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 introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar.
Athletics High jump | |
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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 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 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 of 2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event.
Rules
The rules set for the high jump by World Athletics (previously named the IAAF[1]) are Technical Rules TR26 and TR27[2] (previously Rules 181 and 182[1]). Jumpers must take off from one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the jumper dislodges the bar, touches the ground, or breaks the plane of the near edge of 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.
Tie breaking
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.
Competitor | Main competition | Jump-off | Place | ||||||||
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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 above, 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.[1] This rule led to shared gold in the 2020 Olympic men's event held in 2021.
History
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 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) 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 jumper, Iolanda Balaș of Romania, used this style to dominate women's high jump for about 10 years until her retirement at 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 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) in 1912. His technique was predominant through the 1936 Berlin Olympics, 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 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 7ft (2.13m), in 1956. American John Thomas pushed the world mark to 2.23 m (7 ft 3+3⁄4 in) 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 2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) 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.
Since Fosbury used his new style, called the Fosbury Flop, to win the gold medal of the 1968 Mexico Olympics, it has 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 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) 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 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in), 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, 1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in)-tall Franklin Jacobs of Paterson, New Jersey, 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 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 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in). In 1978, he raised the record to 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in), and 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in) indoor, just before a knee injury ended his career effectively 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 2 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in), raised the world record from 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) to 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) 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 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in). Two years before, the female Italian flopper Sara Simeoni, the long-term rival of Ackermann, broke Ackermann's world record at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 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.
Technical aspects
Technique and form have evolved greatly over the history of high jump. The Fosbury Flop is currently considered the most efficient way for competitors to propel themselves over the bar.
Approach
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.[3]
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.[4]
Takeoff
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.[5] 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.
Flight
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.[6]
All-time top 25
Men (outdoor)
Ath.# | Perf.# | Mark | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 1 | 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 27 JUL 1993 | Salamanca | |
2 | 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) | Sotomayor #2 | 29 JUL 1989 | San Juan | |||
3 | 2.43 m (7 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Sotomayor #3 | 08 SEP 1988 | Salamanca | |||
2 | 3 | 2.43 m (7 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | 05 SEP 2014 | Brussels | [11] |
3 | 5 | 2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 30 JUN 1987 | Stockholm | |
5 | 2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Sotomayor #4 | 05 JUN 1994 | Seville | |||
3 | 5 | 2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 14 JUN 2014 | New York City | [12] |
5 | 2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Barshim #2 | 14 JUN 2014 | New York City | [12] | ||
5 | 9 | 2.41 m (7 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Igor Paklin | Soviet Union | 04 SEP 1985 | Kobe | |
