Men's high jump world record progression

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File:Valeriy Brumel plaque National stadium Sofia.jpg
A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Valeriy Brumel's high jump world record of 2.25 m set on 31 August 1961

The first world record in the men's high jump was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912.

As of June 2009, the IAAF has ratified 40 world records in the event.[1]

Fourteen of the 16 records from 1912 to 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. As of January 1, 1963, records were accepted as metric marks, with marks measured in feet and inches to the nearest quarter-inch and rounded down to the nearest centimetre.[2]: vii, 155–157  When measurements were taken in feet and inches the bar could be raised, for record-attempt purposes, in increments of one-quarter inch. Under the metric system, a new record must be (at least) one centimeter higher. In 1973, American Dwight Stones was the first Fosbury Flop jumper to set a world record. The namesake of the technique, Dick Fosbury impressed the world by winning the 1968 Olympics with the flop, but never held the world record. The last Straddle style jumper to hold the World Record was Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union/Ukraine) in 1978; all record-setters since then have used the Flop technique.

The world record of 2.45 metres (8.04 ft) by Cuban Javier Sotomayor in 1993 has never been surpassed.

Progression

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Ratified
Ratified but later rescinded

Pre-IAAF

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Mark Athlete Venue Date
1.575 m (5 ft 2 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Wilson (GBR) Innerleithen September 26, 1827[3]
1.60 m (5 ft 2+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas Anderson (GBR) Innerleithen July 24, 1829[3]
1.60 m (5 ft 2+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Pattison (GBR) Mount Benger May 6, 1837[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Armstrong (GBR) Dalkeith August 5, 1839[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas Roper (GBR) Newcastle April 1, 1850[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francis Temple (GBR) Woolwich September 21, 1850[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hanmer Webb (GBR) Cambridge March 17, 1857[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Powell (GBR) Oxford March 15, 1860[3]
1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Burton (GBR) Harrow March 27, 1860[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Sampson (GBR) Liverpool June 13, 1863[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg T. Bailey (GBR) Liverpool June 13, 1863[3]
1.675 m (5 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francis Gooch (GBR) Durham September 2, 1863[3]
1.70 m (5 ft 6+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Mitchell (GBR) Liverpool July 9, 1864[3]
1.725 m (5 ft 7+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Roupell (GBR) Cambridge March 5, 1866[3]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Roupell (GBR) London March 23, 1866[3]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas Little (GBR) London March 23, 1866[3]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J.A. Harwood (GBR) London November 26, 1866[3]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Brooks (GBR) London November 26, 1866[3]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas Little (GBR) London April 12, 1867[3]
1.75 m (5 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ronald Mitchell (GBR) London April 9, 1870[3]
1.755 m (5 ft 9 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ronald Mitchell (GBR) London April 3, 1871[3]
1.785 m (5 ft 10+1⁄4 in) File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Tom Davin (IRE) Dublin July 7, 1873[3]
1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marshall Brooks (GBR) London March 30, 1874[3]
1.80 m (5 ft 10+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Glazebrook (GBR) London March 22, 1875[3]
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marshall Brooks (GBR) Oxford March 17, 1876[3]
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marshall Brooks (GBR) London April 7, 1876[3]
1.90 m (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Patrick Davin (IRE) Carrick July 5, 1880[3]
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg William Page (USA) Stourbridge August 15, 1887[3]
1.93 m (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg William Page (USA) Philadelphia October 7, 1887[3]
1.968 m (6 ft 5+1⁄4 in)[a] File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Rowdon (GBR) Haytor Camp August 6, 1890[3]
1.935 m (6 ft 4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Sweeney (USA) New York City October 8, 1892[3]
1.945 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg James Ryan (IRE) Tipperary August 19, 1895[3]
1.955 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Sweeney (USA) New York City August 28, 1895[3]
1.955 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Sweeney (USA) Bayonne September 2, 1895[3]
1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Sweeney (USA) New York City September 21, 1895[3][4][5]
1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Horine (USA) Palo Alto March 29, 1912[3]
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[b] File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Horine (USA) United States April/May 1912[6]

