| Event: | High jump |
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have successively improved their technique until developing the universally preferred Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar.
The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games.
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the world record holder with a jump of set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) is the women's world record holder with a jump of set in 2024.
The rules set for the high jump by World Athletics (previously named the IAAF) are Technical Rules TR26 and TR27[1] (previously Rules 181 and 182). Jumpers must take off from one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the jumper dislodges the bar or touches the ground or any object behind the bar before clearance.
Competitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass at their own discretion. Most competitions state that three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the jumper from contention. The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final.
If two or more jumpers tie for any place, the tie-breakers are: 1) the fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred; and 2) the fewest misses throughout the competition. If the event remains tied for first place (or a limited-advancement position to a subsequent meet), the jumpers have a jump-off, beginning at the next height above their highest success. Jumpers have one attempt at each height. If only one succeeds, he or she wins; if more than one does, these try with the bar raised; if none does, all try with the bar lowered. This process was followed at the 2015 World Championship men's event and at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Example:
| Main competition ! | Jump-off | Place | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.75m | 1.80m | 1.84m | 1.88m | 1.91m | 1.94m | 1.97m | 1.91m | 1.89m | 1.91m | |||
| A | o | xo | o | xo | x | – | xx | x | o | x | 2 | |
| B | – | xo | – | xo | – | – | xxx | x | o | o | 1 | |
| C | – | o | xo | xo | – | xxx | x | x | 3 | |||
| D | – | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 4 | ||||||
In the example jump-off, the final cleared height is 1.88m, at which A B C and D each have one failure. D has two failures at lower heights compared to one each for the other three, who proceed to a jump-off at the next height above the final cleared height. C is eliminated in the second round of the jump-off 1.89m, then B wins in the third round.
A 2009 rule-change makes the jump-off optional, so that first place can be shared by agreement among tied athletes.[2] This rule led to shared gold in the 2020 Olympic men's event held in 2021.
The first recorded high jump event took place in Scotland in the 19th century. Early jumpers used either an elaborate straight-on approach or a scissors technique. In later years, the bar was approached diagonally, and the jumper threw first the inside leg and then the other over the bar in a scissoring motion.
Around the turn of the 20th century, techniques began to change, beginning with the Irish-American Michael Sweeney's Eastern cut-off as a variation of the scissors technique. By taking off as in the scissors method, extending his spine and flattening out over the bar, Sweeney raised the world record to in 1895. Even in 1948, John Winter of Australia won the gold medal of the 1948 London Olympics with this style. Besides, one of the most successful female high jumpers, Iolanda Balaș of Romania, used this style to dominate women's high jump for about 10 years until her retirement in 1967.
Another American, George Horine, developed an even more efficient technique, the Western roll. In this style, the bar again is approached on a diagonal, but the inner leg is used for the take-off, while the outer leg is thrust up to lead the body sideways over the bar. Horine increased the world standard to in 1912. His technique was predominant through the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in which the event was won by Cornelius Johnson at .
American and Soviet jumpers were the most successful for the next four decades, and they pioneered the straddle technique. Straddle jumpers took off as in the Western roll but rotated their torso, belly-down, around the bar, obtaining the most efficient and highest clearance up to that time. Straddle jumper Charles Dumas was the first to clear 7 ft (2.13m), in 1956. American John Thomas pushed the world mark to in 1960. Valeriy Brumel of the Soviet Union took over the event for the next four years, radically speeding up his approach run. He took the record up to and won the gold medal of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, before a motorcycle accident ended his career in 1965. American coaches, including two-time NCAA champion Frank Costello of the University of Maryland, flocked to Russia to learn from Brumel and his coaches like Vladimir Dyachkov. However, it would be a solitary innovator at Oregon State University, Dick Fosbury, who would bring the high jump into the next century.