9 | 2.41 m (7 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Sotomayor #5 | 25 JUN 1994 | Havana | |||
Sotomayor #6 | 15 JUL 1994 | London | |||||
Bondarenko #2 | 04 JUL 2013 | Lausanne | |||||
Bondarenko #3 | 15 AUG 2013 | Moscow | |||||
Barshim #3 | 05 JUN 2014 | Rome | |||||
Barshim #4 | 22 AUG 2014 | Eberstadt | |||||
Barshim #5 | 30 MAY 2015 | Eugene | |||||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | Soviet Union | 11 AUG 1985 | Donetsk | |
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Sotomayor #7 | 12 MAR 1989 | Havana | |||
Sjöberg #2 | 05 AUG 1989 | Brussels | |||||
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) A | Sotomayor #8 | 13 AUG 1989 | Bogotá | |||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Sorin Matei | Romania | 20 JUN 1990 | Bratislava | |
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Sotomayor #9 | 19 JUL 1991 | Paris | |||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Charles Austin | United States | 07 AUG 1991 | Zürich | |
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Sotomayor #10 | 22 MAY 1993 | Havana | |||
Sotomayor #11 | 23 JUL 1993 | London | |||||
Sotomayor #12 | 22 AUG 1993 | Stuttgart | |||||
Sotomayor #13 | 10 JUL 1994 | Eberstadt | |||||
Sotomayor #14 | 18 JUL 1994 | Nice | |||||
Sotomayor #15 | 29 JUL 1994 | St. Petersburg | |||||
Sotomayor #16 | 11 SEP 1994 | London | |||||
Sotomayor #17 | 25 MAR 1995 | Mar del Plata | |||||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | 05 AUG 2000 | London | |
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Barshim #6 | 01 JUN 2013 | Eugene | |||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Derek Drouin | Canada | 25 APR 2014 | Des Moines | |
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Bondarenko #4 | 11 MAY 2014 | Tokyo | |||
Bondarenko #5 | 03 JUL 2014 | Lausanne | [13] | ||||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine | 03 JUL 2014 | Lausanne | [13] |
17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Bondarenko #6 | 18 JUL 2014 | Monaco | |||
Bondarenko #7 | 05 SEP 2014 | Brussels | [11] | ||||
Barshim #7 | 11 JUN 2016 | Opole | |||||
Barshim #8 | 20 AUG 2017 | Birmingham | |||||
Barshim #9 | 27 AUG 2017 | Eberstadt | |||||
Barshim #10 | 04 MAY 2018 | Doha | |||||
Barshim #11 | 02 JUL 2018 | Székesfehérvár | |||||
6 | 17 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Danil Lysenko | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 20 JUL 2018 | Monaco | [14] |
13 | 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) | Zhu Jianhua | China | 10 JUN 1984 | Eberstadt | ||
Hollis Conway | United States | 30 JUL 1989 | Norman | ||||
Ivan Ukhov | Russia | 05 JUL 2012 | Cheboksary | ||||
Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy | 15 JUL 2016 | Monaco | [15] | |||
17 | 2.38 m (7 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | Soviet Union | 06 SEP 1987 | Rome | ||
Sergey Malchenko | Soviet Union | 04 SEP 1988 | Banská Bystrica | ||||
Dragutin Topić | FR Yugoslavia | 01 AUG 1993 | Belgrade | ||||
Troy Kemp | Bahamas | 12 JUL 1995 | Nice | ||||
Artur Partyka | Poland | 18 AUG 1996 | Eberstadt | ||||
Jacques Freitag | South Africa | 05 MAR 2005 | Oudtshoorn | ||||
Andriy Sokolovskyy | Ukraine | 08 JUL 2005 | Rome | ||||
Andrey Silnov | Russia | 25 JUL 2008 | London | ||||
Zhang Guowei | China | 30 MAY 2015 | Eugene |
Annulled marks
- Ivan Ukhov jumped 2.41 in Doha on 10 May 2014. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.
Women (outdoor)
Ath.# | Perf.# | Mark | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 1 | 2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | 30 AUG 1987 | Rome | |
2 | 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Kostadinova #2 | 31 MAY 1986 | Sofia | |||
2 | 2 | 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia | 31 AUG 2009 | Zagreb | |
3 | 4 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Lyudmila Andonova | Bulgaria | 20 JUL 1984 | Berlin | |
4 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Kostadinova #3 | 25 MAY 1986 | Sofia | |||
Kostadinova #4 | 16 SEP 1987 | Cagliari | |||||
Kostadinova #5 | 03 SEP 1988 | Sofia | |||||
Vlašić #2 | 07 AUG 2007 | Stockholm | |||||
3 | 4 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Anna Chicherova | Russia | 22 JUL 2011 | Cheboksary | |
10 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Kostadinova #6 | 18 AUG 1985 | Moscow | |||
Kostadinova #7 | 15 JUN 1986 | Fürth | |||||
Kostadinova #8 | 14 SEP 1986 | Cagliari | |||||
Kostadinova #9 | 06 JUN 1987 | Worrstadt | |||||
Kostadinova #10 | 08 SEP 1987 | Rieti | |||||
5 | 10 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | 26 JUL 2003 | Eberstadt | |
Hestrie Cloete | South Africa | 31 AUG 2003 | Paris | ||||
Yelena Slesarenko | Russia | 28 AUG 2004 | Athens | ||||
10 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Vlašić #3 | 30 JUL 2007 | Thessaloniki | |||
Vlašić #4 | 22 JUN 2008 | Istanbul | |||||
Vlašić #5 | 05 JUL 2008 | Madrid | |||||
