Men's high jump world record progression
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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 United States and were originally measured in feet and inches; they were converted to metric before being ratified as world records.[2]:155–157
Progression
Height | Athlete | Venue | Date |
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2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | George Horine (USA) | Palo Alto, California | 18 May 1912[1] |
2.01 m (6 ft 7 5⁄16 in) | Edward Beeson (USA) | Berkeley, California | 2 May 1914[1] |
2.03 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) | Harold Osborn (USA) | Urbana, Illinois | 27 May 1924[1] |
2.04 m (6 ft 8 5⁄8 in) | Walter Marty (USA) | Fresno, California | 13 May 1933[1] |
2.06 m (6 ft 9 1⁄8 in) | Walter Marty (USA) | Palo Alto, California | 28 April 1934[1] |
2.07 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) | Cornelius Johnson (USA) | New York | 12 July 1936[1] |
2.07 m (6 ft 9 3⁄4 in) | Dave Albritton (USA) | New York | 12 July 1936[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | 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 5⁄8 in) | Walt Davis (USA) | Dayton, Ohio | 27 June 1953[1][3] |
2.15 m (7 ft 0 5⁄8 in) | Charles Dumas (USA) | Los Angeles | 29 June 1956[1][4] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | 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 3⁄4 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 21 May 1960[1] |
2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Bakersfield, California | 24 June 1960[1][3] |
2.22 m (7 ft 3 3⁄4 in) | John Thomas (USA) | Palo Alto, California | 1 July 1960[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 18 June 1961[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 16 July 1961[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Sofia, Bulgaria | 31 August 1961[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Palo Alto, California | 22 July 1962[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 29 September 1962[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | Moscow | 21 July 1963[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Pat Matzdorf (USA) | Berkeley, California | 3 July 1971[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Dwight Stones (USA) | Munich | 11 July 1973[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Dwight Stones (USA) | Philadelphia | 5 June 1976[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Dwight Stones (USA) | Philadelphia | 4 August 1976[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | Richmond, Virginia | 2 June 1977[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | 16 June 1978[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Jacek Wszoła (POL) | Eberstadt, West Germany | 25 May 1980[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | Rehlingen, West Germany | 26 May 1980[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Gerd Wessig (GDR) | Moscow | 1 August 1980[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | Beijing | 11 June 1983[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | Shanghai | 22 September 1983[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | Eberstadt, West Germany | 10 June 1984[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) | Donetsk, Soviet Union | 11 August 1985[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Igor Paklin (URS) | Kobe, Japan | 4 September 1985[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | Salamanca, Spain | 8 September 1988[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 29 July 1989[1] |
Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993[1] |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/HJ.aspx
- ↑ https://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf
- High jump world record progression International Olympic Committee