2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's high jump

Women's high jump
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
A competitor at the women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics
VenueNational Stadium
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates18 September (qualification)
21 September (final)
Winning height2.00m
Medalists
gold medal Nicola Olyslagers   Australia
silver medal Maria Żodzik   Poland
bronze medal Yaroslava Mahuchikh   Ukraine
bronze medal Angelina Topić   Serbia
Events at the
2025 World Championships
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4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
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World Team

The women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 18 and 21 September 2025.

Summary

Out of a field of 36 athletes, 16 progressed to the final, with the automatic qualifying height of 1.97m unnecessary, with 11 athletes clearing 1.92m and the remaining 5 flawless until 1.92m. All the pre event favourites such as world leader Nicola Olyslagers and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh easily qualified.[1][2]

The final was marred by rain, with multiple suspensions due to weather, with the competition taking over two and a half hours to complete. Although all but one athlete was able to clear the opening height of 1.87m, an opening miss by Maria Żodzik, threatened to ruin her competition, as she remained otherwise flawless until 2.00m. As the height began to rise, more athletes began to be eliminated, including 2023 silver medalist Eleanor Patterson, with a missed jump at 1.97m, forcing her to have to jump 2.00m to stay in medal contention, although three misses at that height forced her to share 5th place with Ukrainian Yuliya Levchenko. After 1.97m, only three athletes had flawless records, with defending champion Mahuchikh tied with Olyslagers and Serbian Angelina Topić who jumped a seasons best to remain in the hunt, alongside Żodzik whose early miss threatened her chances. After Olyslagers jumped 2.00m, the rain became too heavy to continue, leading to a suspension in the competition.

When it returned, Mahuchikh missed and, now needing 2.02m to take gold, elected to skip 2.00m. Topić was unable to improve on her season best. In a shock, Żodzik set a personal best on her third jump at 2.00m, to keep her in contention for a medal. Two further misses by Mahuchikh at 2.02m ensured she shared Bronze with Topić. Olyslagers and Żodzik swapped misses at the same height, until Olyslagers won her first World Championship on countback, having been flawless until then.[3][4][5]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[6]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.10 m Paris, France 7 July 2024
Championship record  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 2.09 m Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
World Leading  Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) 2.04 m Zurich, Switzerland 27 August 2025
African Record  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06 m Paris, France 31 August 2003
Asian Record  Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) 2.00 m Almaty, Kazakhstan 8 June 2021
European Record  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.10 m Paris, France 7 July 2024
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Chaunte Lowe (USA) 2.05 m Des Moines, United States 26 June 2010
Oceanian record  Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) 2.04 m Zurich, Switzerland 27 August 2025
South American Record  Solange Witteveen (ARG) 1.96 m Oristano, Italy 8 September 1997

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1.97 m.[7]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:

Date Time Round
18 September 19:45 Qualification
21 September 20:00 Final

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 1.97 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A

Place Athlete Nation 1.83 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 Mark Notes
1 Morgan Lake  Great Britain & N.I. - o o 1.92 m q
1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine - - o 1.92 m q
1 Eleanor Patterson  Australia - o o 1.92 m q
1 Angelina Topić  Serbia o o o 1.92 m q
5 Fatoumata Balley  Guinea o o xxx 1.88 m q
5 Imke Onnen  Germany o o xxx 1.88 m q
5 Merel Maes  Belgium o o xxx 1.88 m q
8 Dacsy Adelina Brisón  Cuba xo o xxx 1.88 m
9 Engla Nilsson  Sweden o xo xxx 1.88 m
10 Lilianna Bátori  Hungary xo xo xxx 1.88 m
11 Nagisa Takahashi  Japan xo xxo xxx 1.88 m
12 Sanaa Barnes  United States o xxx 1.83 m
12 Tatiana Gusin  Greece o xxx 1.83 m
14 Lia Apostolovski  Slovenia xo xxx 1.83 m
15 Idea Pieroni  Italy xxo xxx 1.83 m
— Ella Junnila  Finland xxx NM
— Styliana Ioannidou  Cyprus xxx NM
— Britt Weerman  Netherlands xxx NM
[2]

Group B

Place Athlete Nation 1.83 1.88 1.92 1.95 1.97 Mark Notes
1 Michaela Hrubá  Czech Republic o o o 1.92 m q
1 Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine o o o 1.92 m q
1 Nicola Olyslagers  Australia - o o 1.92 m q
4 Maria Żodzik  Poland xo o o 1.92 m q
5 Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah  Ghana xo xo o 1.92 m q
6 Christina Honsel  Germany xo o xo 1.92 m q
7 Marija Vuković  Montenegro o o xxo 1.92 m q, SB
8 Elena Kulichenko  Cyprus o o xxx 1.88 m q
8 Elisabeth Pihela  Estonia o o xxx 1.88 m q
10 Vashti Cunningham  United States xo o xxx 1.88 m
11 Kateryna Tabashnyk  Ukraine xxo xo xxx 1.88 m
12 Emma Gates  United States xo xxo xxx 1.88 m
13 Emily Whelan  Australia xxo xxo xxx 1.88 m
14 Asia Tavernini  Italy xxo xxx 1.83 m
— Lamara Distin  Jamaica xxx NM
— Ellen Ekholm  Sweden xxx NM
— Buse Savaşkan  Turkey xxx NM
— Hellen Tenorio  Colombia xxx NM
[2]

Final

Place Athlete Nation 1.88 1.93 1.97 2.00 2.02 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicola Olyslagers  Australia - o o o xxx 2.00 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maria Żodzik  Poland xo o o xxo xxx 2.00 m PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine - o o x- xx 1.97 m
Angelina Topić  Serbia o o o xxx 1.97 m SB
5 Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine o o xo xxx 1.97 m
Eleanor Patterson  Australia o o xo xxx 1.97 m
7 Christina Honsel  Germany o o xxx 1.93 m
Morgan Lake  Great Britain & N.I. o o xxx 1.93 m
9 Elena Kulichenko  Cyprus o xo xxx 1.93 m
10 Merel Maes  Belgium o xxo xxx 1.93 m
11 Imke Onnen  Germany xo xxo xxx 1.93 m
12 Michaela Hrubá  Czech Republic o xxx 1.88 m
Fatoumata Balley  Guinea o xxx 1.88 m
Marija Vuković  Montenegro o xxx 1.88 m
15 Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah  Ghana xo xxx 1.88 m
— Elisabeth Pihela  Estonia xxx NM
[8]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Start List / リザルト High Jump women - Qualification" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Official Results / リザルト High Jump women - Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Olyslagers wins first world outdoor high jump title in the rain in Tokyo". media.aws.iaaf.org. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Live updates: Jess Hull, Nicola Olyslagers, Eleanor Patterson in action at World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo Day nine". abc.net.au. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
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  7. ^ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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