High jump

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Athletics
High jump

Men's records
World Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m (8 ft 01⁄4 in) (1993)
Olympic Charles Austin 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) (1996)
Women's records
World Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m (6 ft 101⁄4 in) (1987)
Olympic Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (2004)

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices. In its modern most practiced format, auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years. Over the centuries since, competitors have introduced increasingly more effective techniques to arrive at the current form.

Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 01⁄4 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 101⁄4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event.

Rules

Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop

Jumpers must take off on one foot.

A jump is considered a fail 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 for one to have chances of clearing a high bar.

Competitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass, at their own discretion. 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. If two or more jumpers tie for first 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, 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 the latter, 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 modernise, starting with the Irish-American Michael Sweeney's Eastern cut-off. By taking off like the scissors, but extending his back and flattening out over the bar, Sweeney achieved a more economic clearance and raised the world record to 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 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 73⁄4 in).

American and Soviet jumpers held the playing field 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 economical clearance up to that time. Straddle-jumper Charles Dumas was the first to clear 7 feet (2.13 m) in 1956, and American John Thomas pushed the world mark to 2.23 m (7 ft 33⁄4 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 53⁄4 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 21⁄2 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 71⁄2 in) in 1977 and then 2.35 m (7 ft 81⁄2 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 71⁄4 in), an astounding 0.59 metres (1 ft 11 in) over his head (a feat equaled 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 world record holder Patrik Sjöberg; and female jumpers Iolanda Balaş of Romania, Ulrike Meyfarth of Germany and Italy's Sara Simeoni.

Technical aspects

High jump shoes

High jump shoes are different from most other track shoes in that they have much thicker soles than ordinary "sprint spikes" - in order to provide stability and comfort at take-off, although in the 1960s and early 70s, when the straddle technique still predominated, a single shoe was often worn on the take-off foot where the built-up sole would allow the free leg to swing without spikes catching the ground. There are an additional four holes in the heel of the take-off shoe, where the user can insert spikes for increased traction. The total number of spikes allowed by the IAAF can not exceed 11 in the sole, and jump shoes are normally configured with six or seven in the front, and four in the heel: spikes may not exceed 12mm in length. The four heel spikes aid greatly in the last four to five steps of the J-approach, allowing the jumper to run on his or her curve at a fast speed without slipping. Some high jump shoes are even more technologically developed and in addition to the extra spikes on the heel, the shoes are modified to lean the direction of the approach to provide further support while running their curve. As well as the approach, high jump shoes also help and support the jumper's takeoff. The IAAF regulations specify a maximum sole thickness for both high jump and long jump shoes; competitors in all other events may wear shoes with soles of any thickness.

The approach

Spanish jumper Ruth Beitia approaching the bar from an angle

The approach 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.

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. 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 from the ankles on the curve and not the hips.[3] 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 J 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.

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.

Declaring the winner

In competition the winner is the person who cleared the highest height. In case of a tie, fewer failed attempts at that height are better: i.e., the jumper who makes a height on his/her first attempt is placed ahead of someone who clears the same height on the second or third attempt. If there still is a tie here, all the failed attempts at lower heights are added up, the one with the fewest number of total misses is declared the winner. If still tied a playoff is held. Starting height is the next larger height after the overjumped one. If all the competitors clear the height, the bar is raised 2 cm (0.79 in), and if they fail, the bar is lowered 2 cm. That continues until only one competitor succeeds in overjumping that height, he is declared the winner.

  • In the table below, dashes indicate that a height was not attempted, crosses indicate failed attempts, and circles indicate a cleared height. Jumpers A and D cleared 1.99 m but failed at 2.01 m. A wins this competition having cleared the winning height with two attempts, while jumper D required three attempts. Similarly, B is ranked ahead of C having cleared the decisive height (i.e., 1.97m) in the first attempt.
Athlete1.91 m1.93 m1.95 m1.97 m1.99 m2.01 mHeightRank
A - - XO XO XO XXX 1.99 1st
B O - O O XXX 1.97 3rd
C O - XO XO X-- XX 1.97 4th
D - XO O XXO XXO XXX 1.99 2nd
E - - - XXX — 5th

All-time top ten athletes

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

Men (outdoor)

