2020 Summer Olympics / Athletics - High Jump (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	high jump
gender	Women
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 6th to 8th, 2020

The women's high jump competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place in the newly built Olympic Stadium from August 6th to 8th .

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Ruth Beitia ( Spain )	1.97 m	Rio de Janeiro 2016
world champion	Marija Lassizkene ( Authorized Neutral Athletes )	2.04 m	Doha 2019
European champion	Marija Lassizkene ( Russia )	2.00 m	Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Levern Spencer ( St. Lucia )	1.91 m	Toronto 2018
South America Champion	María Fernanda Murillo ( Colombia )	1.90 m	Lima 2019
Asian champion	Nadiya Dusanova ( Uzbekistan )	1.90 m	Doha 2019
African champion
Oceania champion	Josephine Reeves ( New Zealand )	1.86 m	Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record	Stefka Kostadinowa ( Bulgaria )	2.09 m	Rome , Italy	August 30, 1987
Olympic record	Jelena Slessarenko ( Russia )	2.06 m	Athens Final , Greece	August 28, 2004

Web links

• Athletics on the Tokyo 2020 official homepage