2018 Women’s High Jump World Rankings

Mariya Lasitskene bent over backwards in her efforts to earn her fourth No. 1. (MARK SHEARMAN)

AFTER FINISHING UP the ’16 season with 3 straight wins, Mariya Lasitskene added 24 more last year, then tacked on yet another 17 this year for a streak of 44. Then Mirela Demireva and Yuliya Levchenko somehow both took her down at the Rabat DL, where she could manage only 6-2¾ (1.90). She quickly began another streak, of course, and will enter ’19 working on 8 straight.

THIS WAS HER fourth No. 1 (following ’14, ’15 & ’17). Only legends Stefka Kostadinova (6) and Iolanda Balaș (9) have ever had more… Demireva and Levchenko are obvious choices for the 2-3 spots, then it’s the turn of newcomer Elena Vallortigara, who erupted to being a 6-7½ (2.02) performer at age 26 after coming into the year with a PR of just 6-3¼ (1.91), set way back in ’10…

STILL JUST 20, Vashti Cunningham repeated as the top American and also reprised her presence in the No. 5 position. She started the season well with World Indoor silver but then jumped in only a pair of DL meets, wrapping up her season on July 22. She’s now the =No. 5 U.S. scorer, passing Jan Wohlschlag, Colleen Sommer, Joni Huntley and Brigetta Barrett.

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1. MARIYA LASITSKENE (Russia) (1/14/93, 5-11½/132) (1.82/60)
1.95 | 6-4¾i 1)Chelyabinsk 1/11
2.01 | 6-7i 1)Moscow 1/17
1.99 | 6-6¼i 1)Moscow 1/21
2.04 | 6-8¼i 1)Volgograd 1/27
2.02 | 6-7½i 1)Banská Bystrica 2/06
2.00 | 6-6¾i 1)Madrid 2/08
1.88 | 6-2i 1)Rus Ind 2/12
2.00 | 6-6¾i 1)Toruń 2/15
1.95 | 6-4¾i 1)Glasgow 2/25
2.01 | 6-7i 1)World Ind 3/01
1.97 | 6-5½ 1)Shanghai DL 5/12
2.02 | 6-7½ 1)Rome DL 5/31
2.03 | 6-8 1)Hengelo IWC 6/03
2.00 | 6-6¾ 1)Stockholm DL 6/10
1.94 | 6-4¼ 1)Opole 6/18
2.01 | 6-7 1)Zhukovskiy 6/23
2.04 | 6-8¼ 1)Paris DL 6/30
1.90 | 6-2¾ =3)Rabat DL 7/13 1. Demireva; 2. Levchenko
2.00 | 6-6¾ 1)Rus Ch 7/19
2.04 | 6-8¼ 1)London DL 7/22
2.00 | 6-6¾ 1)European Ch 8/10
(1.90q)
1.97 | 6-5½ 1)Göteborg 8/18
1.97 | 6-5½ 1)Zürich DL 8/30
1.95 | 6-4¾ 1)Padua 9/02
2.00 | 6-6¾ 1)Cont Cup 9/09
2.00 | 6-6¾i 1)Minsk 12/22
2. MIRELA DEMIREVA (Bulgaria) (9/28/89, 5-10¾/110) (1.80/50)
1.95 | 6-4¾i 1)Karlsruhe 2/03
1.91 | 6-3¼i 5)Banská Bystrica 2/06 1. Lasitskene; 2. Spencer; 3t. Trost; 3t. Hruba
1.86 | 6-1¼i 2)Gent 2/10 1. Lecky
nh –)Balk Ind 2/17 1. Simic; 2. Vukovic; 3. Stanciu; 4. Dosi…
1.89 | 6-2¼i 6)World Ind 3/01 1. Lasitskene; 2. Cunningham; 3. Trost; 4. Lake; 5. Levchenko
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Shanghai DL 5/12 1. Lasitskene
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Hengelo IWC 6/03 1. Lasitskene
2.00 | 6-6¾ 2)Stockholm DL 6/10 1. Lasitskene
1.94 | 6-4¼ 4)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam; 3. Levchenko
1.94 | 6-4¼ 1)Rabat DL 7/13
1.95 | 6-4¾ 1)Balkan Ch 7/20
2.00 | 6-6¾ 2)European Ch 8/10 1. Lasitskene
(1.90q)
1.84 | 6-½ 7)Eberstadt 8/25 1. Palsyte; 2. Kinsey; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Levchenko; 5. Mahuchikh;