RankMarkAthleteVenueDate
1 2.45 m (8 ft 01⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Salamanca 27 July 1993
2 2.42 m (7 ft 111⁄4 in)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Stockholm 30 June 1987
3 2.41 m (7 ft 103⁄4 in)  Igor Paklin (URS) Kobe 4 September 1985
 Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) Lausanne 4 July 2013
5 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)  Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) Donetsk 11 August 1985
 Sorin Matei (ROM) Bratislava 20 June 1990
 Charles Austin (USA) Zürich 7 August 1991
 Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) London 5 August 2000
 Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) Eugene 1 June 2013
10 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Eberstadt 10 June 1984
 Hollis Conway (USA) Norman 30 July 1989
 Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Cheboksary 5 July 2012

Women (outdoor)

RankMarkAthleteVenueDate
1 2.09 m (6 ft 101⁄4 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Rome 30 August 1987
2 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Zagreb 31 August 2009
3 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)  Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) Berlin 20 July 1984
 Anna Chicherova (RUS) Cheboksary 22 July 2011
5 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Eberstadt 26 July 2003
 Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Paris 31 August 2003
 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) Athens 28 August 2004
 Ariane Friedrich (GER) Berlin 14 June 2009
9 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Tamara Bykova (URS) Kiev 22 June 1984
 Heike Henkel (GER) Tokyo 31 August 1991
 Inha Babakova (UKR) Tokyo 15 September 1995
 Tia Hellebaut (BEL) Beijing 23 August 2008
 Chaunté Lowe (USA) Des Moines 26 June 2010

Men (indoor)

RankMarkAthleteVenueDate
1 2.43 m (7 ft 111⁄2 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Budapest 4 March 1989
2 2.42 m (7 ft 111⁄4 in)  Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) Berlin 26 February 1988
3 2.41 m (7 ft 103⁄4 in)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Piraeus 1 February 1987
 Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Athens 25 February 2009
5 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)  Hollis Conway (USA) Seville 10 March 1991
 Stefan Holm (SWE) Madrid 6 March 2005
7 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) Cologne 24 February 1985
 Ralf Sonn (GER) Berlin 1 March 1991
9 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in)  Igor Paklin (USSR) Indianapolis 7 March 1987
 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (USSR) Indianapolis 7 March 1987
 Steve Smith (GBR) Wuppertal 4 February 1994
 Wolf-Hendrik Beyer (GER) Weinheim 18 March 1994
 Sorin Matei (ROM) Wuppertal 3 February 1995
 Matt Hemingway (USA) Atlanta 4 March 2000
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) Stockholm 15 February 2005
 Linus Thörnblad (SWE) Gothenburg 25 February 2007

Women (indoor)

RankMarkAthleteVenueDate
1 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Arnstadt 6 February 2006
2 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)  Heike Henkel (GER) Karlsruhe 8 February 1992
3 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Athens 20 February 1988
 Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Arnstadt 6 February 2010
 Anna Chicherova (RUS) Arnstadt 4 February 2012
6 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Tia Hellebaut (BEL) Birmingham 3 March 2007
 Ariane Friedrich (GER) Karlsruhe 15 February 2009
8 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)  Alina Astafei (GER) Berlin 3 March 1995
 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) Budapest 7 March 2004
 Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) Banská Bystrica 9 February 2011