Post-IAAF

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Mark Athlete Venue Date
2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Horine (USA) Palo Alto, California 18 May 1912[1]
2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Edward Beeson (USA) Berkeley, California 2 May 1914[7]
2.03 m (6 ft 7+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harold Osborn (USA) Urbana, Illinois 27 May 1924[8]
2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Walter Marty (USA) Fresno, California 13 May 1933[1]
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Walter Marty (USA) Palo Alto, California 28 April 1934[1]
2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cornelius Johnson (USA) New York 12 July 1936[1]
2.07 m (6 ft 9+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Dave Albritton (USA) New York 12 July 1936[1]
2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mel Walker (USA) Malmö, Sweden 12 August 1937[1]
2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lester Steers (USA) Los Angeles 17 June 1941[1]
2.12 m (6 ft 11+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Walt Davis (USA) Dayton, Ohio 27 June 1953[1]
2.15 m (7 ft 1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Charles Dumas (USA) Los Angeles 29 June 1956[1]
2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuriy Stepanov (URS) Leningrad, Soviet Union 13 July 1957[1]
2.17 m (7 ft 1+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States (1959–1960).svg John Thomas (USA) Philadelphia 30 April 1960[1]
2.17 m (7 ft 1+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg John Thomas (USA) Cambridge, Massachusetts 21 May 1960[1]
2.18 m (7 ft 1+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg John Thomas (USA) Bakersfield, California 24 June 1960[1]
2.22 m (7 ft 3+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg John Thomas (USA) Palo Alto, California 1 July 1960[1]
2.23 m (7 ft 3+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel (URS) Moscow 18 June 1961[1]
2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel (URS) Moscow 16 July 1961[1]
2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel (URS) Sofia, Bulgaria 31 August 1961[1]
2.26 m (7 ft 4+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel (URS) Palo Alto, California 22 July 1962[1]
2.27 m (7 ft 5+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel (URS) Moscow 29 September 1962[1]
2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Brumel (URS) Moscow 21 July 1963[1]
2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Pat Matzdorf (USA) Berkeley, California 3 July 1971[1]
2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Dwight Stones (USA) Munich 11 July 1973[1]
2.31 m (7 ft 6+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Dwight Stones (USA) Philadelphia 5 June 1976[1]
2.32 m (7 ft 7+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the United States.svg Dwight Stones (USA) Philadelphia 4 August 1976[1]
2.33 m (7 ft 7+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) Richmond, Virginia 2 June 1977[1]
2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) Tbilisi, Soviet Union 16 June 1978[1]
2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Wszoła (POL) Eberstadt, West Germany 25 May 1980[1]
2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of Germany.svg Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) Rehlingen, West Germany 26 May 1980[1]
2.36 m (7 ft 8+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of East Germany.svg Gerd Wessig (GDR) Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August 1980[1]
2.37 m (7 ft 9+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Beijing, China 11 June 1983[1]
2.38 m (7 ft 9+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Shanghai, China 22 September 1983[1]
2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jianhua (CHN) Eberstadt, West Germany 10 June 1984[1]
2.40 m (7 ft 10+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) Donetsk, Soviet Union 11 August 1985[1]
2.41 m (7 ft 10+3⁄4 in) File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Paklin (URS) Kobe, Japan 4 September 1985[1]
2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 1987[1]
2.42 m (7 ft 11+1⁄4 in) i File:Flag of Germany.svg Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) West Berlin 26 February 1988[9]: 160 [c]
2.43 m (7 ft 11+1⁄2 in) File:Flag of Cuba.svg Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Salamanca, Spain 8 September 1988[1]
2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) File:Flag of Cuba.svg Javier Sotomayor (CUB) San Juan, Puerto Rico 29 July 1989[1]
2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) File:Flag of Cuba.svg Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Result sources list this mark as uncertain
  2. ^ Measured as 6 feet 6 and 1/8th inches, but World Athletics rules round down to the nearest quarter inch.
  3. ^ This indoor record was also accepted as a world record. However, in 1991 it was rescinded as a world record due to complaints that the flexible parquet flooring gave athletes an unfair advantage.

References

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