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. In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and use the Fosbury Flop method of jumping, leaping head first with their back to the bar. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form.

Athletics
High jump
Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop
World records
Men Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) (1993)
Women Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) (1987)
Olympic records
Men Charles Austin 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) (1996)
Women Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (2004)
World Championship records
Men Bohdan Bondarenko 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) (2013)
Women Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) (1987)

The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events to feature on the Olympic athletics programme. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meetings. 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 current men's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) set in 1993 – the longest standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) has held the women's world record at 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event.

Rules
Yelena Slesarenko hitting the bar while using the Fosbury Flop technique

The rules for the high jump are set internationally by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Jumpers must take off on one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the bar is dislodged by the action of the jumper whilst jumping or the jumper touches the ground or breaks the plane of the near edge of the bar before clearance. The technique one uses for the jump must be almost flawless in order to have a chance of clearing a high bar.

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 competition.

The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final. Tie-breakers are used for any place in which scoring occurs. If two or more jumpers tie for one of these places, 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 greater height. Each jumper has one attempt. The bar is then alternately lowered and raised until only one jumper succeeds at a given height.[1]

History
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras during the standing high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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, soon then after, 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. By taking off like the scissors and extending his spine and flattening out over the bar, Sweeney raised the world record to 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) in 1895.

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 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) in 1912. His technique was predominant through the Berlin Olympics of 1936, in which the event was won by Cornelius Johnson at 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in).

American and Soviet jumpers were the most successful for the next four decades, and they pioneered the evolution of the straddle technique. Straddle jumpers took off as in the Western roll, but rotated their (belly-down) torso around the bar, obtaining the most efficient and highest clearance (of the bar) up to that time. Straddle-jumper, Charles Dumas, was the first to clear 7 feet (2.13 m), in 1956, American John Thomas pushed the world mark to 2.23 m (7 ft 3 3⁄4 in) in 1960. Valeriy Brumel took over the event for the next four years. The elegant Soviet jumper radically sped up his approach run, took the record up to 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in), and won the Olympic gold medal in 1964, before a motorcycle accident ended his career.

Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Her winning result was 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in).
Platt Adams during the standing high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

American coaches, including two-time NCAA champion Frank Costello of the University of Maryland, flocked to Russia to learn from Brumel and his coaches. 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 landing areas by then in use, Fosbury added a new twist to the outmoded Eastern Cut-off. He directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, sliding over on his back and landing in a fashion which would likely have broken his neck in the old, sawdust landing pits. After he used this Fosbury flop to win the 1968 Olympic gold medal, the technique began to spread around the world, and soon floppers were dominating international high jump competitions. The last straddler to set a world record was Vladimir Yashchenko, who cleared 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) in 1977 and then 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) indoors in 1978.

Among renowned high jumpers following Fosbury's lead were Americans Dwight Stones and his rival, 1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in) tall Franklin Jacobs of Paterson, NJ, who cleared 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in), 0.59 metres (1 ft 11 in) over his head (a feat equalled 27 years later by Sweden's Stefan Holm); 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; and female jumpers Iolanda Balaş of Romania, Ulrike Meyfarth of Germany and Italy's Sara Simeoni.

Technical aspects

Step by step

The most important aspect to put of all pieces of the jump together is the body mechanics the jumper uses to jump. Technique and form has evolved greatly over the history of high jump. The popularity of a style depend upon the time period as listed here:

Beginnings (1790 - 1875) --> two legged lift over bar / Basic Scissors (1875 - 1892) --> standing jump and straight run-up / Eastern Cut-off scissors (1892 - 1912) --> scissors with rotation / Western Roll (1912 - 1930) --> early straddle technique / Straddle (1930 - 1960) --> basic straddle technique / Dive Straddle (1960 - 1978) --> advanced straddle technique / Fosbury Flop (1968 - current) --> the currently most common technique used /

The Fosbury Flop is currently deemed as the most efficient way for competitors of the event to propel themselves over the bar. Still depending on the individual athletes specific strengths and weaknesses there are variations on the separate pieces that make up the jump.

Approach

For a Fosbury flop depending on the athletes jump foot they will start on the right of left of the mat. Placing their jump foot furthest away from the high jump mat. The athlete will have an eight to ten step approach in total, the last five steps being a curve with three or five steps before on a straight. The athlete will want to mark their approach to attempt to find as much consistency as possible.

The approach run of the high jump may actually be more important than the take-off. If a high jumper runs with bad timing or without enough aggression, clearing a high 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 will build the momentum and set the tone for the athletes jump. The athlete will start by pushing off with the take off foot with slow powerful steps then begin to quicken and accelerate them. The athlete should be tall and running up right by the end of their three or five steps.

On the first step of the curve the athletes take off foot will be landing, they will want to continue accelerating and curving focusing the body towards the opposite back corner of the high jump mat. While staying tall, erect, and leaning away from the mat the athlete should make sure that their final two steps are flat footed, rolling from the heel to toe as well as being the quickest steps.

Most great straddle jumpers have a run at angles of about 30 to 40 degrees. The length of the run is determined by the speed of the person's approach. A slower run requires about 8 strides. However, a faster high jumper might need about 13 strides. A greater run speed allows a greater part of the body's forward momentum to be converted upward.[2]

The J type approach, favored by Fosbury floppers, allows for horizontal speed, the ability to turn in the air (centripetal force), and good take-off position. This allows for horizontal momentum to turn into vertical momentum, propelling the jumper off the ground and over the bar. The approach should be a hard controlled stride so that a person does not fall from creating an angle with speed. Athletes should run tall and lean on the curve, from the ankles and not the hips. This allows the correct angle to force their hips to rotate during take-off, which allows their center of gravity to pass under the bar.[3]

Take-off

The take off can have slight variations depending on what feels most natural to the athlete. The double arm take off and the single arm take off. With most things in common, for both the athlete should make sure not to take off at the center of the bar. The plant foot should be the foot furthest away from the bar, angled towards the opposite back corner of the matt, and driving the non take off leg knee up. Keeping in mind this is a vertical jump pushing all force straight up. This will be accompanied with a one or two arm swing while driving the knee.

Unlike the classic straddle technique, where the take-off foot is "planted" in the same spot at every height, flop-style jumpers must adjust their take-off as the bar is raised. Their approach run must be adjusted slightly so that their take-off spot is slightly further out from the bar in order to allow their hips to clear the bar while still maintaining enough momentum to carry their legs across the bar. Jumpers attempting to reach record heights commonly fail when most of their energy is directed into the vertical effort, and they brush the bar off the standards with the backs of their legs as they stall out in mid-air.

