| Year | Date | Place | Athlete | Nationality |
Time |
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| 1932 | August 7th | Los Angeles | Jean Shiley | USA | 1.65 m |
| 1939 | May 29th | Brentwood | Dorothy Odam | GB | 1.66 m |
| 1943 | May 30th | Amsterdam | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 1.71 m |
| 1951 | July 7th | London | Sheila Lerwill | GB | 1.72 m |
| 1954 | May 22nd | Kiev | Aleksandra Chudina | Russia | 1.73 m |
| 1956 | May 5th | Belfast | Thelma Hopkins | GB | 1.74 m |
| 1956 | July 14th | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.75 m |
| 1956 | December 1st | Melbourne | Mildred McDaniel | USA | 1.76 m |
| 1957 | November 17th | Peking | Cheng Feng-jung | China | 1.77 m |
| 1958 | June 7th | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.78 m |
| 1958 | June 22nd | Cluj, Romania | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.80 m |
| 1958 | July 31st | Poiana Brasov | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.81 m |
| 1958 | October 4th | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.82 m |
| 1958 | October 18th | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.83m |
| 1958 | September 21st | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.84m |
| 1960 | June 6th | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.85m |
| 1960 | July 10th | Bucharest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.86m |
| 1961 | June 18th | Warsaw | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.88m |
| 1961 | July 8th | Budapest | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.90m |
| 1961 | July 16th | Sofia | Iolanda Balas | Romania | 1.91m |
| 1971 | September 4th | Vienna | Ilona Gusenbauer | Austria | 1.92m |
| 1972 | September 24th | Zagreb | Yordanka Blogoyeva | Bulgaria | 1.94m |
| 1974 | September 8th | Rome | Rosemarie Witschas | German Dem.Rep. | 1.95m |
| 1976 | May 8th | Dresden | Rosemarie Ackermann | German Dem.Rep. | 1.96m |
| 1977 | August 14th | Helsinki | Rosemarie Ackermann | German Dem.Rep. | 1.97m |
| 1977 | August 26th | Berlin | Rosemarie Ackermann | German Dem.Rep. | 2.00m |
| 1978 | August 4th | Brescia | Sara Simeoni | Italy | 2.01m |
| 1982 | September 8th | Athens | Ulrike Meyfarth | Germany | 2.02m |
| 1983 | August 21st | London | Ulrike Meyfarth | Germany | 2.03m |
| 1983 | August 25th | Oryol | Tamara Bykova | Russia | 2.04m |
| 1984 | June 23rd | Kiev | Tamara Bykova | Russia | 2.05m |
| 1984 | July 20th | Berlin | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | 2.07m |
| 1986 | May 31st | Sofia | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | 2.08m |
| 1987 | August 30th | Rome | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | 2.09m |
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