6. Lake
3. YULIYA LEVCHENKO (Ukraine) (11/28/97, 5-10½/132) (1.79/60)
1.97 | 6-5½i 1)Kiev 1/10
1.97 | 6-5½i 1)Cottbus 1/31
1.92 | 6-3½i =2)Karlsruhe 2/03 1. Demireva
1.95 | 6-4¾i 1)Ukr Ind 2/10
(1.80iq)
1.95 | 6-4¾i 2)Toruń 2/15 1. Lasitskene
1.95 | 6-4¾i 1)Kyyiv 2/18
1.89 | 6-2¼i 5)World Ind 3/01 1. Lasitskene; 2. Cunningham; 3. Trost; 4. Lake
1.90 | 6-2¾ 1)Kyyiv 5/22
1.94 | 6-4¼ 5)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Vallortigara; 4. Tabashnyk
1.94 | 6-4¼ 4)Stockholm DL 6/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Kinsey
1.92 | 6-3½ 1)Tübingen 6/16
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Kropyvnytskyi 6/25 1. Tabashnyk
1.97 | 6-5½ 3)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Rabat DL 7/13 1. Demireva
1.96 | 6-5 1)Ukr Ch 7/19
1.91 | 6-3¼ =7)London DL 7/22 1. Lasitskene; 2. Vallortigara; 3t. Lake; 3t. Cunningham; 5t. Trost;
5t. Kinsey
1.91 | 6-3¼ 9)European Ch 8/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Palsyte; 5. Tabashnyk;
6. Hruba; 7. Lake; 8. Trost
(1.90q)
1.88 | 6-2 4)Eberstadt 8/25 1. Palsyte; 2. Kinsey; 3. Jungfleisch
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene
1.93 | 6-4 3)Padua 9/02 1. Lasitskene; 2. Tabashnyk
1.93 | 6-4 2)Antalya 9/11 1. Tabashnyk
1.98 | 6-6i 3)Minsk 12/22 1. Lasitskene; 2. Tabashnyk
4. ELENA VALLORTIGARA (Italy) (9/21/91, 5-10½/123) (1.79/56)
1.84 | 6-½i 1)Sainte-Croix 2/03
1.82 | 5-11½i 2)Ita Ind 2/17 1. Trost
1.94 | 6-4¼ 1)Siena 4/25
1.90 | 6-2¾ 1)Palmanova 5/01
1.95 | 6-4¾ 1)Caorle 5/05
1.94 | 6-4¼ 3)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva
1.91 | 6-3¼ 4)Hengelo IWC 6/03 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Kinsey
1.94 | 6-4¼ 5)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam; 3. Levchenko; 4. Demireva
1.91 | 6-3¼ 1)Naimette-Xhovémont 7/18
2.02 | 6-7½ 2)London DL 7/22 1. Lasitskene
1.86 | 6-1¼ nq)European Ch 8/08 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Palsyte; 5. Tabashnyk;
6. Hruba; 7. Lake; 8. Trost; 9. Levchenko; 10. Simic & Okuneva;
12. Taranda; 13. Kinsey; 14. Onnen
1.85 | 6-¾ =5)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Kinsey
1.91 | 6-3¼ 1)Ita Ch 9/09
5. VASHTI CUNNINGHAM (US) (1/18/98, 6-¾/146) (1.85/66)
1.96 | 6-5i 1)Millrose G 2/03
1.97 | 6-5½i 1)USATF Ind 2/18
1.93 | 6-4i 2)World Ind 3/01 1. Lasitskene
1.91 | 6-3¼ 1)Mt. SAC R 4/21
1.94 | 6-4¼ 1)Drake R 4/27
1.94 | 6-4¼ 6)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Vallortigara; 4. Tabashnyk; 5. Levchenko
1.95 | 6-4¾ 1)USATF 6/23
1.96 | 6-5 1)World Cup 7/15
1.91 | 6-3¼ =3)London DL 7/22 1. Lasitskene; 2. Vallortigara
6. MARIE-LAURENCE JUNGFLEISCH (Germany) (10/07/90, 5-11¼/150) (1.81/68)
1.86 | 6-1¼i 1)Mannheim 1/20
1.88 | 6-2i 3)Cottbus 1/31 1. Levchenko; 2. Simic
1.89 | 6-2¼i 5)Karlsruhe 2/03 1. Demireva; 2t. Tabashnyk; 2t. Levchenko; 4. Spencer
1.85 | 6-¾i 3)Madrid 2/08 1. Lasitskene; 2. Rodriguez
1.83 | 6-0i =1)Ger Ind 2/18 -+!
