High Jump

High Jump

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar.

The High Jump comprises three main elements: the approach; the takeoff and the bar rotation for this Fosbury flop high jump technique.

How to jump

High-jump Records and other technical details.

Athletics High jump
Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop
World records
Men	Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) (1993)
Women	Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) (1987)
Olympic records
Men	Charles Austin 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) (1996)
Women	Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (2004)
World Championship records
Men	Bohdan Bondarenko 2.41 m (7 ft 10+3⁄4 in) (2013)
Women	Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) (1987)

High jump sector measurements and how-to jump details.

Take off path and point.

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