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High Jump Men

OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION High Jump Men ATHLETE NAME SCORE OLYMPIC GAME DATE COUNTRY DISTANCE [meters]

1896
- Ellery CLARK 1.81 Athens 1896 10 APRIL USA
1900
- Irving BAXTER 1.9 Paris 1900 15 JULY USA
1912
- Richards Alma 1.93 Stockholm 1912 08 JULY
1920
- Richmond LANDON 1.94 Antwerp 1920 17 AUGUST USA
1924
- Osborn Harold 1.98 Paris 1924 07 JULY
1936
- Johnson Cornelius 2.03 Berlin 1936 02 AUGUST
1952
- Davis Walt 2.04 Helsinki 1952 20 JULY
1956
- Dumas Charles 2.12 Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 23 NOVEMBER
1960
- Robert SHAVLAKADZE 2.16 Rome 1960 01 SEPTEMBER URS
- Valeri BRUMEL 2.16 Rome 1960 01 SEPTEMBER URS
1964
- Valeri BRUMEL 2.18 Tokyo 1964 21 OCTOBER URS
- John THOMAS 2.18 Tokyo 1964 21 OCTOBER CAN
1968
- Fosbury Dick 2.24 Mexico 1968 20 OCTOBER
1976
- Jacek WSZOLA 2.25 Montreal 1976 31 JULY POL
1980
- Gerd WESSIG 2.36 Moscow 1980 01 AUGUST GDR
1988
- Avdeyenko Gennadiy 2.38 Seoul 1988 25 SEPTEMBER
1996
- Charles AUSTIN 2.39 Atlanta 1996 28 JULY USA

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Olympics Day 11 - Athletics
[8/19/2008]
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Bondarenko Celebrates
[8/7/2012]
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YAABQ014
[10/1/1968]
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SAADW031
[7/28/1996]
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USA High Jumper Jamie Nieto
[8/7/2012]
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Mason Of Canada
[8/7/2012]
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YAAAT047
[10/1/1968]
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Olympics Day 11 - Athletics
[8/19/2008]
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Olympics Day 11 - Athletics
[8/19/2008]
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YAAAT074
[10/1/1968]
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Nieto Disappointed
[8/7/2012]
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Bondarenko Jumps For Ukraine
[8/7/2012]
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The Fosbury Flop
[10/23/1968]
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Olympics Day 11 - Athletics
[8/19/2008]
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Ukhov Clears For Gold
[8/7/2012]
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King Crowned High Jump Champion
[11/21/2012]
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$Dich Fosbury\'s technique truly changed the sport at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Despite scepticism from judges and coaches, Fosbury cleared every height up to 2.22 metres without a miss and then achieved a personal record of 2.24 metres to win the gold medal.$ $Dich Fosbury\'s technique truly changed the sport at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Despite scepticism from judges and coaches, Fosbury cleared every height up to 2.22 metres without a miss and then achieved a personal record of 2.24 metres to win the gold medal.$
Mexico 1968 Athletics High Jump Men
[10/12/1968]
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Silnov Jumps To Gold
[8/19/2008]
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$London 2012 - Russia\'s Ivan Ukhov tonight claimed his first major outdoor title by taking gold in the men\'s High Jump - the only man to clear 2.36m and 2.38m. Watch highlights now.$ $London 2012 - Russia\'s Ivan Ukhov tonight claimed his first major outdoor title by taking gold in the men\'s High Jump - the only man to clear 2.36m and 2.38m. Watch highlights now.$
High Jump Glory For Russian Ukhov
[8/7/2012]
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$Georges Andre\'s Olympic Achievements$ $Georges Andre\'s Olympic Achievements$
Georges Andre\'s Olympic Achievements
[4/27/1908]
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Charles AUSTIN Atlanta 1996

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Ivan UKHOV

Dmitry KROYTOR

Andrey SILNOV

Andrey SILNOV

Stefan HOLM

Sergey KLIUGIN

Charles AUSTIN

Javier SOTOMAYOR

Gennadi AVDEENKO

Dietmar MÖGENBURG

Gerd WESSIG

Jacek WSZOLA

Yuri TARMAK

Richard Douglas FOSBURY

Richard Douglas FOSBURY

Valeri BRUMEL

Robert SHAVLAKADZE

Charles Everett DUMAS

Walter Francis DAVIS

John WINTER

Cornelius Cooper JOHNSON

Duncan MCNAUGHTON

Robert Wade KING

Robert Wade KING

Harold Marion OSBORN

Richmond LANDON

Alma Wilfred RICHARDS

Harry Franklin PORTER

Samuel JONES

Irving BAXTER

Ellery CLARK

Silver medals

Erik KYNARD

Brandon STARC

Germaine MASON

Germaine MASON

Matt HEMINGWAY

Javier SOTOMAYOR

Artur PARTYKA

Patrick SJÖBERG

Hollis CONWAY

Jacek WSZOLA

Gregory JOY

Stefan JUNGE

Edward J. Jr. CARUTHERS

John Curtis THOMAS

Valeri BRUMEL

Charles Michael PORTER

Kenneth George WIESNER

Bjorn Andreas PAULSON

David Donald ALBRITTON

Robert VAN OSDEL

Benjamen Van Doren HEDGES

Leroy Taylor BROWN

Harold MULLER

Hans LIESCHE

Cornelius LEAHY

Georges ANDRE

Georges ANDRE

Istvan SOMODY

Garrett SERVISS

Patrick Joseph LEAHY

James CONNOLLY

Robert GARRETT

Bronze medals

Derek DROUIN

Mutaz Essa BARSHIM

Robert GRABARZ

Viktor CHERNYSH

Yaroslav RYBAKOV

Yaroslav RYBAKOV

Jaroslav BABA

Abderrahmane HAMMAD

Stephen James SMITH

Artur PARTYKA

Hollis CONWAY

Timothy FORSYTH

Patrick SJÖBERG

Rudolf POVARNITSIN

Jian-Hua ZHU

Jörg FREIMUTH

Dwight Edwin STONES

Valentin GAVRILOV

John Barnett RAMBO

John Curtis THOMAS

Igor KASHKAROV

Jose TELLES DA CONCEICAO

George Anthony STANICH

Delos Packard THURBER

Simeon Galvez TORIBIO

Claude Charles MENARD

Pierre LEWDEN

Bo EKELUND

George Leslie HORINE

Paul WEINSTEIN

Lajos GÖNCZY

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