1.88 | 6-2 3)Shanghai DL 5/12 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva
1.90 | 6-2¾ 2)Rehlingen 5/20 1. Tabashnyk
1.84 | 6-½ 11)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Vallortigara; 4. Tabashnyk; 5. Levchenko;
6. Cunningham; 7t. Trost; 7t. Spencer; 9. Okuneva; 10. Skoog
1.90 | 6-2¾ 3)Tübingen 6/16 1. Levchenko; 2. Kinsey
1.96 | 6-5 1)Bühl 6/22
1.94 | 6-4¼ 7)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam; 3. Levchenko; 4. Demireva; 5. Vallortigara;
6. Tabashnyk
1.90 | 6-2¾ =7)Rabat DL 7/13 1. Demireva; 2. Levchenko; 3t. Tabashnyk; 3t. Lasitskene; 5. Lake;
6. Skoog
1.87 | 6-1½ 1)Ger Ch 7/21
1.96 | 6-5 3)European Ch 8/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva
(1.90q)
1.88 | 6-2 3)Eberstadt 8/25 1. Palsyte; 2. Kinsey
1.90 | 6-2¾ 3)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko
1.91 | 6-3¼ 4)Cont Cup 9/09 1. Lasitskene; 2. Radzivil; 3. Spencer
7. KATERYNA TABASHNYK (Ukraine) (6/15/94, 5-10/137) (1.78/62)
1.91 | 6-3¼i 3)Ostrava 1/25 1. Herashchenko; 2. Hruba
1.90 | 6-2¾i 1)Val de Reuil 1/27
1.92 | 6-3½i =2)Karlsruhe 2/03 1. Demireva
1.91 | 6-3¼i 4)Ukr Ind 2/10 1. Levchenko; 2. Chumachenko; 3. Herashchenko
(1.75iq)
1.85 | 6-¾i 7)Toruń 2/15 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko; 3. Kinsey; 4. Spencer; 5. Nowakowska;
6. Herashchenko
1.92 | 6-3½i 1)İstanbul 2/18
1.85 | 6-¾ 8)Shanghai DL 5/12 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4t. Spencer; 4t. Okuneva;
6t. Treasure; 6t. Wang
1.92 | 6-3½ 1)Rehlingen 5/20
1.94 | 6-4¼ 4)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Vallortigara
1.88 | 6-2 =6)Hengelo IWC 6/03 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Kinsey; 4. Vallortigara; 5. Spencer
1.96 | 6-5 1)Kropyvnytskyi 6/25
1.94 | 6-4¼ 6)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam; 3. Levchenko; 4. Demireva; 5. Vallortigara
1.90 | 6-2¾ =3)Rabat DL 7/13 1. Demireva; 2. Levchenko
1.96 | 6-5 2)Ukr Ch 7/19 1. Levchenko
1.94 | 6-4¼ 5)European Ch 8/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Palsyte
(1.90q)
1.80 | 5-10¾ 9)Eberstadt 8/25 1. Palsyte; 2. Kinsey; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Levchenko; 5. Mahuchikh;
6. Lake; 7. Demireva; 7. Skoog
1.85 | 6-¾ =5)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Kinsey
1.95 | 6-4¾ 2)Padua 9/02 1. Lasitskene
1.93 | 6-4 1)Berdychiva 9/08
1.93 | 6-4 1)Antalya 9/11
1.98 | 6-6i 2)Minsk 12/22 1. Lasitskene
8. MORGAN LAKE (Great Britain) (5/12/97, 5-10/141) (1.78/64)
1.90 | 6-2¾i 3)Hustopeče 1/27 1. Spencer; 2. Trost