Olympic medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
  Ellery Clark (USA)  James Connolly (USA) none awarded
 Robert Garrett (USA)
1900 Paris
  Irving Baxter (USA)  Patrick Leahy (GBR)  Lajos Gönczy (HUN)
1904 St. Louis
  Samuel Jones (USA)  Garrett Serviss (USA)  Paul Weinstein (GER)
1908 London
  Harry Porter (USA)  Géo André (FRA)
 none awarded
 Con Leahy (GBR)
 István Somodi (HUN)
1912 Stockholm
  Alma Richards (USA)  Hans Liesche (GER)  George Horine (USA)
1920 Antwerp
  Richmond Landon (USA)  Harold Muller (USA)  Bo Ekelund (SWE)
1924 Paris
  Harold Osborn (USA)  Leroy Brown (USA)  Pierre Lewden (FRA)
1928 Amsterdam
  Bob King (USA)  Benjamin Hedges (USA)  Claude Ménard (FRA)
1932 Los Angeles
  Duncan McNaughton (CAN)  Bob Van Osdel (USA)  Simeon Toribio (PHI)
1936 Berlin
  Cornelius Johnson (USA)  Dave Albritton (USA)  Delos Thurber (USA)
1948 London
  John Winter (AUS)  Bjørn Paulson (NOR)  George Stanich (USA)
1952 Helsinki
  Walt Davis (USA)  Ken Wiesner (USA)  José da Conceição (BRA)
1956 Melbourne
  Charles Dumas (USA)  Chilla Porter (AUS)  Igor Kashkarov (URS)
1960 Rome
  Robert Shavlakadze (URS)  Valeriy Brumel (URS)  John Thomas (USA)
1964 Tokyo
  Valeriy Brumel (URS)  John Thomas (USA)  John Rambo (USA)
1968 Mexico City
  Dick Fosbury (USA)  Ed Caruthers (USA)  Valentin Gavrilov (URS)
1972 Munich
  Jüri Tarmak (URS)  Stefan Junge (GDR)  Dwight Stones (USA)
1976 Montreal
  Jacek Wszoła (POL)  Greg Joy (CAN)  Dwight Stones (USA)
1980 Moscow
  Gerd Wessig (GDR)  Jacek Wszoła (POL)  Jörg Freimuth (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles
  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
1988 Seoul
  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)  Hollis Conway (USA)  Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS)
 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
1992 Barcelona
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)  Hollis Conway (USA)
 Tim Forsyth (AUS)
 Artur Partyka (POL)
1996 Atlanta
  Charles Austin (USA)  Artur Partyka (POL)  Steve Smith (GBR)
2000 Sydney
  Sergey Klyugin (RUS)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)  Abderahmane Hammad (ALG)
2004 Athens
  Stefan Holm (SWE)  Matt Hemingway (USA)  Jaroslav Bába (CZE)
2008 Beijing
  Andrey Silnov (RUS)  Germaine Mason (GBR)  Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)
2012 London
  Ivan Ukhov (RUS)  Erik Kynard (USA)  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
 Derek Drouin (CAN)
 Robert Grabarz (GBR)

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam
  Ethel Catherwood (CAN)  Lien Gisolf (NED)  Mildred Wiley (USA)
1932 Los Angeles
  Jean Shiley (USA)  Babe Didrikson (USA)  Eva Dawes (CAN)
1936 Berlin
  Ibolya Csák (HUN)  Dorothy Odam (GBR)  Elfriede Kaun (GER)
1948 London
  Alice Coachman (USA)  Dorothy Tyler (GBR)  Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
1952 Helsinki
  Esther Brand (RSA)  Sheile Lerwill (GBR)  Aleksandra Chudina (URS)
1956 Melbourne
  Mildred McDaniel (USA)  Thelma Hopkins (GBR) none awarded
  Mariya Pisareva (URS)
1960 Rome
  Iolanda Balaş (ROU)  Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (POL) none awarded
 Dorothy Shirley (GBR)
1964 Tokyo
  Iolanda Balaş (ROU)  Michele Brown (AUS)  Taisia Chenchik (URS)
1968 Mexico City
  Miloslava Rezková (TCH)  Antonina Okorokova (URS)  Valentina Kozyr (URS)
1972 Munich
  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)  Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)
1976 Montreal
  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)  Sara Simeoni (ITA)  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)
1980 Moscow
  Sara Simeoni (ITA)  Urszula Kielan (POL)  Jutta Kirst (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles
  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)  Sara Simeoni (ITA)  Joni Huntley (USA)
1988 Seoul
  Louise Ritter (USA)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Tamara Bykova (URS)
1992 Barcelona
  Heike Henkel (GER)  Alina Astafei (ROU)  Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
1996 Atlanta
  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)  Niki Bakogianni (GRE)  Inha Babakova (UKR)
2000 Sydney
  Yelena Yelesina (RUS)  Hestrie Cloete (RSA)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
 Oana Pantelimon (ROU)
2004 Athens
  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)  Hestrie Cloete (RSA)  Vita Styopina (UKR)
2008 Beijing
  Tia Hellebaut (BEL)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO)  Anna Chicherova (RUS)
2012 London
  Anna Chicherova (RUS)  Brigetta Barrett (USA)  Svetlana Shkolina (RUS)

