Men's high jump world record progression
The first world record in the men's high jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.
As of June, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 40 world records in the event.[1]
Note that almost all records up to and including 1960 were set in the US, and hence measured in feet and inches. In the table below, the feet and inches have been obtained by converting the metric value of the record, which may already have been rounded down in the process of converting feet and inches to metric. As a result, the record in feet and inches sometimes understates the original measurement. For example, George Horine's record was actually 6 feet 7 inches (approximately 2.0066 metres), Edward Beeson's record was actually 6 feet 7⅝ inches, and the record of Cornelius Johnson and Dave Albritton was actually 6 feet 9¾ inches.
Progression
| Height | Athlete | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.00 m (6 ft 6 3⁄4 in) |  George Horine (USA) | Palo Alto, California | 18 May 1912[1] |
| 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Edward Beeson (USA) | Berkeley, California | 2 May 1914[1] |
| 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | Harold Osborn (USA) | Urbana, Illinois | 27 May 1924[1] |
| 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) | Walter Marty (USA) | Fresno, California | 13 May 1933[1] |
| 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | Walter Marty (USA) | Palo Alto, California | 28 April 1934[1] |
| 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Cornelius Johnson (USA) | New York | 12 July 1936[1] |
| 2.07 m (6 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Dave Albritton (USA) | New York | 12 July 1936[1] |
| 2.09 m (6 ft 10 1⁄4 in) | Melvin Walker (USA) | Malmö, Sweden | 12 August 1937[1] |
| 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | Lester Steers (USA) | Los Angeles | 17 June 1941[1] |
| 2.12 m (6 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | Walt Davis (USA) | Dayton, Ohio | 27 June 1953[1] |
| 2.15 m (7 ft 3⁄4 in) | Charles Dumas (USA) | Los Angeles | 29 June 1956[1] |
| 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) |  Yuriy Stepanov (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 13 July 1957[1] |
| 2.17 m (7 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Philadelphia | 30 April 1960[1] |
| 2.17 m (7 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 21 May 1960[1] |
| 2.18 m (7 ft 1 3⁄4 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Bakersfield, California | 24 June 1960[1] |
| 2.22 m (7 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Palo Alto, California | 1 July 1960[1] |
| 2.23 m (7 ft 3 3⁄4 in) | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 18 June 1961[1] |
| 2.24 m (7 ft 4 1⁄4 in) | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 16 July 1961[1] |
| 2.25 m (7 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Sofia, Bulgaria | 31 August 1961[1] |
| 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Palo Alto, California | 22 July 1962[1] |
| 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄4 in) | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 29 September 1962[1] |
| 2.28 m (7 ft 5 3⁄4 in) | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 21 July 1963[1] |
| 2.29 m (7 ft 6 1⁄4 in) | Pat Matzdorf (USA) | Berkeley, California | 3 July 1971[1] |
| 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | Dwight Stones (USA) | Munich | 11 July 1973[1] |
| 2.31 m (7 ft 7 in) | Dwight Stones (USA) | Philadelphia | 5 June 1976[1] |
| 2.32 m (7 ft 7 1⁄4 in) | Dwight Stones (USA) | Philadelphia | 4 August 1976[1] |
| 2.33 m (7 ft 7 3⁄4 in) | Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | Richmond, Virginia | 2 June 1977[1] |
| 2.34 m (7 ft 8 1⁄4 in) | Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | 16 June 1978[1] |
| 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |  Jacek Wszoła (POL) | Eberstadt, West Germany | 25 May 1980[1] |
| 2.35 m (7 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | Rehlingen, West Germany | 26 May 1980[1] |
| 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in) |  Gerd Wessig (GDR) | Moscow | 1 August 1980[1] |
| 2.37 m (7 ft 9 1⁄4 in) |  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | Beijing | 11 June 1983[1] |
| 2.38 m (7 ft 9 3⁄4 in) | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | Shanghai | 22 September 1983[1] |
| 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | Eberstadt, West Germany | 10 June 1984[1] |
| 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) | Donetsk, Soviet Union | 11 August 1985[1] |
| 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in) | Igor Paklin (URS) | Kobe, Japan | 4 September 1985[1] |
| 2.42 m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987[1] |
| 2.43 m (7 ft 11 3⁄4 in) |  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | Salamanca, Spain | 8 September 1988[1] |
| 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 29 July 1989[1] |
| 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄2 in) | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993[1] |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (pdf). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. 554–55. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- High jump world record progression International Olympic Committee
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