1.85 | 6-¾i 8)Karlsruhe 2/03 1. Demireva; 2t. Tabashnyk; 2t. Levchenko; 4. Spencer; 5. Jungfleisch;
6. Treasure; 7. Trost
1.85 | 6-¾i 4)Madrid 2/08 1. Lasitskene; 2. Rodriguez; 3. Jungfleisch
1.88 | 6-2i 1)GB Ind 2/18
1.92 | 6-3½i 2)Glasgow 2/25 1. Lasitskene
1.93 | 6-4i 4)World Ind 3/01 1. Lasitskene; 2. Cunningham; 3. Trost
1.93 | 6-4 2)Comm G 4/14 1. Spencer
1.90 | 6-2¾ 8)Stockholm DL 6/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Kinsey; 4. Levchenko; 5. Trost;
6t. Spencer; 6t. Skoog
1.90 | 6-2¾ 1)Eng Ch 6/16
1.97 | 6-5½ 1)GB Ch 6/30
1.90 | 6-2¾ 5)Rabat DL 7/13 1. Demireva; 2. Levchenko; 3t. Tabashnyk; 3t. Lasitskene
1.93 | 6-4 2)World Cup 7/15 1. Cunningham
1.91 | 6-3¼ =3)London DL 7/22 1. Lasitskene; 2. Vallortigara
1.91 | 6-3¼ 7)European Ch 8/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Palsyte; 5. Tabashnyk;
6. Hruba
(1.90q)
1.84 | 6-½ 4)Göteborg 8/18 1. Lasitskene; 2. Skoog; 3. Kinsey
1.88 | 6-2 6)Eberstadt 8/25 1. Palsyte; 2. Kinsey; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Levchenko; 5. Mahuchikh
1.85 | 6-¾ 11)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Kinsey; 5t. Vallortigara;
5t. Tabashnyk; 5t. Spencer; 5t. Okuneva; 5t. Skoog; 10. Trost
9. ERIKA KINSEY (Sweden) (3/10/88, 6-¾/150) (1.85/68)
1.88 | 6-2i 1)University Park 1/27
1.85 | 6-¾i 3)Millrose G 2/03 1. Cunningham; 2. McPherson
1.91 | 6-3¼i 1)New Balance GP 2/10
1.90 | 6-2¾i 3)Toruń 2/15 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko
1.92 | 6-3½i 1)Swe Ind 2/18
1.84 | 6-½i =4)Glasgow 2/25 1. Lasitskene; 2. Lake; 3. Spencer
1.84 | 6-½i =7)World Ind 3/01 1. Lasitskene; 2. Cunningham; 3. Trost; 4. Lake; 5. Levchenko;
6. Demireva
1.86 | 6-1¼ 2)Texas R 3/31 1. Jackson
1.85 | 6-¾ 4)Drake R 4/27 1. Cunningham; 2. McPherson; 3. Spencer
1.93 | 6-4 1)Akron 5/05
1.80 | 5-10¾ 10)Shanghai DL 5/12 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4t. Spencer; 4t. Okuneva;
6t. Treasure; 6t. Wang; 8. Tabashnyk; 9. McPherson
1.91 | 6-3¼ 3)Hengelo IWC 6/03 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Zoetermeer 6/06 1. Vallortigara
1.94 | 6-4¼ 3)Stockholm DL 6/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva
1.92 | 6-3½ 2)Tübingen 6/16 1. Levchenko
1.90 | 6-2¾ 4)Bühl 6/22 1. Jungfleisch; 2t. Trost; 2t. McDermott
1.91 | 6-3¼ 4)Sollentuna 6/28 1. Skoog; 2. Chumachenko; 3. Angelsen
1.90 | 6-2¾ 8)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam; 3. Levchenko; 4. Demireva; 5. Vallortigara;
6. Tabashnyk; 7. Jungfleisch
1.90 | 6-2¾ 1)Oslo 7/05