World Championships medalists

Men

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)

Women

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)  Chaunte 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)

Athletes with most medals

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

  • 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
  • 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 Vlasic (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
 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) 110000 000100 000200 ---410
 Zhu Jianhua (CHN) 001001 000200 ---000 200402
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 001130 140100 011100 ---382
 Dragutin Topić (SRB) 000000 001100 102100 001304
 Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) 000000 000100 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
 Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 010200 211100 000000 100621
 Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 020200 000300 000000 100620
 Heike Henkel (FRG) 100100 112100 201000 ---613
 Iolanda Balaş (ROM) 200000 000210 000200 ---610
 Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 001102 200101 110000 ---514
 Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) 100000 000110 300000 ---510
 Anna Chicherova (RUS) 101120 021000 100100 ---442
 Tamara Bykova (URS) 001110 110010 110101 ---422
Alina Astafei
(Romania & Germany)		 010010 100001 211100 ---432
 Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 100000 100100 100000 ---400
 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) 200010 000000 100010 ---320
 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 100000 210000 000001 ---311
 Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) 000011 010000 100000 110231

Season's bests

Men's outdoor

Year Height Athlete Venue
1971 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in)  Pat Matzdorf (USA) Berkeley
1972 2.25 m (7 ft 41⁄2 in)  Jüri Tarmak (URS) Moscow
1973 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in)  Dwight Stones (USA) Munich
1974 2.28 m (7 ft 53⁄4 in)  Dwight Stones (USA) Oslo
1975 2.28 m (7 ft 53⁄4 in)  Dwight Stones (USA) New York
1976 2.32 m (7 ft 71⁄4 in)  Dwight Stones (USA) Philadelphia
1977 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in)  Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) Richmond
1978 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)  Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) Tbilisi
1979 2.32 m (7 ft 71⁄4 in)  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) Ottawa
1980 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in)  Gerd Wessig (GDR) Moscow
1981 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in)  Aleksey Demyanyuk (URS) Leningrad
1982 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Delhi
1983 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Shanghai
1984 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Eberstadt
1985 2.41 m (7 ft 103⁄4 in)  Igor Paklin (URS) Kobe
1986 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in)  Igor Paklin (URS) Rieti
1987 2.42 m (7 ft 111⁄4 in)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Stockholm
1988 2.43 m (7 ft 111⁄2 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Salamanca
1989 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) San Juan
1990 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)  Sorin Matei (ROM) Bratislava
1991 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
 Charles Austin (USA)		 Saint-Denis
Zürich
1992 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Steve Smith (GBR) Seoul
1993 2.45 m (8 ft 01⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Salamanca
1994 2.42 m (7 ft 111⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Seville
1995 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Mar del Plata
1996 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)  Charles Austin (USA) Atlanta
1997 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Athens
1998 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Maracaibo
1999 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) Seville
2000 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) London
2001 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) Eberstadt
2002 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Jacques Freitag (RSA) Durban
2003 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in)  Aleksander Walerianczyk (POL) Bydgoszcz
2004 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in)  Stefan Holm (SWE) Eberstadt
2005 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in)  Jacques Freitag (RSA)
 Andriy Sokolovskyy (UKR)		 Oudtshoorn
Rome
2006 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Andrey Silnov (RUS) Monaco
2007 2.35 m (7 ft 81⁄2 in)  Donald Thomas (BAH)
 Stefan Holm (SWE)
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)
 Kyriacos Ioannou (CYP)		 Salamanca
Stockholm
Osaka
Osaka
2008 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in)  Andrey Silnov (RUS) London
2009 2.35 m (7 ft 81⁄2 in)  Andra Manson (USA)
 Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)		 Austin
Cheboksary
Cheboksary
2010 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in)  Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Opole
2011 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in)  Jesse Williams (USA) Eugene
2012 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)  Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
 Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)		 Cheboksary
Lausanne
2013 2.41 m (7 ft 103⁄4 in)  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) Lausanne