An effective approach shape can be derived from physics. For example, the rate of backward spin required as the jumper crosses the bar 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 plant, based on how long the jumper is on the take-off foot. This information, together with the jumper's speed in the curve, can be used to calculate the radius of the curved part of the approach. This is a lot of work and requires measurements of running speed and time of take-off foot on the ground. However, one can work in the opposite direction by assuming an approach radius and watching the resulting backward rotation. This only works if some basic rules are followed in how one executes the approach and take-off.

Drills can be practiced to solidify the approach. One drill is to run in a straight line (the linear part of the approach) 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.[4] It is important to train to leap upwards without first leaning into the bar, allowing the momentum of the J approach to carry the body across the bar.

Flight

The athlete's non take off leg knee will naturally turn their body placing them in the air with their back to the bar. The athlete will then drive their shoulders to the back of their feet arching their body over the bar. The athlete can look over their right should then judge appropriately when to kick both feet over their head causing their body to miss the bar and land on the mat. [5][6]

Spanish jumper Ruth Beitia approaching the bar from an angle

Training

In high jump, it helps if the athlete is tall, has long legs, and limited weight on their body. They must have a strong lower body and flexibility will help a lot as well. High jumpers tend to go through very vigorous training methods to achieve this ideal body frame.

Sprinting

High jumpers must have a fast approach so it is crucial to work on speed and also speed endurance. Many high jump competitions may take hours and athletes must make sure they have the endurance to last the entire competition. Common sprint endurance workouts for high jumpers include 200-, 400-, and 800-meter training. Other speed endurance training methods such as hill training or a ladder workout may also be used.

Weight lifting

It is crucial for high jumpers to have strong lower bodies and cores, as the bar progressively gets higher, the strength of an athlete's legs (along with speed and technique) will help propel them over the bar. Squats, deadlifts, and core exercises will help a high jumper to achieve these goals. It is important, however, for a high jumper to keep a slim figure as any unnecessary weight makes it difficult to jump higher.

Plyometrics

Arguably the most important training for a high jumper is plyometric training. Because high jump is such a technical event, any mistake in the technique could either lead to failure, injury, or both. To prevent these from happening, high jumpers tend to focus heavily on plyometrics. This includes hurdle jumps, flexibility training, skips, or scissor kick training. Plyometric workouts tend to be performed at the beginning of the workout. [7][8]

All-time top 25
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
Key

  set prior to IAAF acceptance of indoor events as equivalent with outdoor events (in 2000)

Men (absolute)
Rank Mark Athlete Date Place Ref
1 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) Javier Sotomayor (CUB)27 July 1993Salamanca
2 2.43 m (7 ft 11 1⁄2 in)  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 5 September 2014 Brussels [13]
3 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)30 June 1987Stockholm
 Carlo Thränhardt (FRG)26 February 1988Berlin (indoor)
 Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 25 February 2014 Prague (indoor) [14]
 Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 14 June 2014 New York City [15]
7 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Igor Paklin (URS)4 September 1985Kobe
8 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)  Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS)11 August 1985Donetsk
 Sorin Matei (ROM)20 June 1990Bratislava
 Hollis Conway (USA)10 March 1991Seville (indoor)
 Charles Austin (USA)7 August 1991Zürich
 Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)5 August 2000London
 Stefan Holm (SWE)6 March 2005Madrid (indoor)
 Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS)8 February 2014Arnstadt (indoor)
 Derek Drouin (CAN) [16]25 April 2014Des Moines
 Andriy Protsenko (UKR) 3 July 2014 Lausanne [17]
 Danil Lysenko (ANA) 20 July 2018 Fontvieille [18]
18 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN)10 June 1984Eberstadt
 Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)24 February 1985Cologne (indoor)
 Ralf Sonn (GER)1 March 1991Berlin (indoor)
 Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 15 July 2016 Monaco [19]
22 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in)  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)
7 March 1987 Indianapolis (indoor)
6 September 1987 Rome
2 October 1987 Seoul
25 September 1988
 Sergey Malchenko (URS)4 September 1988Banska Bystrica
 Dragutin Topić (SCG)1 August 1993Belgrade
 Steve Smith (GBR)4 February 1994Wuppertal (indoor)
 Wolf-Hendrik Beyer (GER)10 March 1994Weinheim (indoor)
 Troy Kemp (BAH)12 July 1995Nice
 Artur Partyka (POL)18 August 1996Eberstadt
 Matt Hemingway (USA)4 March 2000Atlanta (indoor)
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)15 February 2005Stockholm (indoor)
6 March 2005 Madrid (indoor)
3 February 2007 Arnstadt (indoor)
10 February 2008 Moscow (indoor)
 Jacques Freitag (RSA)5 March 2005Oudtshoorn
 Andriy Sokolovskyy (UKR)8 July 2005Rome
 Andrey Silnov (RUS)25 July 2005London
 Linus Thörnblad (SWE)25 February 2007Gothenburg (indoor)
 Zhang Guowei (CHN)30 May 2015Eugene

Notes

Below is a list of all other jumps equal or superior to 2.40 m:

  • Javier Sotomayor also jumped 2.44 (1989), 2.43 (1988 & 1989i), 2.42 (1994), 2.41 (1993i & 1994) and 2.40 (1989, 1991, 1993, 2 × 1994i, 1994 & 1995).
  • Mutaz Essa Barshim also jumped 2.42 (2014 & 2015i), 2.41 (2014, 2015i & 2015) and 2.40 (2015i, 2016, 2017 & 2018).
  • Ivan Ukhov also jumped 2.41 (2014i & 2014) and 2.40 (2009i & 2014i).
  • Bohdan Bondarenko also jumped 2.41 (2013) and 2.40 (2014).
  • Patrik Sjöberg also jumped 2.41 (1987i) and 2.40 (1987i).
  • Carlo Thränhardt also jumped 2.40 (1987i).