Taking advantage of the raised, softer, artificially-cushioned landing areas that were in use by then, Fosbury added a new twist to the outmoded Eastern cut-off. He directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, going over on his back and landing in a fashion that would likely have resulted in serious injury in the old ground-level landing pits, which were usually filled with sawdust or sand mixtures. Around the same time, Debbie Brill independently came up with the same technique, which she called the 'Brill Bend'.[3]
Since Fosbury used his new style, called the Fosbury flop, to win the gold medal of the 1968 Mexico Olympics, its use spread quickly, and soon "floppers" were dominating international high jump competitions. The first flopper setting a world record was the American Dwight Stones, who cleared in 1973. In the female side, the 16-year-old flopper Ulrike Meyfarth from West Germany won the gold medal of the 1972 Munich Olympics at, which tied the women's world record at that time (held by the Austrian straddler Ilona Gusenbauer a year before). However, it was not until 1978 when a flopper, Sara Simeoni of Italy, broke the women's world record.
Successful high jumpers following Fosbury's lead also included the rival of Dwight Stones, 5inchesft8inchesin (ftin)-tall Franklin Jacobs of Paterson, New Jersey, who cleared, over his head (a feat equalled 27 years later by Stefan Holm of Sweden); Chinese record-setters Ni-chi Chin and Zhu Jianhua; Germans Gerd Wessig and Dietmar Mögenburg; Swedish Olympic medalist and former world record holder Patrik Sjöberg; female jumpers Ulrike Meyfarth of West Germany and Sara Simeoni of Italy.
In spite of this, the straddle technique did not disappear at once. In 1977, the 18-year-old Soviet straddler Vladimir Yashchenko set a new world record . In 1978, he raised the record to, and indoor, just before a knee injury effectively ended his career when he was only 20 years old. In the female side, the straddler Rosemarie Ackermann of East Germany, who was the first female jumper ever to clear, raised the world record from to during 1974 to 1977. In fact, from 2 June 1977 to 3 August 1978, almost 10 years after Fosbury's success, the men's and women's world records were still held by straddle jumpers Yashchenko and Ackermann respectively. However, they were the last world record holders using the straddle technique. Ackermann also won the gold medal of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which was the last time for a straddle jumper (male or female) to win an Olympic medal.
In 1980, the Polish flopper, 1976 Olympic gold medalist Jacek Wszoła, broke Yashchenko's world record at . Two years before, the female Italian flopper Sara Simeoni, the long-term rival of Ackermann, broke Ackermann's world record at and became the first female flopper to break the women's world record. She also won the gold medal of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where Ackermann placed fourth. Since then, the flop style has been completely dominant. All other techniques were almost extinct in serious high jump competitions after late 1980s.
Technique and form have evolved greatly over the history of high jump. The Fosbury Flop is considered the most efficient way for competitors to propel themselves over the bar.
For a Fosbury Flop, depending on the athlete's jump foot, they start on the right or left of the high jump mat, placing their jump foot farthest away from the mat. They take an eight- to ten-step approach, with the first three to five steps being in a straight line and the last five being on a curve. Athletes generally mark their approach in order to find as much consistency as possible.
The approach run can be more important than the takeoff. If a high jumper runs with bad timing or without enough aggression, clearing the bar becomes more of a challenge. The approach requires a certain shape or curve, the right amount of speed, and the correct number of strides. The approach angle is also critical for optimal height.
The straight run builds the momentum and sets the tone for a jump. The athlete starts by pushing off their takeoff foot with slow, powerful steps, then begins to accelerate. They should be running upright by the end of the straight portion.
The athlete's takeoff foot will be landing on the first step of the curve, and they will continue to accelerate, focusing their body towards the opposite back corner of the high jump mat. While staying erect and leaning away from the mat, the athlete takes their final two steps flat-footed, rolling from the heel to the toe.