5 | 10 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Ariane Friedrich | Germany | 14 JUN 2009 | Berlin | |
Mariya Lasitskene | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 06 JUL 2017 | Lausanne | [16] | |||
10 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Lasitskene #2 | 20 JUN 2019 | Ostrava | [17] | ||
10 | 24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | 22 JUN 1984 | Kyiv | |
24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Kostadinova #11 | 14 JUN 1986 | Worrstadt | |||
Kostadinova #12 | 07 SEP 1986 | Rieti | |||||
Kostadinova #13 | 04 JUL 1987 | Oslo | |||||
Kostadinova #14 | 13 SEP 1987 | Padova | |||||
Kostadinova #15 | 12 AUG 1988 | Budapest | |||||
10 | 24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Heike Henkel | Germany | 31 AUG 1991 | Tokyo | |
24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Kostadinova #16 | 04 JUL 1992 | San Marino | |||
Kostadinova #17 | 18 SEP 1993 | Fukuoka | |||||
10 | 24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | 15 SEP 1995 | Tokyo | |
24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Kostadinova #18 | 03 AUG 1996 | Atlanta | |||
Bergqvist #2 | 18 AUG 2002 | Poznan | |||||
Cloete #2 | 10 AUG 2003 | Berlin | |||||
Bergqvist #3 | 28 JUL 2006 | London | |||||
Vlašić #6 | 21 JUL 2007 | Madrid | |||||
Vlašić #7 | 02 SEP 2007 | Osaka | |||||
Vlašić #8 | 12 JUN 2008 | Ostrava | |||||
Vlašić #9 | 01 JUL 2008 | Bydgoszcz | |||||
10 | 24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Tia Hellebaut | Belgium | 23 AUG 2008 | Beijing | |
24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Vlašić #10 | 23 AUG 2008 | Beijing | |||
Vlašić #11 | 08 MAY 2009 | Doha | |||||
10 | 24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Chaunté Lowe | United States | 26 JUN 2010 | Des Moines | |
24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Vlašić #12 | 05 SEP 2010 | Split | |||
Chicherova #2 | 16 SEP 2011 | Brussels | |||||
Chicherova #3 | 11 AUG 2012 | London | |||||
Lasitskene #3 | 21 JUL 2017 | Monaco | |||||
Lasitskene #4 | 08 SEPT 2021 | Zürich | [18] | ||||
10 | 24 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine | 02 SEP 2022 | Brussels | [19] |
16 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Silvia Costa | Cuba | 09 SEP 1989 | Barcelona | ||
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva | Bulgaria | 02 JUN 2001 | Kalamata | ||||
Irina Gordeeva | Russia | 19 AUG 2012 | Eberstadt | ||||
Brigetta Barrett | United States | 22 JUN 2013 | Des Moines | ||||
20 | 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Ulrike Meyfarth | West Germany | 21 AUG 1983 | London | ||
Louise Ritter | United States | 08 JUL 1988 | Austin | ||||
Tatyana Motkova | Russia | 30 MAY 1995 | Bratislava | ||||
Niki Bakoyianni | Greece | 03 AUG 1996 | Atlanta | ||||
Antonietta Di Martino | Italy | 24 JUN 2007 | Milan | ||||
25 | 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Yelena Yelesina | Soviet Union | 23 JUL 1990 | Seattle | ||
Monica Iagar | Romania | 06 JUN 1998 | Budapest | ||||
Marina Kuptsova | Russia | 01 JUN 2003 | Hengelo | ||||
Vita Styopina | Ukraine | 28 AUG 2004 | Athens | ||||
Ruth Beitia | Spain | 04 AUG 2007 | San Sebastián | ||||
Elena Vallortigara | Italy | 22 JUL 2018 | London | ||||
Nafissatou Thiam | Belgium | 22 JUN 2019 | Talence | ||||
Yuliya Levchenko | Ukraine | 10 SEP 2019 | Minsk | ||||
Vashti Cunningham | United States | 29 MAY 2021 | Chula Vista | ||||
Nicola McDermott | Australia | 07 AUG 2021 | Tokyo | [20] | |||
Eleanor Patterson | Australia | 19 JUL 2022 | Eugene | [21] |
Men (indoor)
Rank | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 2.43 m (7 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 4 March 1989 | Budapest | |
2 | 2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 26 February 1988 | Berlin | |
3 | 2.41 m (7 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 1 February 1987 | Piraeus | |
Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 18 February 2015 | Athlone | |||
5 | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Hollis Conway (USA) | 10 March 1991 | Seville | |
Stefan Holm (SWE) | 6 March 2005 | Madrid | |||
Ivan Ukhov (RUS) | 25 February 2009 | Piraeus | |||
Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS) | 8 February 2014 | Arnstadt | |||
9 | 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 24 February 1985 | Cologne | |
Ralf Sonn (GER) | 1 March 1991 | Berlin | |||
11 | 2.38 m (7 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Igor Paklin (URS) | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis | |
Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis | |||
Steve Smith (GBR) | 4 February 1994 | Wuppertal | |||
Wolf-Hendrik Beyer (GER) | 18 March 1994 | Weinheim | |||
Sorin Matei (ROU) | 3 February 1995 | Wuppertal | |||
Matt Hemingway (USA) | 4 March 2000 | Atlanta | |||
Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | 15 February 2005 | Stockholm | |||
Linus Thörnblad (SWE) | 25 February 2007 | Gothenburg | |||
Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) | 13 February 2016 | Hustopeče | |||
20 | 2.37 m (7 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Artur Partyka (POL) | 3 February 1991 | Sulingen | |
Dalton Grant (GBR) | 13 March 1994 | Paris | |||
Charles Austin (USA) | 1 March 1996 | Atlanta | |||
Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) | 5 March 2005 | Glasgow | |||
Jaroslav Bába (CZE) | 5 February 2000 | Arnstadt | |||
Andrey Silnov (RUS) | 2 February 2008 | Arnstadt | |||
Danil Lysenko (ANA) | 27 January 2018 | Hustopeče | |||
Maksim Nedasekau (BLR) | 7 March 2021 | Toruń |
Annulled marks
- Ivan Ukhov jumped 2.42 in Prague on 25 February 2014. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.
Women (indoor)
Rank | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 2.08 m (6 ft 9+3⁄4 in) | Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 4 February 2006 | Arnstadt | |
2 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Heike Henkel (GER) | 8 February 1992 | Karlsruhe | |
3 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 20 February 1988 | Athens | |
Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 6 February 2010 | Arnstadt | |||
Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 4 February 2012 | Arnstadt | |||
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 2 February 2021 | Banská Bystrica | [22] | ||
7 | 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Tia Hellebaut (BEL) | 3 March 2007 | Birmingham | |
Ariane Friedrich (GER) | 15 February 2009 | Karlsruhe | |||
Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) | 9 February 2020 | Moscow | |||
10 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Alina Astafei (GER) | 3 March 1995 | Berlin | |
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 7 March 2004 | Budapest | |||
Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) | 9 February 2011 | Banská Bystrica | |||
13 | 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 6 March 1983 | Budapest | |
Monica Iagăr (ROU) | 23 January 1999 | Bucharest | |||
Marina Kuptsova (RUS) | 2 March 2002 | Vienna | |||
16 | 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Susanne Beyer (GDR) | 8 March 1987 | Indianapolis | |
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL) | 2 February 2002 | Łódź | |||
Yelena Yelesina (RUS) | 26 February 2003 | Moscow | |||
2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) A | Chaunte Lowe (USA) | 26 February 2012 | Albuquerque | ||
2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Kamila Lićwinko (POL) | 21 February 2015 | Toruń | ||
21 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Gabriele Günz (GDR) | 31 January 1988 | Stuttgart | |
Ioamnet Quintero (CUB) | 5 March 1993 | Berlin | |||
Tisha Waller (USA) | 28 February 1998 | Atlanta | |||
Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 24 February 2007 | Piraeus | |||
Vita Palamar (UKR) | 9 March 2008 | Valencia | |||
Irina Gordeeva (RUS) | 28 January 2009 | Cottbus | |||
Airinė Palšytė (LTU) | 4 March 2017 | Belgrade |
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 |
Erik Kynard United States |
Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar |
none awarded |
Derek Drouin Canada | |||
Robert Grabarz Great Britain | |||
2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Derek Drouin Canada |
Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar |
Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine |
2020 Tokyo |
Gianmarco Tamberi Italy |
none awarded | Maksim Nedasekau Belarus |
Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar |
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 |
Ruth Beitia Spain |
2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Ruth Beitia Spain |
Mirela Demireva Bulgaria |
Blanka Vlašić Croatia |
2020 Tokyo |
Mariya Lasitskene ROC |
Nicola McDermott Australia |
Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine |
World Championships medalists
Men
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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) |
2022 Eugene |
Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | Woo Sang-hyeok (KOR) | Andriy Protsenko (UKR) |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
6 | Bahamas (BAH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
– | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
13 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 18 | 22 | 15 | 55 |
Women
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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) | Ariane Friedrich (GER) | Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) |
2011 Daegu |
Anna Chicherova (RUS) | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) |
2013 Moscow |
Brigetta Barrett (USA) | Anna Chicherova (RUS) Ruth Beitia (ESP) |
none awarded |
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) |
2022 Eugene |
Eleanor Patterson (AUS) | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | Elena Vallortigara (ITA) |