Women (absolute)
Rank Mark Athlete Date Place Ref
1 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 30 August 1987 Rome
2 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 6 February 2006 Arnstadt (indoor)
 Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 31 August 2009 Zagreb
4 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in)  Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) 20 July 1984 Berlin
 Heike Henkel (GER) 8 February 1992 Karlsruhe (indoor)
 Anna Chicherova (RUS) 22 July 2011 Cheboksary
7 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 31 August 2003 Saint-Denis
 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 28 August 2004 Athens
 Ariane Friedrich (GER) 14 June 2009 Berlin
 Mariya Lasitskene (ANA) 6 July 2017 Lausanne [20]
20 June 2019 Ostrava [21]
 Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2 February 2021 Banská Bystrica (indoor) [22]
12 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in)  Tamara Bykova (URS) 22 June 1984 Kyiv
 Inha Babakova (UKR) 15 September 1995 Tokyo
 Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 3 March 2007 Birmingham (indoor)
23 August 2008 Beijing
 Chaunté Lowe (USA) 26 June 2010 Des Moines
16 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in)  Silvia Costa (CUB) 9 September 1989 Barcelona
 Alina Astafei (GER) 3 March 1995 Berlin (indoor)
 Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL) 2 June 2002 Kalamata
 Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) 9 February 2011 Banská Bystrica (indoor)
 Irina Gordeeva (RUS) 19 August 2012 Eberstadt
 Brigetta Barrett (USA) 22 June 2013 Des Moines
22 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in)  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 21 August 1983 London
 Louise Ritter (USA) 8 July 1988 Austin
30 September 1988 Seoul
 Tatyana Motkova (RUS) 30 May 1995 Bratislava
 Niki Bakoyianni (GRE) 3 August 1996 Atlanta
 Monica Iagăr (ROU) 23 January 1999 Bucharest (indoor)
 Marina Kuptsova (RUS) 2 March 2002 Vienna (indoor)
 Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) 11 August 2012 London

Notes

Below is a list of all other jumps equal or superior to 2.05 m:

Olympic medalists

Men
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
 Ellery Harding Clark
 United States		 James Connolly
 United States		 none awarded
Robert Garrett
 United States
1900 Paris
 Irving Baxter
 United States		 Patrick Leahy
 Great Britain		 Lajos Gönczy
 Hungary
1904 St. Louis
 Samuel Jones
 United States		 Garrett Serviss
 United States		 Paul Weinstein
 Germany
1908 London
 Harry Porter
 United States		 Géo André
 France
 none awarded
Con Leahy
 Great Britain
István Somodi
 Hungary
1912 Stockholm
 Alma Richards
 United States		 Hans Liesche
 Germany		 George Horine
 United States
1920 Antwerp
 Richmond Landon
 United States		 Harold Muller
 United States		 Bo Ekelund
 Sweden
1924 Paris
 Harold Osborn
 United States		 Leroy Brown
 United States		 Pierre Lewden
 France
1928 Amsterdam
 Bob King
 United States		 Benjamin Hedges
 United States		 Claude Ménard
 France
1932 Los Angeles
 Duncan McNaughton
 Canada		 Bob Van Osdel
 United States		 Simeon Toribio
 Philippines
1936 Berlin
 Cornelius Johnson
 United States		 Dave Albritton
 United States		 Delos Thurber
 United States
1948 London
 John Winter
 Australia		 Bjørn Paulson
 Norway		 George Stanich
 United States
1952 Helsinki
 Walt Davis
 United States		 Ken Wiesner
 United States		 José da Conceição
 Brazil
1956 Melbourne
 Charles Dumas
 United States		 Chilla Porter
 Australia		 Igor Kashkarov
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
 Robert Shavlakadze
 Soviet Union		 Valeriy Brumel
 Soviet Union		 John Thomas
 United States
1964 Tokyo
 Valeriy Brumel
 Soviet Union		 John Thomas
 United States		 John Rambo
 United States
1968 Mexico City
 Dick Fosbury
 United States		 Ed Caruthers
 United States		 Valentin Gavrilov
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
 Jüri Tarmak
 Soviet Union		 Stefan Junge
 East Germany		 Dwight Stones
 United States
1976 Montreal
 Jacek Wszoła
 Poland		 Greg Joy
 Canada		 Dwight Stones
 United States
1980 Moscow
 Gerd Wessig
 East Germany		 Jacek Wszoła
 Poland		 Jörg Freimuth
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
 Dietmar Mögenburg
 West Germany		 Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden		 Zhu Jianhua
 China
1988 Seoul
 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
 Soviet Union		 Hollis Conway
 United States		 Rudolf Povarnitsyn
 Soviet Union
Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden
1992 Barcelona
 Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba		 Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden		 Hollis Conway
 United States
Tim Forsyth
 Australia
Artur Partyka
 Poland
1996 Atlanta
 Charles Austin
 United States		 Artur Partyka
 Poland		 Steve Smith
 Great Britain
2000 Sydney
 Sergey Klyugin
 Russia		 Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba		 Abderahmane Hammad
 Algeria
2004 Athens
 Stefan Holm
 Sweden		 Matt Hemingway
 United States		 Jaroslav Bába
 Czech Republic
2008 Beijing
 Andrey Silnov
 Russia		 Germaine Mason
 Great Britain		 Yaroslav Rybakov
 Russia
2012 London
 Not awarded Erik Kynard
 United States		 Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Qatar
Derek Drouin
 Canada
Robert Grabarz
 Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Derek Drouin
 Canada		 Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Qatar		 Bohdan Bondarenko
 Ukraine