Most great straddle jumpers run at angles of about 30 to 40 degrees. The length of the run is determined by the speed of the approach. A slower run requires about eight strides, but a faster high jumper might need about 13 strides. Greater speed allows a greater part of the body's forward momentum to be converted upward.[4]
The J approach favored by Fosbury floppers allows for speed, the ability to turn in the air (centripetal force), and a good takeoff position, which helps turn horizontal momentum into vertical momentum. The approach should be a hard, controlled stride so that the athlete does not fall from running at an angle. Athletes should lean into the curve from their ankles, not their hips. This allows their hips to rotate during takeoff, which in turn allows their center of gravity to pass under the bar.[5]
The takeoff can be double-arm or single-arm. In both cases, the plant foot should be the foot farthest from the bar, angled towards the opposite back corner of the mat, as they drive up the knee on their non-takeoff leg. This is accompanied by a one- or two-arm swing while driving the knee.
Unlike the straddle technique, where the takeoff foot is "planted" in the same spot regardless of the height of the bar, flop-style jumpers must adjust their approach run as the bar is raised so that their takeoff spot is slightly farther out from the bar. Jumpers attempting to reach record heights commonly fail when most of their energy is directed into the vertical effort and they knock the bar off the standards with the backs of their legs as they stall.
An effective approach shape can be derived from physics. For example, the rate of backward spin required as the jumper crosses the bar in order to facilitate shoulder clearance on the way up and foot clearance on the way down can be determined by computer simulation. This rotation rate can be back-calculated to determine the required angle of lean away from the bar at the moment of planting, based on how long the jumper is on the takeoff foot. This information, together with the jumper's speed, can be used to calculate the radius of the curved part of the approach. One can also work in the opposite direction by assuming a certain approach radius and determining the resulting backward rotation. Drills can be practiced to solidify the approach. One drill is to run in a straight line and then run two to three circles spiraling into one another. Another is to run or skip a circle of any size two to three times in a row.[6] It is important to leap upwards without first leaning into the bar, allowing the momentum of the J approach to carry the body across the bar.
The knee on the athlete's non-takeoff leg naturally turns their body, placing them in the air with their back to the bar. The athlete then drives their shoulders towards the back of their feet, arching their body over the bar. They can look over their shoulder to judge when to kick both feet over their head, causing their body to clear the bar and land on the mat.[7]
See also: Men's high jump world record progression, Women's high jump world record progression and Men's high jump indoor world record progression.
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 27 July 1993 | |||||
| 2 | Sotomayor #2 | 29 July 1989 | |||||
| 3 | Sotomayor #3 | 8 September 1988 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 September 2014 | [12] | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 30 June 1987 | |||||
