Running High Jump
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
1896 | Ellery Clark, United States | 5 ft 11.25 in |
1900 | Irving Baxter, United States | 6 ft 2.75 in |
1904 | Samuel Jones, United States | 5 ft 11 in |
1906 | Con Leahy, Ireland | 5 ft 9.875 in |
1908 | Harry Porter, United States | 6 ft 3 in |
1912 | Alma Richards, United States | 6 ft 4 in |
1920 | Richmond Landon, United States | 6 ft 4.25 in |
1924 | Harold Osborn, United States | 6 ft 5.9375 in |
1928 | Robert W. King, United States | 6 ft 4.375 in |
1932 | Duncan McNaughton, Canada | 6 ft 5.625 in |
1936 | Cornelius Johnson, United States | 6 ft 7.9375 in |
1948 | John Winter, Australia | 6 ft 6 in |
1952 | Walter David, United States | 6 ft 8.9375 in |
1956 | Charles Damas, United States | 6 ft 11.25 in |
1960 | Robert Shavlakadze, USSR | 7 ft 1 in |
1964 | Valeri Brumel, USSR | 7 ft 1.75 in |
1968 | Dick Fosbury, United States | 7 ft 4.25 in |
1972 | Yuri Tarmak, USSR | 7 ft 3.75 in |
1976 | Jacek Wszola, Poland | 7 ft 4.5 in |
1980 | Gerd Wessig, East Germany | 7 ft 8.75 in |
1984 | Dietmar Mogenburg, West Germany | 7 ft 8.5 in |
1988 | Guennadi Avdeenko, USSR | 7 ft 0.5 in |
1992 | Javier Sotomayer, Cuba | 7 ft 8.5 in |
1996 | Charles Austin, United States | 7 ft 10 in |
2000 | Sergey Kliugin, Russia | 7 ft 8.5 in |
2004 | Stefan Holm, Sweden | 7 ft 8.91 in |
2008 | Andrey Silnov, Russia | 7 ft 8.91 in |
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