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The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the world record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump.
This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the high jump. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event began in 1982.
The men's high jump was included in the 1896 Olympics and a women's competition followed in 1928. Jumping technique has played a significant part in the history of the event. High jumpers typically cleared the bar feet first in the late 19th century, using either the Scissors, Eastern cut-off or Western roll technique.
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 ...
Derek Drouin (born March 6, 1990) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. [5]
The center of gravity stays under the bar.. The Fosbury flop is a jumping style used in the track and field sport of high jump.It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City brought it to the world's attention. [1]
Indeed, Davin was also holder of the world long jump record. The next world record in high jump was perhaps the first achieved with a true scissors style. In 1887 the high jump record was captured by a US athlete, William Byrd-Page of the University of Pennsylvania, first with a clearance of 6 ft 3 1 ⁄ 4 inches, and later 6 ft 4 inches (1.93 ...
The finals of the men's high jump were held on Sunday September 24, in rainy, windy conditions which worsened as the event progressed. The wet surface greatly impacted the results. Seven men cleared 2.32 m ( 7 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) before the light rain began to worsen, and Russian Sergey Klyugin was the only jumper able to clear the next height ...