| 5 | Sotomayor #4 | 5 June 1994 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 14 June 2014 | [13] | ||||
| 5 | Barshim #2 | 14 June 2014 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 4 September 1985 | |||||
| 9 | Sotomayor #5 | 25 June 1994 | |||||
| Sotomayor #6 | 15 July 1994 | ||||||
| Bondarenko #2 | 4 July 2013 | ||||||
| Bondarenko #3 | 15 August 2013 | ||||||
| Barshim #3 | 5 June 2014 | ||||||
| Barshim #4 | 22 August 2014 | ||||||
| Barshim #5 | 30 May 2015 | ||||||
| 6 | 17 | 11 August 1985 | |||||
| 17 | Sotomayor #7 | 12 March 1989 | |||||
| Sjöberg #2 | 5 August 1989 | ||||||
| 17 | Sotomayor #8 | 13 August 1989 | |||||
| 6 | 17 | 20 June 1990 | |||||
| 17 | Sotomayor #9 | 19 July 1991 | |||||
| 6 | 17 | 7 August 1991 | |||||
| 17 | Sotomayor #10 | 22 May 1993 | |||||
| Sotomayor #11 | 23 July 1993 | ||||||
| Sotomayor #12 | 22 August 1993 | ||||||
| Sotomayor #13 | 10 July 1994 | ||||||
| Sotomayor #14 | 18 July 1994 | ||||||
| Sotomayor #15 | 29 July 1994 | ||||||
| Sotomayor #16 | 11 September 1994 | ||||||
| Sotomayor #17 | 25 March 1995 | ||||||
| 6 | 17 | 5 August 2000 | |||||
| 17 | Barshim #6 | 1 June 2013 | |||||
| 6 | 17 | 25 April 2014 | |||||
| 17 | Bondarenko #4 | 11 May 2014 | |||||
| Bondarenko #5 | 3 July 2014 | ||||||
| 6 | 17 | 3 July 2014 | [14] | ||||
| 17 | Bondarenko #6 | 18 July 2014 | |||||
| Bondarenko #7 | 5 September 2014 | ||||||
| Barshim #7 | 11 June 2016 | ||||||
| Barshim #8 | 20 August 2017 | ||||||
| Barshim #9 | 27 August 2017 | ||||||
| Barshim #10 | 4 May 2018 | ||||||
| Barshim #11 | 2 July 2018 | ||||||
| 12 | 10 June 1984 | ||||||
| 30 July 1989 | |||||||
| 5 July 2012 | |||||||
| 15 July 2016 | [15] | ||||||
| 16 | 6 September 1987 | ||||||
| 4 September 1988 | |||||||
| 1 August 1993 | |||||||
| 12 July 1995 | |||||||
| 18 August 1996 | |||||||
| 5 March 2005 | |||||||
| 8 July 2005 | |||||||
| 25 July 2008 | |||||||
| 30 May 2015 | |||||||
| 27 August 2017 |
The following athletes have had their personal best annulled due to doping offences:
| Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2014 | |||||
| 20 July 2018 |
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | 7 July 2024 | Paris | [16] | ||
| 2 | 2 | Stefka Kostadinova | 30 August 1987 | Rome | |||
| 3 | Kostadinova #2 | 31 May 1986 | Sofia | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Blanka Vlašić | 31 August 2009 | Zagreb | |||
| 4 | 5 | Lyudmila Andonova | 20 July 1984 | Berlin | |||
| 5 | Kostadinova #3 | 25 May 1986 | |||||
| Kostadinova #4 | 16 September 1987 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #5 | 3 September 1988 | ||||||
| Vlašić #2 | 7 August 2007 | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 22 July 2011 | |||||
| 11 | Kostadinova #6 | 18 August 1985 | |||||
| Kostadinova #7 | 15 June 1986 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #8 | 14 September 1986 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #9 | 6 June 1987 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #10 | 8 September 1987 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 26 July 2003 | |||||
| 31 August 2003 | |||||||
| 28 August 2004 | |||||||
| 11 | Vlašić #3 | 30 July 2007 | |||||
| Vlašić #4 | 22 June 2008 | ||||||
| Vlašić #5 | 5 July 2008 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 14 June 2009 | |||||