Women's outdoor

Year Height Athlete Venue
1970 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in)  Antonina Lazareva (URS) Kiev
1971 1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in)  Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) Vienna
1972 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in)  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) Zagreb
1973 1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in)  Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) Warsaw
1974 1.95 m (6 ft 43⁄4 in)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) Rome
1975 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) Nice
1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) Dresden
1977 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) Berlin
1978 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  Sara Simeoni (ITA) Brescia
1979 1.99 m (6 ft 61⁄4 in)  Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) Turin
1980 1.98 m (6 ft 53⁄4 in)  Sara Simeoni (ITA) Turin
1981 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in)  Pamela Spencer (USA) Brussels
1982 2.02 m (6 ft 71⁄2 in)  Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) Athens
1983 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)  Tamara Bykova (URS) Pisa
1984 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)  Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) Berlin
1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Moscow
1986 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Sofia
1987 2.09 m (6 ft 101⁄4 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Rome
1988 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Sofia
1989 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)  Silvia Costa (CUB) Barcelona
1990 2.02 m (6 ft 71⁄2 in)  Yelena Yelesina (URS) Seattle
1991 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Heike Henkel (GER) Tokyo
1992 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) San Marino
1993 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Fukuoka
1994 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in)  Silvia Costa (CUB)
 Inga Babakova (UKR)
 Britta Bilač (SLO)		 Havana
Moscow
Helsinki
1995 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Inga Babakova (UKR) Tokyo
1996 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) Atlanta
1997 2.02 m (6 ft 71⁄2 in)  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
 Inga Babakova (UKR)		 Osaka
Fukuoka
1998 2.03 m (6 ft 73⁄4 in)  Venelina Veneva (BUL) Kalamata
1999 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) Monaco
2000 2.02 m (6 ft 71⁄2 in)  Monica Iagăr (ROM) Villeneuve d'Ascq
2001 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)  Venelina Veneva (BUL) Kalamáta
2002 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Poznań
2003 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
 Hestrie Cloete (RSA)		 Eberstadt
Saint-Denis
2004 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) Athens
2005 2.03 m (6 ft 73⁄4 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) Sheffield
2006 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) London
2007 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Stockholm
2008 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Istanbul
Madrid
2009 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in)  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) Zagreb
2010 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Chaunté Lowe (USA)
 Blanka Vlašić (CRO)		 Des Moines
Split
2011 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)  Anna Chicherova (RUS) Cheboksary
2012 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in)  Anna Chicherova (RUS) London
2013 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)  Brigetta Barrett (USA) Des Moines

Height differentials

All time lists of athletes with the highest recorded jumps above their own height.[9][10]

Men

RankDifferentialAthleteHeightMark
1 0.59 m (1 ft 11 in) Stefan Holm 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄4 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)
Franklin Jacobs 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 2.32 m (7 ft 71⁄4 in)
3 0.58 m (1 ft 103⁄4 in) Linus Thörnblad 1.80 m (5 ft 103⁄4 in) 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in)
Anton Riepl 1.75 m (5 ft 83⁄4 in) 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in)
Rick Noji 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 2.31 m (7 ft 63⁄4 in)
6 0.57 m (1 ft 101⁄4 in) Hollis Conway 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)
7 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in) Takahiro Kimino 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄4 in) 2.32 m (7 ft 71⁄4 in)
Charles Austin 1.84 m (6 ft 01⁄4 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)
Sorin Matei 1.84 m (6 ft 01⁄4 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in)
10 0.55 m (1 ft 91⁄2 in) Robert Wolski 1.84 m (6 ft 01⁄4 in) 2.31 m (7 ft 63⁄4 in)
Hari Shankar Roy 1.70 m (5 ft 63⁄4 in) 2.25 m (7 ft 41⁄2 in)
Marcello Benvenuti 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in)
Milton Ottey 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in)

