World Rankings — Women's High Jump
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World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1956 1 .......................... Mildred McDaniel (US) Blanka Vlašić had 4 2 ........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) straight No. 1s, 2007–10 3 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 4 ........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 5 ..............Maria Pisareva (Soviet Union) 6 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 7 .... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 8 ....................Gunhild Larking (Sweden) 9 ....Olga Modrachová (Czechoslovakia) 10 .......... Hermina Geyser (South Africa) 1957 1 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 2 .................................Iolanda (Romania) 3 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4 ........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 5 .............. Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) 6 ........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) 7 ..............Maria Pisareva (Soviet Union) 8 ............ Hermina Geyser (South Africa) 9 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 10 ................. Kathy Atkinson (Australia) 1958 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 4 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 5 .............. Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) 6 ............ Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 7 .......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 8 ..................Inge Kilian (West Germany) 9 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 10 ............... Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 1959 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 4 ................. Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 6 .......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 7 ........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 8 .............Inge-Britt Lorentzon (Sweden) 9 ............ Galina Akimova (Soviet Union) © JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO RUN 10 ......................Nel Zwier (Netherlands) © Track & Field News 2019 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1960 1964 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2 ................. Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 2 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 3 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4 .....................Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 4 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 5 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 5 ............................... Fushan Wu (China) 6 ............ Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 6 .........................Diane Gerace (Canada) 7 .......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 7 ...............Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 8 .............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 8 .................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 9 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 9 .....................Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 10 ......... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 10 .....................Aída dos Santos (Brazil) 1961 1965 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 2 ............................... Fushan Wu (China) 3 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3 .......................Hsiaomei Hsuan (China) 4 ............ Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 4 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 5 ........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 6 .............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 6 .............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 7 .......Galina Yevsyukova (Soviet Union) 7 .................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 8 ........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) 8 ...........Galina Kostenko (Soviet Union) 9 ................. Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 9 .............Karin Schulze (East Germany) 10 ............ Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) 10 ............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 1962 1966 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2 .............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 2 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3 ........................ Olga Pulić (Yugoslavia) 3 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 4 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 4 .......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 5 .......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 5 ....... Lyudmila Komleva (Soviet Union) 6 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 6 .....................Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 7 ..............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 7 ........................ Olga Pulić (Yugoslavia) 8 ...............Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 8 .............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 9 ....................Carolyn Wright (Australia) 9 ........... Dagmar Melzer (East Germany) 10 ............Doris Walther (East Germany) 10 ..... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 1963 1967 1 ...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 1 ....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 2 .............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 2 .................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 3 .................... Michele Brown (Australia) 3 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4 ............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 5 ..............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 6 .......Klara Pushkaryeva (Soviet Union) 6 ......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 7 ..............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 7 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 8 ...........Galina Kostenko (Soviet Union) 8 .. Jaroslava Valentová (Czechoslovakia) 9 ...............Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 9 ........................ Virginia Ioan (Romania) 10 .................. Eleanor Montgomery (US) 10 .....Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) © Track & Field News 2019 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1968 1972 1 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 1 ........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 2 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 2 ..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3 ....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 3 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 4 ..........Valentina Avilova (Soviet Union) 4 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 5 .. Jaroslava Valentová (Czechoslovakia) 5 ............Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 6 .......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 6 .........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 7 .............Karin Schulze (East Germany) 7 ............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 8 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 8 ....... Rita Gildemeister (East Germany) 9 .... Valentina Grushkina (Soviet Union) 9 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 10 ............Nina Brintseva (Soviet Union) 10 .............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 1969 1973 1 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 1 ........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 2 ....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 2 .........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 3 .......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 3 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 5 .............Karin Schulze (East Germany) 5 ........................ Virginia Ioan (Romania) 6 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 6 ....... Rita Gildemeister (East Germany) 7 ........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 7 ... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 8 .................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 8 ..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 9 ......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 9 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 10 ..........Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 10 ..........Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 1970 1974 1 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 1 .........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 2 ... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 3 ......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 3 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4 ..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 4 ...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 5 ....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 5 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 6 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 6 .......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 7 ............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 7 ........................ Virginia Ioan (Romania) 8 ... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 8 ..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 9 ........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 9 .............Karin Wagner (West Germany) 10 ........Renate Gärtner (West Germany) 10 ................................ Joni Huntley (US) 1971 1975 1 .................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 1 .........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2 ..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 2 ..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3 ............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 3 .................................. Joni Huntley (US) 4 ............Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 4 ............. Galina Filatova (Soviet Union) 5 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 5 ...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 6 .. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 6 .............Alla Fedorchuk (Soviet Union) 7 ... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 7 ........................Louise Walker (Canada) 8 ......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 8 ............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 9 ....... Alena Prosková (Czechoslovakia) 9 .....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 10 ..... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 10 ...................... Virginia Ioan (Romania) © Track & Field News