer Olympics Olga Bolșova =11 See all
Romania ROU 1960 Summer Olympics Iolanda Balaș 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Iolanda Balaș 1 Gold
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Yelena Yelesina 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Yelena Slesarenko 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Anna Chicherova 1 Gold
Saint Lucia LCA 2016 Summer Olympics Levern Spencer 6 See all
San Marino SMR 1976 Summer Olympics Giuseppina Grassi AC r1/2 See all
Senegal SEN 1984 Summer Olympics Constance Senghor =27 r1/2 See all
Serbia SRB 2024 Summer Olympics Angelina Topić DNS final See all
Seychelles SEY 2012 Summer Olympics Lissa Labiche =19 r1/2 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Alica Javadová =24 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 1996 Summer Olympics Britta Bilač =9 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Esther Brand 1 Gold See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Mariya Pisareva =2 Silver See all
1968 Summer Olympics Antonina Okorokova 2 Silver
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Ruth Beitía 1 Gold See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1992 Summer Olympics Sriyani Kulawansa DNS See all
Sweden SWE 2000 Summer Olympics Kajsa Bergqvist =3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1996 Summer Olympics Sieglinde Cadusch =19 r1/2 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Dia Toutingi AC r1/2 See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Nungruthai Chaipetch 21 r1/2 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1996 Summer Olympics Natasha Alleyne 26 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2024 Summer Olympics Buse Savaşkan 10 See all
Ukraine UKR 2024 Summer Olympics Yaroslava Mahuchikh 1 Gold See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Olga Turchak =13 See all
United States USA 1932 Summer Olympics Jean Shiley 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Alice Coachman 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Millie McDaniel 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Louise Ritter 1 Gold
Uzbekistan UZB 2012 Summer Olympics Svetlana Radzivil 6 See all
Vietnam VIE 2012 Summer Olympics Dương Thị Việt Anh =28 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Ulrike Meyfarth 1 Gold See all
1984 Summer Olympics Ulrike Meyfarth 1 Gold
Yugoslavia YUG 1964 Summer Olympics Olga Gere-Pulić 7 See all