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) |
2022 Belgrade |
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | Eleanor Patterson (AUS) | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) |
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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:
- 4 wins: Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) - Olympic Champion in 2020, World Champion in 2015, 2017 & 2019
- 3 wins: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1993 & 1997
- 3 wins: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1987 & 1995
- 3 wins: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) - Olympic Champion in 2020, World Champion in 2017 & 2019
- 2 wins: Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) - Olympic Champion in 1988, World Champion in 1983
- 2 wins: Charles Austin (USA) - Olympic Champion in 1996, World Champion in 1991
- 2 wins: Iolanda Balas (ROM) - Olympic Champion in 1960 & 1964
- 2 wins: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) - Olympic Champion in 1972 & 1984
- 2 wins: Heike Henkel (GER) - Olympic Champion in 1992, World Champion in 1991
- 2 wins: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) - World Champion in 2001 & 2003
- 2 wins: Blanka Vlašić (CRO) - World Champion in 2007 & 2009
- 2 wins: Anna Chicherova (RUS) - Olympic Champion in 2012, World Champion in 2011
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Stefan Holm (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Igor Paklin (URS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Valeriy Brumel (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Charles Austin (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Dragutin Topić (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Hollis Conway (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Women
Athlete | Olympic Games | World Championships | World Indoor Championships | Continental Championships | Continental Indoor Championships | Universiade | Regional Games Mediterranean Pan American Commonwealth |
Total | ||||||||||||||||
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Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 13 | 2 | 0 |
Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Hestrie Cloete (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Heike Henkel (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Iolanda Balaş (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Tamara Bykova (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Alina Astafei (Romania & Germany) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Tia Hellebaut (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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Height differentials
All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height.[23][24]
Men
Rank | Differential | Athlete | Height | Mark |
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1 | 0.59 m (1 ft 11 in) | Franklin Jacobs | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in) |
Stefan Holm | 1.81 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 Noji | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) |
Anton Riepl | 1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Linus Thörnblad | 1.80 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 Conway | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) |
7 | 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in) | Takahiro Kimino | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | 2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in) |
Sorin Matei | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | ||
Charles Austin | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | ||
Aleksey Dmitrik | 1.84 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 Roy | 1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | 2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
Robert Wolski | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | ||
Marcello Benvenuti | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Milton Ottey | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Women
Rank | Differential | Athlete | Height | Mark |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.35 m (1 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Antonietta Di Martino | 1.69 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 Bakoyianni | 1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | 2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) |
Kajsa Bergqvist | 1.75 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 Dragieva | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
Yolanda Henry | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
6 | 0.31 m (1 ft 0 in) | Marie Collonvillé | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in) |
Inika McPherson | 1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
8 | 0.30 m (11+3⁄4 in) | Cindy Holmes | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Jessica Ennis | 1.65 m (5 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | ||