Women
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam
 Ethel Catherwood
 Canada		 Lien Gisolf
 Netherlands		 Mildred Wiley
 United States
1932 Los Angeles
 Jean Shiley
 United States		 Babe Didrikson
 United States		 Eva Dawes
 Canada
1936 Berlin
 Ibolya Csák
 Hungary		 Dorothy Odam
 Great Britain		 Elfriede Kaun
 Germany
1948 London
 Alice Coachman
 United States		 Dorothy Tyler
 Great Britain		 Micheline Ostermeyer
 France
1952 Helsinki
 Esther Brand
 South Africa		 Sheile Lerwill
 Great Britain		 Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne
 Mildred McDaniel
 United States		 Thelma Hopkins
 Great Britain		 none awarded
Mariya Pisareva
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
 Iolanda Balaș
 Romania		 Jarosława Jóźwiakowska
 Poland		 none awarded
Dorothy Shirley
 Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
 Iolanda Balaș
 Romania		 Michele Brown
 Australia		 Taisia Chenchik
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
 Miloslava Rezková
 Czechoslovakia		 Antonina Okorokova
 Soviet Union		 Valentina Kozyr
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
 Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany		 Yordanka Blagoeva
 Bulgaria		 Ilona Gusenbauer
 Austria
1976 Montreal
 Rosemarie Ackermann
 East Germany		 Sara Simeoni
 Italy		 Yordanka Blagoeva
 Bulgaria
1980 Moscow
 Sara Simeoni
 Italy		 Urszula Kielan
 Poland		 Jutta Kirst
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
 Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany		 Sara Simeoni
 Italy		 Joni Huntley
 United States
1988 Seoul
 Louise Ritter
 United States		 Stefka Kostadinova
 Bulgaria		 Tamara Bykova
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
 Heike Henkel
 Germany		 Alina Astafei
 Romania		 Ioamnet Quintero
 Cuba
1996 Atlanta
 Stefka Kostadinova
 Bulgaria		 Niki Bakoyianni
 Greece		 Inha Babakova
 Ukraine
2000 Sydney
 Yelena Yelesina
 Russia		 Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa		 Kajsa Bergqvist
 Sweden
Oana Pantelimon
 Romania
2004 Athens
 Yelena Slesarenko
 Russia		 Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa		 Vita Styopina
 Ukraine
2008 Beijing
 Tia Hellebaut
 Belgium		 Blanka Vlašić
 Croatia		 Chaunté Howard
 United States
2012 London
 Anna Chicherova
 Russia		 Brigetta Barrett
 United States		 Svetlana Shkolina
 Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Ruth Beitia
 Spain		 Mirela Demireva
 Bulgaria		 Blanka Vlašić
 Croatia

World Championships medalists

Men
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)  Tyke Peacock (USA)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
1987 Rome
  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)
 Igor Paklin (URS)		 none awarded
1991 Tokyo
  Charles Austin (USA)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Hollis Conway (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Artur Partyka (POL)  Steve Smith (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg
  Troy Kemp (BAH)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Artur Partyka (POL)
1997 Athens
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Artur Partyka (POL)  Tim Forsyth (AUS)
1999 Seville
  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)  Mark Boswell (CAN)  Martin Buß (GER)
2001 Edmonton
  Martin Buß (GER)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)
 Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)		 none awarded
2003 Saint-Denis
  Jacques Freitag (RSA)  Stefan Holm (SWE)  Mark Boswell (CAN)
2005 Helsinki
  Yuriy Krymarenko (UKR)  Víctor Moya (CUB)
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)		 none awarded
2007 Osaka
  Donald Thomas (BAH)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)
2009 Berlin
  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)  Sylwester Bednarek (POL)
 Raúl Spank (GER)
2011 Daegu
  Jesse Williams (USA)  Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS)  Trevor Barry (BAH)
2013 Moscow
  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)  Derek Drouin (CAN)
2015 Beijing
  Derek Drouin (CAN)  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)
 Zhang Guowei (CHN)		 none awarded
2017 London
  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)  Danil Lysenko (ANA)  Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR)
2019 Doha
  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)  Mikhail Akimenko (ANA)  Ilya Ivanyuk (ANA)

Women
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
  Tamara Bykova (URS)  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)  Louise Ritter (USA)
1987 Rome
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Tamara Bykova (URS)  Susanne Beyer (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
  Heike Henkel (GER)  Yelena Yelesina (URS)  Inha Babakova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
  Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)  Silvia Costa (CUB)  Sigrid Kirchmann (AUT)
1995 Gothenburg
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Alina Astafei (GER)  Inha Babakova (UKR)
1997 Athens
  Hanne Haugland (NOR)  Inha Babakova (UKR)
 Olga Kaliturina (RUS)		 none awarded
1999 Seville
  Inha Babakova (UKR)  Yelena Yelesina (RUS)  Svetlana Lapina (RUS)
2001 Edmonton
  Hestrie Cloete (RSA)  Inha Babakova (UKR)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2003 Saint-Denis
  Hestrie Cloete (RSA)  Marina Kuptsova (RUS)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2005 Helsinki
  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)  Chaunté Howard (USA)  Emma Green (SWE)
2007 Osaka
  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)
 Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)		 none awarded
2009 Berlin
  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)  Ariane Friedrich (GER)
2011 Daegu
  Anna Chicherova (RUS)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
2013 Moscow
  Svetlana Shkolina (RUS)  Brigetta Barrett (USA)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)
 Ruth Beitia (ESP)
2015 Beijing
  Mariya Kuchina (RUS)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)
2017 London
  Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)  Yuliya Levchenko (UKR)  Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
2019 Doha
  Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)  Vashti Cunningham (USA)

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Othmane Belfaa (ALG)
1987 Indianapolis
  Igor Paklin (URS)  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)  Ján Zvara (TCH)
1989 Budapest
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
1991 Seville
  Hollis Conway (USA)  Artur Partyka (POL)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
 Aleksey Yemelin (URS)
1993 Toronto
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)  Steve Smith (GBR)
1995 Barcelona
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Labros Papakostas (GRE)  Tony Barton (USA)
1997 Paris
  Charles Austin (USA)  Labros Papakostas (GRE)  Dragutin Topić (FRY)
1999 Maebashi
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)  Charles Austin (USA)
2001 Lisbon
  Stefan Holm (SWE)  Andriy Sokolovskyy (UKR)  Staffan Strand (SWE)
2003 Birmingham
  Stefan Holm (SWE)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Henadz Maroz (BLR)
2004 Budapest
  Stefan Holm (SWE)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Ștefan Vasilache (ROU)
 Germaine Mason (JAM)
 Jaroslav Bába (CZE)
2006 Moscow
  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Andrey Tereshin (RUS)  Linus Thörnblad (SWE)
2008 Valencia
  Stefan Holm (SWE)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP)
 Andra Manson (USA)
2010 Doha
  Ivan Ukhov (RUS)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)  Dusty Jonas (USA)
2012 Istanbul
  Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (GRE)  Andrey Silnov (RUS)  Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
2014 Sopot
  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)  Ivan Ukhov (RUS)  Andriy Protsenko (UKR)
2016 Portland
  Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)  Robert Grabarz (GBR)  Erik Kynard (USA)
2018 Birmingham
  Danil Lysenko (ANA)  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)  Mateusz Przybylko (GER)