Women

RankDifferentialAthleteHeightMark
1 0.35 m (1 ft 13⁄4 in) Antonietta Di Martino 1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in) 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in)
2 0.33 m (1 ft 03⁄4 in) Kajsa Bergqvist 1.75 m (5 ft 83⁄4 in) 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in)
Niki Bakoyianni 1.70 m (5 ft 63⁄4 in) 2.03 m (6 ft 73⁄4 in)
4 0.32 m (1 ft 01⁄2 in) Yolanda Henry 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in)
Emilia Dragieva 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in)
6 0.31 m (1 ft 0 in) Marie Collonvillé 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in)
7 0.30 m (0 ft 113⁄4 in) Jessica Ennis 1.65 m (5 ft 43⁄4 in) 1.95 m (6 ft 43⁄4 in)
Viktoriya Seryogina 1.70 m (5 ft 63⁄4 in) 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in)
Antonella Bevilacqua 1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in) 1.99 m (6 ft 61⁄4 in)
Lyudmila Andonova 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in)
Cindy Holmes 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Female two metres club

Template:As of January 2014, 65 different female athletes had ever been able to jump 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in).[6][8] The following table shows the only ten countries from which more than one athlete that has cleared that mark.

#NationsAthletes
15  Russia Anna Chicherova 2.07, Elena Slesarenko 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
8  United States Chaunté 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, Tisha Waller 2.00, Yolanda Henry 2.00
 Germany Heike 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
5  Bulgaria Stefka Kostadinova 2.09, Lyudmila Andonova 2.07, Venelina Veneva-Mateeva 2.04, Emilia Dragieva 2.00, Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva 2.00
 Ukraine Inha Babakova 2.05, Vita Styopina 2.02, Iryna Mykhalchenko 2.01, Vita Palamar 2.01, Lyudmila Avdeyenko 2.00
3  Italy Antonietta Di Martino 2.04, Sara Simeoni 2.01, Alessia Trost 2.00 m
 South Africa Hestrie Cloete 2.06, Desiré Du Plessis 2.01, Charmaine Gale-Weavers 2.00
2  Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist 2.08, Emma Green Tregaro 2.01
 Cuba Silvia Costa 2.04, Ioamnet Quintero 2.01
 East Germany Susanne Beyer 2.02, Rosemarie Ackermann 2.00

National records

Updated June 2013.

