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
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. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/HJ.aspx
  4. ↑ https://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf
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