| 6 July 2017 | [17] | ||||||
| 11 | Lasitskene #2 | 20 June 2019 | [18] | ||||
| 11 | 25 | 22 June 1984 | |||||
| 25 | Kostadinova #11 | 14 June 1986 | |||||
| Kostadinova #12 | 7 September 1986 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #13 | 4 July 1987 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #14 | 13 September 1987 | ||||||
| Kostadinova #15 | 12 August 1988 | ||||||
| 11 | 25 | 31 August 1991 | |||||
| 25 | Kostadinova #16 | 4 July 1992 | |||||
| Kostadinova #17 | 18 September 1993 | ||||||
| 11 | 25 | 15 September 1995 | |||||
| 25 | Kostadinova #18 | 3 August 1996 | |||||
| Bergqvist #2 | 18 August 2002 | ||||||
| Cloete #2 | 10 August 2003 | ||||||
| Bergqvist #3 | 28 July 2006 | ||||||
| Vlašić #6 | 21 July 2007 | ||||||
| Vlašić #7 | 2 September 2007 | ||||||
| Vlašić #8 | 12 June 2008 | ||||||
| Vlašić #9 | 1 July 2008 | ||||||
| 11 | 25 | 23 August 2008 | |||||
| 25 | Vlašić #10 | 23 August 2008 | |||||
| Vlašić #11 | 8 May 2009 | ||||||
| 11 | 25 | 26 June 2010 | |||||
| 25 | Vlašić #12 | 5 September 2010 | |||||
| Chicherova #2 | 16 September 2011 | ||||||
| Chicherova #3 | 11 August 2012 | ||||||
| Lasitskene #3 | 21 July 2017 | ||||||
| Lasitskene #4 | 8 September 2021 | [19] | |||||
| Mahuchikh #2 | 2 September 2022 | [20] | |||||
| 16 | 9 September 1989 | ||||||
| 2 June 2001 | |||||||
| 19 August 2012 | |||||||
| 22 June 2013 | |||||||
| 20 | Ulrike Meyfarth | 21 August 1983 | |||||
| 8 July 1988 | |||||||
| 30 May 1995 | |||||||
| 3 August 1996 | |||||||
| 24 June 2007 | |||||||
| Nicola Olyslagers | 17 September 2023 | [21] |
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 March 1989 | ||||
| 2 | 26 February 1988 | ||||
| 3 | 1 February 1987 | ||||
| 18 February 2015 | |||||
| 5 | 10 March 1991 | ||||
| 6 March 2005 | |||||
| 25 February 2009 | |||||
| 8 February 2014 | |||||
| 9 | 24 February 1985 | ||||
| 1 March 1991 | |||||
| 11 | 7 March 1987 | ||||
| 7 March 1987 | |||||
| 4 February 1994 | |||||
| 18 March 1994 | |||||
| 3 February 1995 | |||||
| 4 March 2000 | |||||
| 15 February 2005 | |||||
| 25 February 2007 | |||||
| 13 February 2016 | |||||
| 29 January 2023 | [22] | ||||
| 21 | 3 February 1991 | ||||
| 13 March 1994 | |||||
| 1 March 1996 | |||||
| 5 March 2005 | |||||
| 5 February 2000 | |||||
| 2 February 2008 | |||||
| 7 March 2021 |
The following athletes have had their personal best annulled due to doping offences:
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 February 2006 | ||||
| 2 | 8 February 1992 | ||||
| 3 | 20 February 1988 | ||||
| 6 February 2010 | |||||
| 4 February 2012 | |||||
| 2 February 2021 | |||||
| 7 | 3 March 2007 | ||||
| 15 February 2009 | |||||
| 9 February 2020 | |||||
| 10 | 3 March 1995 | ||||
| 7 March 2004 | |||||
| 9 February 2011 | |||||
| 13 | 6 March 1983 | ||||
| 23 January 1999 | |||||
| 2 March 2002 | |||||
| 16 | 8 March 1987 | ||||
| 2 February 2002 | |||||
| 26 February 2003 | |||||
| 26 February 2012 | |||||
| 21 February 2015 | |||||
| 21 | 31 January 1988 | ||||
| 5 March 1993 | |||||
| 28 February 1998 | |||||
| 24 February 2007 | |||||
| 9 March 2008 | |||||
| 28 January 2009 | |||||
| 4 March 2017 |
Athletes who have won multiple titles at the two most important competitions, the Olympic Games and the World Championships:
Kostadinova, Sotomayor and Mahuchikh are the only high jumpers to have been Olympic Champion, World Champion and broken the world record.
