World record progression high jump men

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The first World Record in the high jump for men (athletics (track and field)) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

[edit] Records

Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Venue
2.00 m	George Horine	United States	28 May, 1912	Palo Alto
2.01 m	Edward Beeson	United States	02 May, 1914	Berkeley
2.03 m	Harold Osborn	United States	27 May, 1924	Urbana
2.04 m	Walter Marty	United States	13 May, 1933	Fresno
2.06 m	Walter Marty	United States	28 April, 1934	Palo Alto
2.07 m	Cornelius Johnson	United States	12 July, 1936	New York
2.07 m	Dave Albritton	United States	12 July, 1936	New York
2.08 m	Melvin Walker	United States	06 August, 1937	Stockholm
2.09 m	Melvin Walker	United States	12 August, 1937	Malmö
2.09 m	Bill Steward	United States	26 April, 1941	Seattle
2.10 m	Lester Steers	United States	26 April, 1941	Seattle
2.105 m	Lester Steers	United States	24 May, 1941	Los Angeles
2.11 m	Lester Steers	United States	17 June, 1941	Los Angeles
2.12 m	Walter Davis	United States	27 June, 1953	Dayton
2.15 m	Charles Dumas	United States	29 June, 1956	Los Angeles
2.16 m	Yuriy Stepanov	Soviet Union	13 July, 1957	Leningrad
2.17 m	John Thomas	United States	30 April, 1960	Philadelphia
2.17 m	John Thomas	United States	21 May, 1960	Cambridge
2.18 m	John Thomas	United States	24 June, 1960	Bakersfield
2.195 m	John Thomas	United States	01 July, 1960	Stanford
2.22 m	John Thomas	United States	01 July, 1960	Palo Alto
2.23 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	18 June, 1961	Moscow
2.24 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	16 June, 1961	Moscow
2.25 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	31 August, 1961	Sofia
2.26 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	22 July, 1962	Palo Alto
2.27 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	29 September, 1962	Moscow
2.28 m	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	21 July, 1963	Moscow
2.29 m	Ni Chih-Chin	China	08 November, 1970	Shanghai
2.29 m	Pat Matzdorf	United States	03 July, 1971	Berkeley
2.30 m	Dwight Stones	United States	11 July, 1973	Munich
2.31 m	Dwight Stones	United States	05 June, 1976	Philadelphia
2.32 m	Dwight Stones	United States	04 August, 1976	Philadelphia
2.33 m	Vladimir Yashchenko	Soviet Union	02 June, 1977	Richmond, Virginia
2.34 m	Vladimir Yashchenko	Soviet Union	16 June, 1978	Tbilisi
2.35 m	Jacek Wszola	Poland	25 May, 1980	Eberstadt
2.35 m	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany	26 May, 1980	Rehlingen
2.36 m	Gerd Wessig	East Germany	01 August, 1980	Moscow
2.37 m	Zhu Jianhua	China	11 June, 1983	Beijing
2.38 m	Zhu Jianhua	China	22 September, 1983	Shanghai
2.39 m	Zhu Jianhua	China	10 June, 1984	Eberstadt
2.40 m	Rudolf Povarnitsyn	Soviet Union	11 August, 1985	Donetsk
2.41 m	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	04 September, 1985	Kobe
2.42 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	30 June, 1987	Stockholm
2.43 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	08 September, 1988	Salamanca
2.44 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	29 July, 1989	San Juan
2.45 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	27 July, 1993	Salamanca

[edit] See also

• World Record progression in athletics high jump women
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's High Jump