World Rankings — Women’s 1956 1...... Mildred McDaniel (US) Blanka Vlašić had 4 2...... () straight No. 1s, 2007–10 3...... Iolanda Balaş () 4...... Valentina Ballod () 5...... Maria Pisareva (Soviet Union) 6...... () 7..... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 8...... Gunhild Larking () 9.....Olga Modrachová () 10...... Hermina Geyser (South Africa) 1957 1...... Fengyung Cheng () 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...... (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...... (Great Britain) 7...... Helen Frith (Australia) 8...... Inge Kilian (West ) 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)

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© Track & Field News 2020 — 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 () 4...... Fengyung Cheng (China) 5...... Fengyung Cheng (China) 5...... Fushan Wu (China) 6...... Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 6...... Diane Gerace () 7...... Helen Frith (Australia) 7...... Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 8...... Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 8...... (US) 9...... Michele Brown (Australia) 9...... Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 10...... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 10...... Aída dos Santos () 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 () 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...... (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 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1968 1972 1... Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Yordanka Blagoyeva () 2...... Rita Kirst (East Germany) 2...... () 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...... (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...... () 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...... (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 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1976 1980 1...... Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 1...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 2...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 2...... Urszula Kielan (Poland) 3...... Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 4...... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 4...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 5...... Tatyana Boyko (Soviet Union) 5...... (US) 6...... Joni Huntley (US) 6...... Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 7...... Galina Filatova (Soviet Union) 7...... Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 8...... Brigitte Holzapfel (West Germany) 8...... (Soviet Union) 9...... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 9...... Marina Sysoyeva (Soviet Union) 10...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 10...... Andrea Mátay () 1977 1981 1...... Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 1...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 2...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 2...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 3.... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 3...... (US) 4...... Brigitte Holzapfel (West Germany) 4...... Kerstin Brandt (East Germany) 5...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 5...... (Bulgaria) 6...... Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 6...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 7...... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 7...... Louise Ritter (US) 8...... Tatyana Boyko (Soviet Union) 8...... Valentina Poluiko (Soviet Union) 9...... Andrea Mátay (Hungary) 9...... Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 10...... Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 10...... Chris Stanton (Australia) 1978 1982 1...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 1...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 2...... Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 3...... Brigitte Holzapfel (West Germany) 3...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 4...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 4...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 5...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 5...... Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 6...... Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 6...... Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 7...... (Australia) 7...... (US) 8...... Urszula Kielan (Poland) 8...... Katalin Sterk (Hungary) 9...... Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 9...... Gaby Meier (Switzerland) 10...... Louise Ritter (US) 10...... Kerstin Brandt (East Germany) 1979 1983 1...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 1...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 2...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 2...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3...... Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 3...... Louise Ritter (US) 4...... Andrea Mátay (Hungary) 4...... Coleen Sommer (US) 5...... Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 5...... (East Germany) 6...... Elena Goloborodko (Soviet Union) 6...... Kerstin Brandt (East Germany) 7...... Louise Ritter (US) 7...... () 8...... Urszula Kielan (Poland) 8...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 9...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 9...... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 10...... Tatyana Denisova (Soviet Union) 10...... Olga Juha (Hungary)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1984 1988 1...... Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 1...... (Bulgaria) 2...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 2...... Louise Ritter (US) 3...... Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 4...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 4...... Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) 5...... Lyudmila Butuzova (Soviet Union) 5...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 6...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 6...... (Romania) 7...... Sara Simeoni (Italy) 7...... Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 8...... Danuta Bułkowska (Poland) 8...... (West Germany) 9...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 9.....Lyudmila Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 10...... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 1985 1989 1...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 1...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 2...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 2...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 3...... Louise Ritter (US) 3...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 4...... Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 4...... Jan Wohlschlag (US) 5...... Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 5...... Alina Astafei (Romania) 6...