| Year | Mark | Athlete | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Changsha | |||
| 1971 | Berkeley | |||
| 1972 | Moscow | |||
| 1973 | Munich | |||
| 1974 | ||||
| 1975 | New York | |||
| 1976 | Philadelphia | |||
| 1977 | Richmond | |||
| 1978 | Milan | |||
| 1979 | Ottawa | |||
| 1980 | Moscow | |||
| 1981 | Leningrad | |||
| 1982 | Delhi | |||
| 1983 | Shanghai | |||
| 1984 | Eberstadt | |||
| 1985 | Kobe | |||
| 1986 | Rieti | |||
| 1987 | Stockholm | |||
| 1988 | Salamanca | |||
| 1989 | San Juan | |||
| 1990 | Bratislava | |||
| 1991 | Seville | |||
| Saint-Denis | ||||
| Zürich | ||||
| 1992 | Genoa | |||
| 1993 | Salamanca | |||
| 1994 | Seville | |||
| 1995 | Mar del Plata | |||
| 1996 | Atlanta | |||
| 1997 | Athens | |||
| 1998 | Maracaibo | |||
| 1999 | Seville | |||
| 2000 | London | |||
| 2001 | Eberstadt | |||
| 2002 | Durban | |||
| 2003 | Arnstadt | |||
| Bydgoszcz | ||||
| 2004 | Stockholm | |||
| 2005 | Madrid | |||
| 2006 | Arnstadt | |||
| Moscow | ||||
| Arnstadt | ||||
| Monaco | ||||
| 2007 | Moscow | |||
| 2008 | Moscow | |||
| London | ||||
| 2009 | Piraeus | |||
| 2010 | Banská Bystrica | |||
| 2011 | Hustopeče | |||
| Banská Bystrica | ||||
| Paris | ||||
| 2012 | Cheboksary | |||
| Lausanne | ||||
| 2013 | Lausanne | |||
| Moscow | ||||
| 2014 | Brussels | |||
| 2015 | Athlone | |||
| Eugene | ||||
| 2016 | Opole | |||
| 2017 | Birmingham | |||
| Eberstadt | ||||
| 2018 | Doha | |||
| Székesfehérvár | ||||
| 2019 | Doha | |||
| 2020 | Blacksburg | |||
| Banská Bystrica | ||||
| Moscow | ||||
| Minsk | ||||
| 2021 | Toruń | |||
| Székesfehérvár | ||||
| Tokyo | ||||
| Smolensk | ||||
| Tokyo | ||||
| Tokyo | ||||
| 2022 | Eugene | |||
| 2023 | Moscow |
| Year | Mark | Athlete | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Kyiv | ||
| 1971 | Vienna | ||
| 1972 | Zagreb | ||
| 1973 | Warsaw | ||
| 1974 | Rome | ||
| 1975 | Nice | ||
| 1976 | Dresden | ||
| 1977 | Berlin | ||
| 1978 | Brescia | ||
| 1979 | Turin | ||
| 1980 | Turin | ||
| 1981 | Brussels | ||
| 1982 | Athens | ||
| 1983 | Pisa | ||
| Budapest | |||
| 1984 | Berlin | ||
| 1985 | Moscow | ||
| 1986 | Sofia | ||
| 1987 | Rome | ||
| 1988 | Sofia | ||
| 1989 | Barcelona | ||
| Pireás | |||
| 1990 | Seattle | ||
| 1991 | Tokyo | ||
| 1992 | Karlsruhe | ||
| 1993 | Fukuoka | ||
| 1994 | Berlin | ||
| 1995 | Tokyo | ||
| 1996 | Atlanta | ||
| 1997 | Osaka | ||
| Paris-Bercy | |||
| Fukuoka | |||
| 1998 | Kalamata | ||
| 1999 | Monaco | ||
| 2000 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | ||
| 2001 | Kalamáta | ||
| 2002 | Poznań | ||
| 2003 | Eberstadt | ||
| Saint-Denis | |||
| 2004 | Athens | ||
| 2005 | Sheffield | ||
| 2006 | Arnstadt | ||
| 2007 | Stockholm | ||
| 2008 | Istanbul | ||
| Madrid | |||
| 2009 | Zagreb | ||
| 2010 | Arnstadt | ||
| 2011 | Cheboksary | ||
| 2012 | Arnstadt | ||
| 2013 | Des Moines | ||
| 2014 | Stockholm | ||
| Eugene | |||
| Zürich | |||
| 2015 | Lausanne | ||
| 2016 | Eugene | ||
| 2017 | Lausanne | ||
| 2018 | Paris | ||
| London | |||
| 2019 | Ostrava | ||
| 2020 | Moscow | ||
| 2021 | Banská Bystrica | ||
| 2022 | Brussels | ||
| 2023 | Eugene | ||
| Eugene |