High Jump World Leads by Year

For each year, name the male and female high jumper who scored the best result.
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Year
Men
Result
Country
2017
Mutaz Essa Barshim
2.38
Qatar
2016
2.40
2015
2.41
2014
2.43
2013
Bogdan Bondarenko
2.41
Ukraine
2012
Ivan Ukhov
2.39
Russia
Mutaz Essa Barshim
Qatar
2011
Jesse Williams
2.37
United States
2010
Ivan Ukhov
2.36
Russia
2009
Andra Manson
2.35
United States
Ivan Ukhov
Russia
Yaroslav Rybakov
Russia
2008
Andrey Silnov
2.38
Russia
2007
Donald Thomas
2.35
Bahamas
Stefan Holm
Sweden
Yaroslav Rybakov
Russia
Kyriacos Ioannou
Cyprus
2006
Andrey Silnov
2.37
Russia
2005
Jacques Freitag
2.38
South Africa
Andrey Sokolovskiy
Russia
2004
Stefan Holm
2.36
Sweden
2003
Aleksander Walerianczyk
2.36
Poland
2002
Jacques Freitag
2.37
South Africa
2001
Vyacheslav Voronin
2.37
Russia
2000
2.40
1999
2.37
1998
Javier Sotomayor
2.37
Cuba
1997
2.37
1996
Charles Austin
2.39
USA
1995
Javier Sotomayor
2.40
Cuba
1994
2.42
1993
2.45
1992
Steve Smith
2.37
United Kingdom
1991
Javier Sotomayor
2.40
Cuba
Charles Austin
USA
1990
Sorin Matei
2.40
Romania
1989
Javier Sotomayor
2.44
Cuba
1988
2.43
1987
Patrick Sjöberg
2.42
Sweden
1986
Igor Paklin
2.38
Soviet Union
1985
2.41
1984
Zhu Jianhua
2.39
China
1983
2.38
1982
2.33
1981
Oleksiy Demyanyuk
2.33
Soviet Union
1980
Gerd Wessig
2.36
East Germany
1979
Dietmar Mögenburg
2.32
West Germany
1978
Volodymyr Yaschenko
2.34
Soviet Union
1977
2.33
1976
Dwight Stones
2.32
United States
Year
Women
Result
Country
2017
Mariya Lasitskene
2.06
Russia
2016
Chanté Lowe
2.01
United States
2015
Anna Chicherova
2.03
Russia
2014
Anna Chicherova
2.01
Russia
Ruth Beitia
Spain
2013
Brigetta Barrett
2.04
United States
2012
Anna Chicherova
2.05
Russia
2011
2.07
2010
Chaunté Lowe
2.05
United States
Blanka Vlasic
Croatia
2009
Blanka Vlasic
2.08
Croatia
2008
2.06
2007
2.07
2006
Kajsa Bergqvist
2.05
Sweden
2005
2.03
2004
Yelena Slesarenko
2.06
Russia
2003
Kajsa Bergqvist
2.06
Sweden
Hestrie Cloete
South Africa
2002
Kajsa Bergqvist
2.05
Sweden
2001
Venelina Veneva
2.04
Bulgaria
2000
Monika Iagar
2.02
Romania
1999
Hestrie Cloete
2.04
South Africa
1998
Venelina Veneva
2.03
Bulgaria
1997
Stefka Kostadinova
2.02
Bulgaria
Inga Babakova
Ukraine
1996
Stefka Kostadinova
2.05
Bulgaria
1995
Inga Babakova
2.05
Ukraine
1994
Silvia Costa
2.00
Cuba
Inga Babakova
Ukraine
Britta Bilac
Slovenia
1993
Stefka Kostadinova
2.05
Bulgaria
1992
1991
Heike Henkel
2.05
Germany
1990
Yelena Yelesina
2.02
Soviet Union
1989
Silvia Costa
2.04
Cuba
1988
Stefka Kostadinova
2.07
Bulgaria
1987
2.09
1986
2.08
1985
2.06
1984
Lyudmila Andonova
2.07
Bulgaria
1983
Tamara Bykova
2.04
Soviet Union
1982
Ulrike Meyfarth
2.02
West Germany
1980
Sara Simeoni
1.98
Italy
1979
Rosemarie Ackermann
1.99
East Germany
1978
Sara Simeoni
2.01
Italy
1977
Rosemarie Ackermann
2.00
East Germany
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