Antonella Bevilacqua | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | 1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | ||
Lyudmila Andonova | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | 2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) |
National records
Men
NR's equal or superior to 2.20 m:
Nation | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place |
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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 |
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 | |
Russia | 2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) | Vyacheslav Voronin | 5 August 2000 | London |
2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) i | Ivan Ukhov | 25 February 2009 | Piraeus | |
Aleksey Dmitrik | 8 February 2014 | Arnstadt | ||
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 |
Belarus | 2.37 m (7 ft 9+1⁄4 in) i | Maksim Nedasekau | 7 March 2021 | Toruń |
2.37 m (7 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | 6 July 2021 | Székesfehérvár | ||
1 August 2021 | Tokyo | |||
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 |
South Korea | 2.36 m (7 ft 8+3⁄4 in) i | Woo Sang-hyeok | 5 February 2022 | Hustopeče |
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 |
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 |
Switzerland | 2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Loïc Gasch | 8 May 2021 | Lausanne |
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 |
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 |
New Zealand | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Hamish Kerr | 20 February 2021 | Wellington |
2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) i | 20 March 2022 | Belgrade | ||
Mexico | 2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Edgar Rivera | 2 June 2021 | Šamorín |
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 |
Ireland | 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Adrian O'Dwyer | 24 June 2004 | Algiers |
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 | ||
Sri Lanka | 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Ushan Thiwanka | 8 May 2021 | Canyon |
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 |
Portugal | 2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) i | Paulo Conceição | 1 February 2020 | Kirchberg |
Lebanon | 2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Jean-Claude Rabbath | 23 April 2004 | Beirut |
12 June 2004 | Bucharest | |||
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 |
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 |
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 | |||
Zimbabwe | 2.22 m (7 ft 3+1⁄4 in) i | Kudakwashe Chadenga | 12 February 2022 | Lubbock |
2.22 m (7 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | 19 March 2022 | Abilene | ||
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:
Nation | Mark | Athlete | Date | Place |
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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 |
Australia | 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Nicola McDermott | 7 August 2021 | Tokyo |
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 |
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 |
Switzerland | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Salome Lang | 27 June 2021 | Langenthal |
Montenegro | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Marija Vuković | 27 June 2021 | Smederevo |
Jamaica | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Lamara Distin | 30 April 2022 | College Station |
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 |
Karmen Bruus | 19 July 2022 | Eugene | ||
Finland | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) i | Ella Junnila | 7 March 2021 | Toruń |
Serbia | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | Angelina Topić | 26 June 2022 | Kruševac |
Ivory Coast | 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Lucienne N'Da | 28 June 1992 | Belle Vue Maurel |
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 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Tyra Gittens | 13 May 2021 | College Station |
2 April 2022 | College Station | |||
Netherlands | 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Britt Weerman | 16 July 2022 | Ninove |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in) | Amra Temim | 15 August 1987 | Varaždin |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Ghana | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Abigail Kwarteng | 16 April 2022 | Auburn |
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
- List of high jump national champions (men)
- List of high jump national champions (women)
- Standing high jump
Sources
- The Complete Book of Track and Field, by Tom McNab
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2000
References
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