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 6...... Heike Henkel (West Germany) 7...... Debbie Brill (Canada) 7...... Louise Ritter (US) 8.....Lyudmila Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Biljana Petrović (Yugoslavia) 9...... Danuta Bułkowska (Poland) 9...... Heike Balck (East Germany) 10...... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 10...... Ling Jin (China) 1986 1990 1...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 1...... Heike Henkel (West Germany) 2...... Svetlana Leseva (Bulgaria) 2...... (Soviet Union) 3...... Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) 3...... Biljana Petrović (Yugoslavia) 4...... Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 4...... Yolanda Henry (US) 5...... Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 5...... Heike Balck (East Germany) 6...... Desiré du Plessis (South Africa) 6...... Alina Astafei (Romania) 7...... Charmaine Gale (South Africa) 7...... Jan Wohlschlag (US) 8...... Danuta Bułkowska (Poland) 8...... Valentina Gotovska (Soviet Union) 9...... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 9...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 10...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 10....Yelena Panikarovskikh (Soviet Union) 1987 1991 1...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 1...... Heike Henkel (Germany) 2...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 2...... Inga Babakova (Soviet Union) 3...... Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 3...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 4...... Svetlana Leseva (Bulgaria) 4...... Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 5...... Louise Ritter (US) 5...... Heike Balck (Germany) 6...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 6...... Yelena Yelesina (Soviet Union) 7...... Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 7...... Svetlana Leseva (Bulgaria) 8...... Heike Henkel (West Germany) 8...... Yolanda Henry (US) 9...... Emilia Dragieva (Bulgaria) 9...... Beata Hołub (Poland) 10...... Gabriele Gunz (East Germany) 10...... Birgit Kähler (Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1992 1996 1...... Heike Henkel (Germany) 1...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2...... Inga Babakova () 3...... Alina Astafei (Romania) 3...... Alina Astafei (Germany) 4...... (Cuba) 4...... Tatyana Babashkina () 5...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 5...... Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 6...... Sigrid Kirchmann (Austria) 6...... Níki Bakogiánni () 7...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 7...... Nelė Žilinskienė () 8...... Olga Turchak (Ukraine) 8...... (Norway) 9...... (Australia) 9...... Tisha Waller (US) 10...... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 10...... Alica Javad () 1993 1997 1...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 1...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 2...... Ioamnet Quintero (Cuba) 2...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 3...... Alina Astafei (Romania) 3...... Hanne Haugland (Norway) 4...... Heike Henkel (Germany) 4...... Yulia Lyakhova (Russia) 5...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 5...... (US) 6...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 6...... Alina Astafei (Germany) 7...... Yelena Topchina (Russia) 7...... Monica Iagar (Romania) 8...... Yelena Gribanova (Russia) 8...... (Russia) 9...... (Italy) 9...... Tatyana Babashkina (Russia) 10...... Sigrid Kirchmann (Austria) 10..... Svetlana Zalevskaya () 1994 1998 1...... (Slovenia) 1...... Monica Iagar (Romania) 2...... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 2...... Tisha Waller (US) 3...... Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 3...... (South Africa) 4...... Alina Astafei (Romania) 4...... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 5...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 5...... Amy Acuff (US) 6...... Tatyana Shevchik (Belarus) 6...... Alina Astafei (Germany) 7...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 7...... Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 8...... Hanne Haugland (Norway) 8...... Yulia Lyakhova (Russia) 9...... Alison Inverarity (Australia) 9...... Viktoriya Fyodorova (Russia) 10...... Yelena Topchina (Russia) 10...... Nelė Žilinskienė (Lithuania) 1995 1999 1...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 1...... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2...... Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 3...... Alina Astafei (Germany) 3...... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 4...... Tatyana Babashkina (Russia) 4....Zuzana Hlavoňová (Czech Republic) 5...... Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 5...... Monica Iagar (Romania) 6...... Hanne Haugland (Norway) 6...... Svetlana Lapina (Russia) 7...... Nelė Žilinskienė (Lithuania) 7...... Tisha Waller (US) 8...... Heike Henkel (Germany) 8...... (Sweden) 9...... Amy Acuff (US) 9...... Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 10...... Tisha Waller (US) 10...... Khristina Kalcheva (Bulgaria)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 2000 2004 1...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 1...... (Russia) 2...... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2...... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 3...... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 3...... Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 4...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 4...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5...... Svetlana Zalevskaya (Kazakhstan) 5...... Amy Acuff (US) 6.... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 6...... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 7...... Monica Iagar (Romania) 7...... (Russia) 8...... (Ukraine) 8...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 9...... Oana Pantelimon (Romania) 9...... Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 10...Zuzana Hlavoňová (Czech Republic) 10. Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 2001 2005 1...... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 1...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 2...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 3...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 3...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 4...... Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 4...... Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 5.... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 5...... Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 6...... Amy Acuff (US) 6...... (Sweden) 7...... Monica Iagar (Romania) 7...... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 8...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 8.... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 9...... Dorá Győrffy (Hungary) 9...... Tatyana Kivimyagi (Russia) 10...... Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 10...... () 2002 2006 1...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 1...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2...... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2...... () 3...... (Russia) 3.... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 4...... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 4...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5...... Viktoriya Seryogina (Russia) 5...... Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 6...... Olga Kaliturina (Russia) 6...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 7...... Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 7...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 8...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 8...... Amy Acuff (US) 9.... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 9...... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 10...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 10...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 2003 2007 1...... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 1...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2...... Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 3...... Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 3...... (Italy) 4...... Marina Kuptsova (Russia) 4...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 5...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5...... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 6...... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 6...... (Russia) 7...... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 7...... Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 8...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 8...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 9.... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 9...... Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 10...... Amy Acuff (US) 10...... Emma Green (Sweden)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 2008¶ 2012 1...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 1...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 2...... Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 2...... (Russia) 3...... (Germany) 3...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 4...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 4...... (US) 5...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 5...... Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 6...... (Kazakhstan) 6...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 7...... Yekaterina Savchenko (Russia) 7...... Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 8...... Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 8...... (Uzbekistan) 9...... Emma Green (Sweden) 9...... Emma Green (Sweden) 10...... Iva Straková (Czech Republic) 10...... Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 2009¶ 2013 1...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 1 ...... Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 2...... Ariane Friedrich (Germany) 2 ...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 3...... Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 3 ...... Brigetta Barrett (US) 4...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 4 ...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 5 ...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 6...... Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 6 ...... Emma Green (Sweden) 7...... Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 7 ...... (Russia) 8...... Viktoriya Klyugina (Russia) 8 ...... Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 9...... Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan) 9 ...... Justyna Kasprzycka (Poland) 10...... Emma Green (Sweden) 10...... Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 2010 2014 1...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 1...... Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 2...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 3...... Ariane Friedrich (Germany) 3...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 4...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 4...... Ana Šimić (Croatia) 5...... Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 5...... Justyna Kasprzycka (Poland) 6...... Emma Green (Sweden) 6...... Oksana Okuneva (Ukraine) 7...... Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 7...... Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 8...... Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 8...Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) 9...... Lavern Spencer (St. Lucia) 9...... Emma Green (Sweden) 10...... Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 10...... Airinė Palšytė (Lithuania) 2011¶ 2015 1...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 1...... Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2...... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 3...... Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 3...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 4...... Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 4...... Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 5...... Emma Green (Sweden) 5...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 6...... Ebba Jungmark (Sweden) 6..Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) 7...... Mélanie Melfort () 7...... Ana Šimić (Croatia) 8...... Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 8...... (Italy) 9...... Xingjuan Zheng (China) 9...... Airinė Palšytė (Lithuania) 10...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 10...... (St. Lucia)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 2016 2018 1...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 1...... Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2...... (Bulgaria) 2...... Mirela Demireva (Bulgaria) 3...... Chaunté Lowe (US) 3...... (Ukraine) 4...... Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 4...... (Italy) 5...... Levern Spencer (St. Lucia) 5...... (US) 6...... Alessia Trost (Italy) 6...Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) 7...... Vashti Cunningham (US) 7...... Kateryna Tabashnyk (Ukraine) 8...... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 8...... (Great Britain) 9...... (Sweden) 9...... (Sweden) 10...... Inika McPherson (US) 10...... Alessia Trost (Italy) 2017 2019 1...... Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 1...... Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2...... Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine) 2...... Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine) 3...... Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 3...... (Ukraine) 4...Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) 4...... Vashti Cunningham (US) 5...... Vashti Cunningham (US) 5...... Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 6...... Morgan Lake (Great Britain) 6...... Mirela Demireva (Bulgaria) 7...... Airinė Palšytė (Lithuania) 7...... Karyna Demidik (Belarus) 8...... Ruth Beitia (Spain) 8...... Erika Kinsey (Sweden) 9...... Michaela Hrubá (Czech Republic) 9...... Iryna Herashchenko (Ukraine) 10...... Oksana Okuneva (Ukraine) 10...... Anna Chicherova (Russia)

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