1.91 | 6-3¼ =5)London DL 7/22 1. Lasitskene; 2. Vallortigara; 3t. Lake; 3t. Cunningham
1.87 | 6-1½ 13)European Ch 8/08 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Palsyte; 5. Tabashnyk;
6. Hruba; 7. Lake; 8. Trost; 9. Levchenko; 10. Simic & Okuneva;
12. Taranda
(1.90q)
1.84 | 6-½ 3)Göteborg 8/18 1. Lasitskene; 2. Skoog
1.94 | 6-4¼ 2)Eberstadt 8/25 1. Palsyte
1.90 | 6-2¾ 4)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko; 3. Jungfleisch
1.90 | 6-2¾ 1)v Fin 9/01
10. ALESSIA TROST (Italy) (3/08/93, 6-2/150) (1.88/68)
1.90 | 6-2¾i 2)Hustopeče 1/27 1. Spencer
1.89 | 6-2¼i 7)Karlsruhe 2/03 1. Demireva; 2t. Tabashnyk; 2t. Levchenko; 4. Spencer; 5. Jungfleisch;
6. Treasure
1.91 | 6-3¼i =3)Banská Bystrica 2/06 1. Lasitskene; 2. Spencer
1.90 | 6-2¾i 1)Ita Ind 2/17
1.93 | 6-4i 3)World Ind 3/01 1. Lasitskene; 2. Cunningham
1.88 | 6-2 =7)Rome DL 5/31 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Vallortigara; 4. Tabashnyk; 5. Levchenko;
6. Cunningham
1.90 | 6-2¾ 5)Stockholm DL 6/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Kinsey; 4. Levchenko
1.90 | 6-2¾ =2)Bühl 6/22 1. Jungfleisch
1.85 | 6-¾ =10)Paris DL 6/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Thiam; 3. Levchenko; 4. Demireva; 5. Vallortigara;
6. Tabashnyk; 7. Jungfleisch; 8. Kinsey; 9. Spencer
1.84 | 6-½ 2)Ávila 7/10 1. Rossit
1.91 | 6-3¼ =5)London DL 7/22 1. Lasitskene; 2. Vallortigara; 3t. Lake; 3t. Cunningham
1.91 | 6-3¼ 8)European Ch 8/10 1. Lasitskene; 2. Demireva; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Palsyte; 5. Tabashnyk;
6. Hruba; 7. Lake
(1.90q)
1.85 | 6-¾ 10)Zürich DL 8/30 1. Lasitskene; 2. Levchenko; 3. Jungfleisch; 4. Kinsey; 5t. Vallortigara;
5t. Tabashnyk; 5t. Spencer; 5t. Okuneva; 5t. Skoog
1.81 | 5-11¼ 4)Padua 9/02 1. Lasitskene; 2. Tabashnyk; 3. Levchenko
U.S. RANKINGS
1. *Vashti Cunningham (Nike) 6. Loretta Blaut (Cincinnati)
1)USATF Indoor, 2)World Indoor, 1)USATF 2)NCAA Indoor, =2)NCAA, 6)USATF
2. Inika McPherson (unattached) 7. Erica Bougard (Nike)
2)USATF Indoor, =7)World Indoor, 2)USATF P)USATF Indoor, P)World Indoor, H)Götzis
3. Liz Patterson (unattached) 8. Zarriea Willis (Texas Tech)
4)USATF Indoor, 3)USATF, 1)Dublin 4)NCAA Indoor, 6)NCAA, 5)USATF
4. Logan Boss (Mississippi State) 9. Alexus Henry (UT Arlington)
1)SEC Indoor, 3)NCAA Indoor, 4)USATF =10)NCAA Indoor, 3)Drake Relays, 1)NCAA
5. Nicole Greene (North Carolina) 10. Amina Smith (New Balance/Garden State TC)
3)USATF Indoor, 1)ACCi, 1)NCAA Indoor 4)USATF Indoor, 7)Drake Relays, 7)USATF

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