Women
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Susanne Lorentzon (SWE)  Debbie Brill (CAN)
 Danuta Bułkowska (POL)
 Silvia Costa (CUB)
1987 Indianapolis
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Susanne Beyer (GDR)  Emilia Dragieva (BUL)
1989 Budapest
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Tamara Bykova (URS)  Heike Redetzky (FRG)
1991 Seville
  Heike Henkel (GER)  Tamara Bykova (URS)  Heike Balck (GER)
1993 Toronto
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Heike Henkel (GER)  Inha Babakova (UKR)
1995 Barcelona
  Alina Astafei (GER)  Britta Bilač (SLO)  Heike Henkel (GER)
1997 Paris
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Inha Babakova (UKR)  Hanne Haugland (NOR)
1999 Maebashi
  Khristina Kalcheva (BUL)  Zuzana Hlavoňová (CZE)  Tisha Waller (USA)
2001 Lisbon
  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)  Inha Babakova (UKR)  Venelina Veneva (BUL)
2003 Birmingham
  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)  Yelena Yelesina (RUS)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)
2004 Budapest
  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
2006 Moscow
  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Ruth Beitia (ESP)
2008 Valencia
  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)  Vita Palamar (UKR)
2010 Doha
  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Ruth Beitia (ESP)  Chaunté Lowe (USA)
2012 Istanbul
  Chaunté Lowe (USA)  Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
 Anna Chicherova (RUS)
 Ebba Jungmark (SWE)		 none awarded
2014 Sopot
  Mariya Kuchina (RUS)
 Kamila Lićwinko (POL)		 none awarded  Ruth Beitia (ESP)
2016 Portland
  Vashti Cunningham (USA)  Ruth Beitia (ESP)  Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
2018 Birmingham
  Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)  Vashti Cunningham (USA)  Alessia Trost (ITA)
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Athletes with most medals

Athletes who have won multiple titles at the two most important competitions, the Olympic Games and the World Championships:

Kostadinova and Sotomayor are the only high jumpers to have been Olympic Champion, World Champion and broken the world record.

Men
Athlete Olympic Games World Championships World Indoor Championships Continental Championships Continental Indoor Championships Universiade Regional Games
Mediterranean
Pan American
Asian		 Total
 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 110220 410201 ---100 3001341
 Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) 100000 010100 521000 ---731
 Stefan Holm (SWE) 100010 400011 210000 ---721
 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 021100 111000 400000 ---632
 Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) 000000 000310 ---101 200611
 Igor Paklin (URS) 000010 100100 000200 ---410
 Valeriy Brumel (URS) 110--- ---100 000200 ---410
 Zhu Jianhua (CHN) 001001 000200 ---000 200402
 Charles Austin (USA) 100100 101100 ---000 000401
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 001130 140100 011100 ---382
 Dragutin Topić (SRB) 000000 001100 102100 001304
 Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) 000--- ---100 200000 ---300
 Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) 100110 010000 001000 ---221
 Hollis Conway (USA) 011001 100000 ---110 001223

Women
Athlete Olympic Games World Championships World Indoor Championships Continental Championships Continental Indoor Championships Universiade Regional Games
Mediterranean
Pan American
Commonwealth		 Total
 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) 110200 500100 410000 ---1320
 Sara Simeoni (ITA) 120000 000102 400212 2001024
 Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) ---300 200110 200010 ---820
 Ruth Beitia (ESP) 100001 022300 131100 000654
 Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 011220 211100 000000 100642
 Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 020200 000300 000000 100620
 Heike Henkel (FRG) 100100 112100 201000 ---613
 Iolanda Balaş (ROM) 200--- ---210 000200 ---610
 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 200010 000100 200010 ---520
 Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 001102 200101 110000 ---514
 Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) 100--- ---110 300000 ---510
 Anna Chicherova (RUS) 10*122 021000 100100 ---443
 Tamara Bykova (URS) 001110 110010 110101 ---422
Alina Astafei
(Romania & Germany)		 010010 100001 211100 ---432
 Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 100000 100100 100000 ---400
 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 100000 210000 000001 ---311
 Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) 000011 010000 100000 110231

Season's bests

Height differentials

All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height.[23][24]

Men
RankDifferentialAthleteHeightMark
1 0.59 m (1 ft 11 in) Franklin Jacobs1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in)
Stefan Holm1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄4 in)2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)
3 0.58 m (1 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Rick Noji1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in)
Anton Riepl1.75 m (5 ft 8 3⁄4 in)2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Linus Thörnblad1.80 m (5 ft 10 3⁄4 in)2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
6 0.57 m (1 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Hollis Conway1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)
7 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in) Takahiro Kimino1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in)2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in)
Sorin Matei1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in)2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)
Charles Austin1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in)2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)
Aleksey Dmitrik1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in)2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)
11 0.55 m (1 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Hari Shankar Roy1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in)2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Robert Wolski1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in)2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in)
Marcello Benvenuti1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Milton Ottey1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in)

Women
RankDifferentialAthleteHeightMark
1 0.35 m (1 ft 1 3⁄4 in)Antonietta Di Martino1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in)
2 0.33 m (1 ft 3⁄4 in) Niki Bakoyianni1.70 m (5 ft 6 3⁄4 in)2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in)
Kajsa Bergqvist1.75 m (5 ft 8 3⁄4 in)2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in)
4 0.32 m (1 ft 1⁄2 in) Emilia Dragieva1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Yolanda Henry1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
6 0.31 m (1 ft 0 in)Marie Collonvillé1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in)
Inika McPherson1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in)1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
8 0.30 m (11 3⁄4 in) Cindy Holmes1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Jessica Ennis1.65 m (5 ft 4 3⁄4 in)1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in)
Antonella Bevilacqua1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)1.99 m (6 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
Lyudmila Andonova1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in)

Female two metres club

As of July 2019, 73 different female athletes had ever been able to jump 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in).[11][12]