Men

Nation Height Athlete Venue Date Ref
 Cuba 2.45 m (8 ft 01⁄4 in) Javier Sotomayor Salamanca 1993-07-27
 Sweden 2.42 m (7 ft 111⁄4 in) Patrik Sjöberg Stockholm 1987-06-30
 Germany 2.42 m (7 ft 111⁄4 in) Carlo Thränhardt Berlin 1988-02-26
 Kyrgyzstan 2.41 m (7 ft 103⁄4 in) Igor Paklin Kobe 1985-09-04
 Ukraine 2.41 m (7 ft 103⁄4 in) Bohdan Bondarenko Lausanne 4 July 2013 [11]
 Romania 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in) Sorin Matei Bratislava 1990-06-20
 United States 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in) Charles Austin Zürich 1991-08-07
 Russia 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in) Vyacheslav Voronin London 2000-08-05
 Qatar 2.40 m (7 ft 101⁄4 in) Mutaz Essa Barshim Eugene 1 June 2013 [12]
 China 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Zhu Jianhua Beijing 1983-06-11
 Serbia 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in) Dragutin Topic Belgrad 1993-08-01
 Bahamas 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in) Troy Kemp Nice 1995-07-12
 Poland 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in) Artur Partyka Eberstadt 1996-08-18
 South Africa 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in) Jacques Freitag Oudtshoorn 2005-03-05
 Canada 2.38 m (7 ft 91⁄2 in) Derek Drouin Moscow 2013-08-15
 Azerbaijan 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in) Valeriy Sereda Rieti 1984-09-02
 United Kingdom 2.37 m (7 ft 91⁄4 in) m Steve Smith Seoul 1992-09-20
Stuttgart 1993-08-22
Robbie Grabarz Lausanne 2012-08-23 [13]
 Belgium 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Eddy Annys Ghent 1985-05-26
 Slovakia 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Jan Zvara Prague 1987-08-23
 Czech Republic 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Jaroslav Baba Rome 2005-07-08
 Bermuda 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Clarence Saunders Auckland 1990-02-01
 Bulgaria 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Georgi Dakov Brussels 1990-08-10
 Greece 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Lambros Papakostas Athens 1992-07-21
 Australia 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Tim Forsyth Melbourne 1997-03-02
 Norway 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Steinar Hoen Oslo 1997-07-01
 Israel 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in) Konstantin Matusevich Perth 2000-02-05
 France 2.35 m (7 ft 81⁄2 in) Jean-Charles Gicquel Paris 1994-03-13
 Cyprus 2.35 m (7 ft 81⁄2 in) Kyriakos Ioannou Osaka 2007-08-29
 Lithuania 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Rolandas Verkys Warsaw 1991-06-16
 Spain 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Arturo Ortíz Barcelona 1991-06-22
 Belarus 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Andrey Sankovich Gomel 1993-05-15
 South Korea 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Lee Jin-Taek Seoul 1997-06-20
 Algeria 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Abderrahmane Hammad Algiers 2000-07-14
 Jamaica 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Germaine Mason Santo Domingo 2003-08-09
 Botswana 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Kabelo Kgosiemang Addis Ababa 2008-05-04
 Italy 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in) Marcello Benvenuti Verona 1989-09-12
 Colombia 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in) Gilmar Mayo Pereira 1994-10-17
 Japan 2.33 m (7 ft 71⁄2 in) Naoyuki Daigo Kobe 2006-07-02
 Uzbekistan 2.32 m (7 ft 71⁄4 in) Gennadiy Belkov Tashkent 1982-05-29
 Brazil 2.32 m (7 ft 71⁄4 in) Jessé de Lima Lausanne 2008-09-02
  Switzerland 2.31 m (7 ft 63⁄4 in) Roland Dalhäuser Eberstadt 1981-06-07
 Tajikistan 2.31 m (7 ft 63⁄4 in) Oleg Palaschevskiy Bryansk 1990-08-12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.31 m (7 ft 63⁄4 in) Elvir Krehmic Zagreb 1998-07-07
 Finland 2.31 m (7 ft 63⁄4 in) Mika Polku Hämeenkyrö 2000-07-22
Toni Huikuri Bratislava 2002-06-11
 Netherlands 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in) Wilbert Pennings Eberstadt 7 August 1999 [14]
 Peru 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in) Hugo Munoz Lima 1995-10-29
 Estonia 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in) Marko Turban Rakvere 1996-06-05
 Latvia 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in) Normunds Sietiņš Nurmijärvi 1992-07-20
 Ireland 2.30 m (7 ft 61⁄2 in) Adrian O'Dwyer Algiers 2004-06-24
 Iceland 2.28 m (7 ft 53⁄4 in) Einar Karl Hjartarson Reykjavík 2001-02-20
 Malaysia 2.27 m (7 ft 51⁄4 in) Lee Hup Wei Beijing 2008-05-25
 Sri Lanka 2.27 m (7 ft 51⁄4 in) Manjula Kumara Wijesekara Colombo 2004-07-23
Incheon 2005-09-04

