2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
| Women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park | |||||||||
| Location | Nanjing, China | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 March | |||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Winning height | 1.97 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 23 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event is contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The final took place on 23 March during the morning session.
Background
[edit]The women's high jump was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
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| World record[1] |  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
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2.10 | Paris, France | 7 July 2024 |
| Championship record[2] |  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
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2.05 | Indianapolis, United States | 8 March 1987 |
| World leading[3] | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
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2.01 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | 18 February 2025 |
Qualification
[edit]For the women's high jump, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025.[4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 1.97 m.[5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard.[4] There was a target number of 12 athletes.[5]
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]The final was held on 23 March, starting at 11:35 (UTC+8) in the morning.[6][7]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | Result | Notes |
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Nicola Olyslagers |  Australia |
– | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.97 | SB |
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Eleanor Patterson | Australia |
– | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.97 | |
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine |
– | o | – | o | x– | xx | 1.95 | |
| 4 | Angelina Topić |  Serbia |
o | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 1.95 | |
| 5 | Charity Hufnagel |  United States |
o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | |||
| 6 | Imke Onnen |  Germany |
o | xo | o | xxx | 1.92 | |||
| 7 | Elena Kulichenko |  Cyprus |
o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.92 | |||
| 8 | Idea Pieroni |  Italy |
xo | xo | xxx | 1.89 | ||||
| 9 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Ukraine |
xo | xxo | xxx | 1.89 | ||||
| 10 | Vashti Cunningham | United States |
o | xxx | 1.85 |
References
[edit]- ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump women", World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
- ^ "Results High Jump Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – High jump women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
- ^ a b "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Timetable | Nanjing 2025". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "High Jump Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
World indoor champions in women's high jump | |
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