#NationsAthletes
16  RussiaAnna Chicherova 2.07, Elena Slesarenko 2.06, Mariya Lasitskene 2.06, Tamara Bykova 2.05, Irina Gordeeva 2.04, Marina Kuptsova 2.03,
Svetlana Shkolina 2.03, Tatyana Babashkina 2.03, Yelena Yelesina 2.02, Yelena Gulyayeva 2.01, Svetlana Lapina 2.00
Ekaterina Savchenko 2.00, Larisa Kositsyna 2.00, Viktoriya Klyugina 2.00, Viktoriya Seryogina 2.00, Yuliya Lyakhova 2.00
9  GermanyHeike Henkel 2.07, Ariane Friedrich 2.06, Alina Astafei 2.04, Ulrike Meyfarth 2.03, Gabriele Günz 2.01, Heike Balck 2.01,
Daniela Rath 2.00, Meike Kröger 2.00, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch 2.00
 United StatesChaunté Lowe 2.05, Brigetta Barrett 2.04, Louise Ritter 2.03, Amy Acuff 2.01, Tisha Waller 2.01,
Coleen Sommer 2.00, Jan Wohlschlag 2.00, Yolanda Henry 2.00, Vashti Cunningham 2.00
7  UkraineYaroslava Mahuchikh 2.06, Inha Babakova 2.05, Vita Styopina 2.02, Yuliya Levchenko 2.02, Iryna Mykhalchenko 2.01, Vita Palamar 2.01, Lyudmila Avdeyenko 2.00
6  BulgariaStefka Kostadinova 2.09, Lyudmila Andonova 2.07, Venelina Veneva-Mateeva 2.04, Emilia Dragieva 2.00, Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva 2.00, Mirela Demireva 2.00
4  ItalyAntonietta Di Martino 2.04, Elena Vallortigara 2.02, Sara Simeoni 2.01, Alessia Trost 2.00
3  South AfricaHestrie Cloete 2.06, Desiré du Plessis 2.01, Charmaine Gale-Weavers 2.00
2  SwedenKajsa Bergqvist 2.08, Emma Green Tregaro 2.01
 CubaSilvia Costa 2.04, Ioamnet Quintero 2.01
 East GermanySusanne Beyer 2.02, Rosemarie Ackermann 2.00
 BelgiumTia Hellebaut 2.05, Nafissatou Thiam 2.01
 BelarusTatyana Shevchik 2.00, Karyna Taranda 2.00
1  CroatiaBlanka Vlašić 2.08
 GreeceNiki Bakogianni 2.03
 RomaniaMonica Iagar 2.03
 SpainRuth Beitia 2.02
 PolandKamila Lićwinko 2.02
 KazakhstanOlga Turchak 2.01
 NorwayHanne Haugland 2.01
 LithuaniaAirinė Palšytė 2.01
 YugoslaviaBiljana Petrović 2.00
 Czech RepublicZuzana Hlavoňová 2.00
 SloveniaBritta Bilač 2.00
 HungaryDóra Győrffy 2.00

National records

Men

NR's equal or superior to 2.20 m:

Nation Mark Athlete Date Place
 Cuba 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) Javier Sotomayor 27 July 1993 Salamanca
 Qatar 2.43 m (7 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Mutaz Essa Barshim 5 September 2014 Brussels
 Sweden 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Patrik Sjöberg 30 June 1987 Stockholm
 Germany 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) i Carlo Thränhardt 26 February 1988 Berlin
 Russia 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) i Ivan Ukhov 25 February 2014 Prague
 Ukraine 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Bohdan Bondarenko 14 June 2014 New York City
 Kyrgyzstan 2.41 m (7 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Igor Paklin 4 September 1985 Kobe
 Romania 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Sorin Matei 20 June 1990 Bratislava
 United States 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) i Hollis Conway 10 March 1991 Seville
2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Charles Austin 7 August 1991 Zürich
 Canada 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Derek Drouin 25 April 2014 Des Moines
 China 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Zhu Jianhua 11 June 1983 Beijing
 Italy 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Gianmarco Tamberi 15 July 2016 Monaco
 Serbia 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Dragutin Topic 1 August 1993 Belgrade
 United Kingdom 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) i Steve Smith 4 February 1994 Wuppertal
 Bahamas 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Troy Kemp 12 July 1995 Nice
 Poland 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Artur Partyka 18 August 1996 Eberstadt
 South Africa 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Jacques Freitag 5 March 2005 Oudtshoorn
 Azerbaijan 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Valeriy Sereda 2 September 1984 Rieti
 Czech Republic 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) i Jaroslav Bába 5 February 2005 Arnstadt
 Kazakhstan 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Sergey Zasimovich 5 May 1984 Tashkent
 Belgium 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Eddy Annys 26 May 1985 Ghent
 Slovakia 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Jan Zvara 23 August 1987 Prague
 Bermuda 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Clarence Saunders 1 February 1990 Auckland
 Bulgaria 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Georgi Dakov 10 August 1990 Brussels
 Greece 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Lambros Papakostas 21 July 1992 Athens
 Norway 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) i Steinar Hoen 12 February 1994 Balingen
3 March 1995 Berlin
2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) 1 July 1997 Oslo
 Australia 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Tim Forsyth 2 March 1997 Melbourne
Brandon Starc 26 August 2018 Eberstadt
 Israel 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Konstantin Matusevich 5 February 2000 Perth
 Syria 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Majd Eddin Ghazal 18 May 2016 Beijing
 Belarus 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) Dzmitry Nabokau 25 May 2018 Brest
 France 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) i Jean-Charles Gicquel 13 March 1994 Paris
 Cyprus 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Kyriakos Ioannou 29 August 2007 Osaka
 Japan 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) i Naoto Tobe 2 February 2019 Karlsruhe
 Lithuania 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Rolandas Verkys 16 June 1991 Warsaw
 Spain 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Arturo Ortiz 22 June 1991 Barcelona
 South Korea 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Lee Jin-Taek 20 June 1997 Seoul
 Algeria 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Abderrahmane Hammad 14 July 2000 Algiers
 Jamaica 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Germaine Mason 9 August 2003 Santo Domingo
 Botswana 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Kabelo Kgosiemang 4 May 2008 Addis Ababa
 Colombia 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) A Gilmar Mayo 17 October 1994 Pereira
 Finland 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in) i Osku Torro 5 February 2011 Tampere
 Uzbekistan 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Gennadiy Belkov 29 May 1982 Tashkent
 Nigeria 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) i Anthony Idiata 15 February 2000 Patras
 Brazil 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Jessé de Lima 2 September 2008 Lausanne
 Slovenia 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Rožle Prezelj 17 June 2012 Maribor
  Switzerland 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Roland Dalhäuser 7 June 1981 Eberstadt
 Tajikistan 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Oleg Palaschevskiy 12 August 1990 Bryansk
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Elvir Krehmic 7 July 1998 Zagreb
 Netherlands 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) i Wilbert Pennings 9 February 2002 Siegen
 Saint Lucia 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Darvin Edwards 30 August 2011 Daegu
 Peru 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) A Arturo Chávez 11 June 2016 Mexico City
 Venezuela 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) Eure Yáñez 23 June 2017 Luque
 Latvia 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Normunds Sietiņš 20 July 1992 Nurmijärvi
 Estonia 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Marko Turban 5 June 1996 Rakvere
 New Zealand 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Glenn Howard 12 March 2000 Christchurch
Hamish Kerr 26 June 2019 Townsville
 Ireland 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Adrian O'Dwyer 24 June 2004 Algiers
 Mexico 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Gerardo Martinez 15 April 2007 Walnut
2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) i Edgar Rivera 9 February 2016 Brno
4 February 2017 Hustopeče
 Ecuador 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Diego Ferrín 27 October 2011 Guadalajara
 Malaysia 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Nauraj Singh Randhawa 27 April 2017 Singapore
 Turkey 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Alperen Acet 3 June 2018 Cluj-Napoca
 Kenya 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) A Mathieu Sawe 6 June 2018 Nairobi
2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) 3 August 2018 Asaba
 Chinese Taipei 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) Hsiang Chun-hsien 21 October 2015 Kaohsiung
 Puerto Rico 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) David Adley Smith II 23 April 2016 Auburn
Luis Castro 28 May 2016 Sinn
 India 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) Tejaswin Shankar 27 April 2018 Lubbock
 Croatia 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Novica Čanović 6 July 1985 Split
2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) i 25 February 1986 Solna
 Austria 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Markus Einberger 18 May 1986 Schwechat
 Mauritius 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Khemraj Naiko 27 May 1996 Dakar
 Iceland 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) i Einar Karl Hjartarson 20 February 2001 Reykjavík
 Hungary 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) László Boros 6 July 2005 Debrecen
 Sudan 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) i Mohamed Younes Idris 23 February 2014 Bordeaux
2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) 27 May 2015 Namur
 Cameroon 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Fernand Djoumessi 19 June 2014 Bühl
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Jermaine Francis 1 August 2018 Barranquilla
 Denmark 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Janick Klausen 20 June 2019 Essen
 Lebanon 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Jean-Claude Rabbath 23 April 2004 Beirut
12 June 2004 Bucharest
 Sri Lanka 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Manjula Kumara Wijesekara 23 July 2004 Colombo
4 September 2005 Incheon
 Antigua and Barbuda 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) James Grayman 7 July 2007 Pergine Valsugana
 San Marino 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Eugenio Rossi 28 June 2015 Caprino Veronese
 Senegal 2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Moussa Sagna Fall 9 July 1982 Paris
 Iran 2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Keivan Ghanbarzadeh 20 April 2012 Shiraz
22 June 2015 Bangkok
25 June 2015 Pathum Thani
2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) i 20 September 2017 Ashgabat
 Thailand 2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Pramote Poom-Urai 11 May 2012 Kanchanaburi
 Georgia 2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Zurab Gogochuri 16 June 2012 Tbilisi
 Argentina 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) A Fernando Pastoriza 23 July 1988 Mexico City
2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Erasmo Jara 11 May 2002 Rosario
2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) A Carlos Layoy 6 June 2018 Cochabamba
 Hong Kong 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) i A Marc Chenn 17 February 2001 Colorado Springs
 Vietnam 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Nguyễn Duy Bằng 28 September 2004 Singapore
 Barbados 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Henderson Dottin 12 April 2008 El Paso
 Moldova 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Radu Tucan 30 May 2008 Chişinău
Andrei Mîţîcov 28 May 2016 Tiraspol
 Egypt 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Karim Samir Lotfy 27 June 2008 Eberstadt
 Dominica 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Brendan Williams 17 March 2012 Havana
 Mali 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Abdoulaye Diarra 24 May 2015 Tourcoing
 Portugal 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Victor Korst 27 June 2020 Lisbon
 Dominican Republic 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) Julio Luciano 8 June 1996 Santo Domingo
 Ghana 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) Kwaku Boateng 8 August 1996 Kitchener
 Portugal 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) i Paulo Conceição 6 March 2016 Pombal
 Jordan 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Fakhredin Fouad 4 July 1991 Amman
 Luxembourg 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Raymond Conzemius 3 September 1995 Dudelange
 Singapore 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Wong Yew Tong 14 December 1995 Chiang Mai
 Chile 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) A Felipe Apablaza 3 June 2001 Cochabamba
 Haiti 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Huguens Jean 14 June 2003 Sacramento
 Burkina Faso 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄4 in) Boubacar Séré 13 August 2006 Bambous
27 June 2007 Celle Ligure
 Grenada 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Paul Caraballo 26 April 1997 Des Moines
 Saudi Arabia 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Jamal Fakhri Al-Qasim 8 July 2006 Lublin
Hashim Issa Al-Oqabi 25 July 2007 Amman
Nawaf Ahmad Al-Yami 15 June 2013 Salzburg
 Panama 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Alexander Bowen Jr. 9 May 2015 Albany
 Turkmenistan 2.20 m (7 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Nikolay Stolyarov 19 May 1996 Almaty
 Seychelles 2.20 m (7 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Eugéne Ernesta 14 July 2000 Algiers
William Woodcock 13 June 2010 Victoria
9 October 2010 New Delhi
 Kuwait 2.20 m (7 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Salem Al-Anezi 15 May 2004 Kuwait City
24 November 2007 Cairo
 Zambia 2.20 m (7 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Bwalya Humphrey 4 March 2018 Ndola

Women

NR's equal or superior to 1.88 m:

