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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 ...
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. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) is the women's world record holder with a jump of 2.10 m (6 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) set in 2024.
The high jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve advancing to the final round. In the 2015 World ...
The Olympic records for the event are 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) for men, set by Charles Austin in 1996, and 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) for women, set by Yelena Slesarenko in 2004. Gerd Wessig is the only man to have set a world record in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in).
High jump [35] Mariia Kochanova Russia: 1.95 m Yelizaveta Valuyeva Belarus: 1.95 m Polina Parfenenko Russia: 1.95 m Pole vault [36] Polina Knoroz Russia: 4.80 m Aksana Gataullina Russia: 4.55 m Tatiana Kalinina Russia: 4.45 m Long jump [37] Elena Sokolova Russia: 6.71 m (−1.6 m/s) Ekaterina Levitskaia Russia: 6.45 m (−1.5 m/s) Ramilya ...
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
The men's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] 33 athletes from 24 nations competed; the total possible number depended on how many nations would use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through mark or ranking (no universality places were used in 2021).
H. Masters M75 high jump world record progression; Masters M80 high jump world record progression; Masters M85 high jump world record progression; Masters M90 high jump world record progression