Women

Nation Height Athlete Venue Date Ref
 Bulgaria 2.09 m (6 ft 101⁄4 in) Stefka Kostadinova Rome 1987-08-30
 Croatia 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in) Blanka Vlašić Zagreb 2009-08-31
 Sweden 2.08 m (6 ft 93⁄4 in) Kajsa Bergqvist Arnstadt 2006-02-04
 Germany 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in) Heike Henkel Karlsruhe 1992-02-08
 Russia 2.07 m (6 ft 91⁄4 in) Anna Chicherova Cheboksary 2011-07-22
 South Africa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hestrie Cloete Paris 2003-08-31
 Ukraine 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in) Inga Babakova Tokyo 1995-09-15
 Belgium 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in) Tia Hellebaut Birmingham 2007-03-03
 United States 2.05 m (6 ft 81⁄2 in) Chaunte Lowe Des Moines 2010-06-26
 Cuba 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in) Silvia Costa Barcelona 1989-09-09
 Italy 2.04 m (6 ft 81⁄4 in) Antonietta Di Martino Banská Bystrica 2011-02-09
 Greece 2.03 m (6 ft 73⁄4 in) Niki Bakogianni Atlanta 1996-08-03
 Romania 2.03 m (6 ft 73⁄4 in) Monica Iagar Bucharest 1999-01-23
 Spain 2.02 m (6 ft 71⁄2 in) Ruth Beitia San Sebastián 2007-08-04
 Kazakhstan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Olga Turchak Moscow 1986-07-07
 Norway 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Hanne Haugland Zürich 1997-08-13
 Yugoslavia 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in) Biljana Petrović Saint-Denis 1990-06-22
 Belarus 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in) Tatyana Shevchik Gomel 1993-05-14
 Czech Republic 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in) Zuzana Hlavoňová Prague 2000-06-05
 Slovenia 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in) Britta Bilač Helsinki 1994-08-14
 Hungary 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in) Dóra Györffy Nyiregyhaza 2001-07-26
 Poland 1.99 m (6 ft 61⁄4 in) Kamila Stepaniuk Opole 9 June 2013 [15]
 Uzbekistan 1.98 m (6 ft 53⁄4 in) Lyudmila Butuzova Sochi 1984-06-10
 Canada 1.98 m (6 ft 53⁄4 in) Debbie Brill Rieti 1984-09-02
 Australia 1.98 m (6 ft 53⁄4 in) Alison Inverarity Ingolstadt 1989-02-12
 Saint Lucia 1.98 m (6 ft 53⁄4 in) Levern Spencer Athens, GA 2010-05-08
 China 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Jin Ling Hamamatsu 1989-05-07
 Latvia 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Valentīna Gotovska Vilnius 1992-30-03
 Austria 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Sigrid Kirchmann Stuttgart 1993-08-21
 Moldova 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Olga Bolşova Rieti 1993-09-05
 Argentina 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Solange Witteveen Manaus 2001-05-19
 Dominican Republic 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Juana Rosario Arrendel San Salvador 2002-12-02
 Kyrgyzstan 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Tatyana Efimenko Rome 2003-07-11
 Mexico 1.97 m (6 ft 51⁄2 in) Romary Rifka Xalapa 2004-04-04
 Estonia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Anna Iljuštšenko Viljandi 2011-08-09
 Japan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Miki Imai Yokohama 2001-09-15
 Lithuania 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Nelė Žilinskienė Atlanta 1996-08-03
Airinė Palšytė Shenzhen 2011-08-21
 United Kingdom 1.95 m (6 ft 43⁄4 in) Diana Elliott (Davies) Oslo 1982-06-26
Susan Moncrieff Bremen 2001-06-24
Jessica Ennis Desenzano 2007-05-05
 Ireland 1.95 m (6 ft 43⁄4 in) Deirdre Ryan Daegu 2011-09-01
 France 1.95 m (6 ft 43⁄4 in) Maryse Ewanje-Epee Göteborg 1984-03-04
 Israel 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in) Danielle Frenkel Paris 2011-03-05
 Vietnam 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in) Bui Thi Nhung Bangkok 2005-05-04
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in) Amra Temim Varaždin 1987-08-15
 Serbia 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄4 in) Amra Temim Thessaloniki 1988-09-16
 Turkey 1.93 m (6 ft 33⁄4 in)[16] Candeğer Oğuz Istanbul 2004-05-16
 Brazil 1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in) Orlane dos Santos Bogotá 1989-08-11
 Finland 1.92 m (6 ft 31⁄2 in) Hanna Mikkonen Tampere 2005-06-12

See also

References

  • The Complete Book of Track and Field, by Tom McNab
  • The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2000
  1. ↑ iaaf rules
  2. ↑ Straddle Technique
  3. ↑
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ High Jump - men - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 High Jump - women - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  7. ↑ High Jump - men - senior - indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 High Jump - women - senior - indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  9. ↑ High Jump Differentials
  10. ↑ 50 cm club - Alltime list in jump above own height
  11. ↑ "High Jump Results". Samsung Diamond League. Omega Timing. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013. 
  12. ↑ Paul Gains (2 June 2013). "Barshim scales Asian record 2.40m in Eugene,10 world leads - IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 2 June 2013. 
  13. ↑ "High Jump Results". IAAF. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Athlete profile for Wilbert Pennings". IAAF. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Kamila Stepaniuk pobiła rekord Polski w skoku wzwyż" (in Polish). www.eurosport.onet.pl. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013. 
  16. ↑ Website of Turkish Athleticism Federation

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