NationMarkAthleteDatePlace
 Bulgaria 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) Stefka Kostadinova 30 August 1987 Rome
 Sweden 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) i Kajsa Bergqvist 4 February 2006 Arnstadt
 Croatia 2.08 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Blanka Vlašić 31 August 2009 Zagreb
 Germany 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) i Heike Henkel 8 February 1992 Karlsruhe
 Russia 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Anna Chicherova 22 July 2011 Cheboksary
 South Africa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hestrie Cloete 31 August 2003 Saint-Denis
 Ukraine 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) i Yaroslava Mahuchikh 2 February 2021 Banská Bystrica
 Belgium 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) i Tia Hellebaut 3 March 2007 Birmingham
2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) 23 August 2008 Beijing
 United States 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Chaunte Lowe 26 June 2010 Des Moines
 Cuba 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) Silvia Costa 9 September 1989 Barcelona
 Italy 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) i Antonietta Di Martino 9 February 2011 Banská Bystrica
 Greece 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Niki Bakogianni 3 August 1996 Atlanta
 Romania 2.03 m (6 ft 7 3⁄4 in) i Monica Iagar 23 January 1999 Bucharest
 Spain 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Ruth Beitia 4 August 2007 San Sebastián
 Poland 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) i Kamila Lićwinko 21 February 2015 Toruń
 Kazakhstan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Olga Turchak 7 July 1986 Moscow
 Norway 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Hanne Haugland 13 August 1997 Zürich
 Lithuania 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) i Airinė Palšytė 4 March 2017 Belgrade
 Belarus 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Tatyana Shevchik 14 May 1993 Gomel
Karyna Taranda 5 July 2019 Lausanne
 Slovenia 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Britta Bilač 14 August 1994 Helsinki
 Czech Republic 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Zuzana Hlavoňová 5 June 2000 Prague
 Hungary 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Dóra Győrffy 26 July 2001 Nyíregyháza
 Australia 1.99 m (6 ft 6 1⁄4 in) Eleanor Patterson 28 February 2020 Wellington
 Uzbekistan 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Lyudmila Butuzova 10 June 1984 Sochi
 Canada 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Debbie Brill 2 September 1984 Rieti
 Saint Lucia 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Levern Spencer 8 May 2010 Athens
 Barbados 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) i Akela Jones 11 March 2016 Birmingham
 United Kingdom 1.98 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Katarina Johnson-Thompson 12 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro
 China 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Jin Ling 7 May 1989 Hamamatsu
 Latvia 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Valentīna Gotovska 30 March 1992 Vilnius
 Austria 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Sigrid Kirchmann 21 August 1993 Stuttgart
 Moldova 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Olga Bolşova 5 September 1993 Rieti
 Argentina 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Solange Witteveen 19 May 2001 Manaus
 Dominican Republic 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Juana Rosario Arrendel 2 December 2002 San Salvador
 France 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) i Mélanie Melfort 5 February 2003 Dortmund
18 February 2007 Aubière
 Kyrgyzstan 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Tatyana Efimenko 11 July 2003 Rome
 Mexico 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) Romary Rifka 4 April 2004 Xalapa
 Turkmenistan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Galina Brigadnaya 13 September 1985 Alma Ata
 Slovakia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) i Mária Melová 12 February 1997 Banská Bystrica
27 February 1999 Otterberg
 Japan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Miki Imai 15 September 2001 Yokohama
 Estonia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Anna Iljuštšenko 9 August 2011 Viljandi
 Ivory Coast 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Lucienne N'Da 28 June 1992 Belle Vue Maurel
  Switzerland 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Sieglinde Cadusch 1 September 1995 Marietta
 Nigeria 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Doreen Amata 3 July 2008 Abuja
16 July 2011 Eberstadt
1 September 2011 Daegu
 Ireland 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Deirdre Ryan 1 September 2011 Daegu
 Montenegro 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Marija Vuković 24 July 2016 Berane
 Finland 1.95 m (6 ft 4 3⁄4 in) Ella Junnila 3 July 2019 Tampere
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Amra Temim 15 August 1987 Varaždin
 Serbia 16 September 1988 Thessaloniki
 Denmark 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Pia Zinck 8 August 1997 Athens
 Burkina Faso 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Irène Tiéndrebeogo 1 August 1999 Niort
 Vietnam 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Bui Thi Nhung 4 May 2005 Bangkok
 Thailand 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Noengrothai Chaipetch 14 December 2009 Vientiane
 Israel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) i Danielle Frenkel 5 March 2011 Paris
 Turkey 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Burcu Ayhan 16 July 2011 Ostrava
 Netherlands 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) Nadine Broersen 14 August 2014 Zürich
 Colombia 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄4 in) A María Fernanda Murillo 1 May 2019 Medellín
 South Korea 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) Kim Hui-seon 10 June 1990 Seoul
 Trinidad and Tobago 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) i Natasha Alleyne-Gibson 11 February 1995 Lexington
 Jamaica 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) Sheree Francis 15 May 2010 Spanish Town
 Cyprus 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) i Leontia Kallenou 13 March 2015 Fayetteville
1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in) 15 May 2015 Starkville
 Brazil 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Orlane dos Santos 11 August 1989 Bogotá
 Albania 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Klodeta Gjini 22 August 1989 Tirana
 New Zealand 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Tania Dixon 26 January 1991 Dunedin
 India 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Sahana Kumari 23 June 2012 Hyderabad
 Seychelles 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) A Lissa Labiche 9 May 2015 Potchefstroom
 Georgia 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) Valentyna Liashenko 27 June 2015 Berdychiv
 Tajikistan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Yelena Gorobets 11 July 1981 Leningrad
 Antigua and Barbuda 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Priscilla Frederick 22 July 2015 Toronto
 Iceland 1.90 m (6 ft 2 3⁄4 in) i Þórdis Gísladóttir 12 March 1983 Pontiac
 Guyana 1.90 m (6 ft 2 3⁄4 in) Najuma Fletcher 3 June 1995 Knoxville
11 August 1995 Gothenburg
 Venezuela 1.90 m (6 ft 2 3⁄4 in) Marierlis Rojas 29 March 2008 Ponce
 Armenia 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄4 in) i Marina Kuporosova 24 January 1988 Baku
 Bahamas 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄4 in) Saniel Atkinson-Grier 1 July 2012 Kingston
 Portugal 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sónia Carvalho 3 June 2001 Vila Real de Santo António
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) i Naide Gomes 5 March 2004 Budapest
 Hong Kong 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Yeung Man Wai 30 April 2017 Taipei City

See also

Notes and references
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  2. CoachR. "The HIGH JUMP". www.coachr.org.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. https://www.liveabout.com/illustrated-high-jump-technique-3258815
  6. by82.156.152.62(talk)19:11,22December2013
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. KangarooTrackClub.org. "High Jump Drills". www.kangarootrackclub.org.
  9. High Jump - men - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  10. High Jump - men - senior - indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  11. High Jump - women - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  12. High Jump - women - senior - indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  13. "Justin Gatlin rolls back the years as tyro Barshim basks". zeenews.india.com. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  14. . IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-25.
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  16. Note: Drouin jumped imperial 7'10 ½"
  17. "High Jump Results". Diamond League - Lausanne. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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  19. "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  20. "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  21. Bob Ramsak (20 June 2019). "Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  22. "Ukrainian teen Mahuchikh impresses with high jump of 2.06 metres". france24.com. 2 February 2021.
  23. High Jump Differentials Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  24. 50 cm club - Alltime list in jump above own height Archived April 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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