Men's high jump world record progression

File:Valeriy Brumel plaque National stadium Sofia.jpg, 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 event.

Fourteen of the 16 records from 1912 to 1960 were set in the United States and were originally measured in feet and inches; they were converted to metric before being ratified as world records. As of January 1, 1963, records were accepted as metric marks, with marks measured in feet and inches to the nearest quarter-inch and rounded down to the nearest centimetre.{{cite web |url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf |title=IAAF World Records Progression |edition=2015 |author1=Hymans, Richard |author2=Matrahazi, Imre |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |access-date=October 20, 2015}}{{rp|vii, 155–157}} When measurements were taken in feet and inches the bar could be raised, for record-attempt purposes, in increments of one-quarter inch. Under the metric system, a new record must be (at least) one centimeter higher. In 1973, American Dwight Stones was the first Fosbury Flop jumper to set a world record. The namesake of the technique, Dick Fosbury impressed the world by winning the 1968 Olympics with the flop, but never held the world record. The last Straddle style jumper to hold the World Record was Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union/Ukraine) in 1978; all record-setters since then have used the Flop technique.

The world record of {{convert|2.45|m|feet|2}} by Cuban Javier Sotomayor in 1993 has never been surpassed.

Progression

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style="width:10px;"\|	Ratified
style="width:10px; background:#ffd0bd;"\|	Ratified but later rescinded

= Pre-IAAF =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Mark !Athlete !Venue !Date
{{T&Fcalc\|1.575}}	{{flagathlete\|Adam Wilson\|GBR\|1827}}	Innerleithen	{{dts\|1827-09-26}}{{cite web\|url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MF1&P=R\|url-access=registration\|title=Main > Men, High Jump > World Records Progression\|website={{ill\|Track and Field Statistics\|qid=Q29384941\|s=1}}}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.60}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Anderson\|GBR\|1829}}	Innerleithen	{{dts\|1829-07-24}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.60}}	{{flagathlete\|John Pattison\|GBR\|1837}}	Mount Benger	{{dts\|1837-05-06}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Richard Armstrong\|GBR\|1839}}	Dalkeith	{{dts\|1839-08-05}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Roper\|GBR\|1850}}	Newcastle	{{dts\|1850-04-01}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Francis Temple\|GBR\|1850}}	Woolwich	{{dts\|1850-09-21}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Hanmer Webb\|GBR\|1857}}	Cambridge	{{dts\|1857-03-17}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Henry Powell\|GBR\|1860}}	Oxford	{{dts\|1860-03-15}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.70}}	{{flagathlete\|Robert Burton\|GBR\|1860}}	Harrow	{{dts\|1860-03-27}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Henry Sampson\|GBR\|1863}}	Liverpool	{{dts\|1863-06-13}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|T. Bailey\|GBR\|1863}}	Liverpool	{{dts\|1863-06-13}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Francis Gooch\|GBR\|1863}}	Durham	{{dts\|1863-09-02}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.70}}	{{flagathlete\|Tom Mitchell\|GBR\|1864}}	Liverpool	{{dts\|1864-07-09}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.725}}	{{flagathlete\|John Roupell\|GBR\|1866}}	Cambridge	{{dts\|1866-03-05}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|John Roupell\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-03-23}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Little\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-03-23}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|J.A. Harwood\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-11-26}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Herbert Brooks\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-11-26}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Little\|GBR\|1867}}	London	{{dts\|1867-04-12}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Ronald Mitchell\|GBR\|1870}}	London	{{dts\|1870-04-09}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.755}}	{{flagathlete\|Ronald Mitchell\|GBR\|1871}}	London	{{dts\|1871-04-03}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.785}}	{{flagathlete\|Tom Davin\|IRE\|1783}}	Dublin	{{dts\|1873-07-07}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.80}}	{{flagathlete\|Marshall Brooks\|GBR\|1874}}	London	{{dts\|1874-03-30}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.80}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Glazebrook\|GBR\|1875}}	London	{{dts\|1875-03-22}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.83}}	{{flagathlete\|Marshall Brooks\|GBR\|1876}}	Oxford	{{dts\|1876-03-17}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.89}}	{{flagathlete\|Marshall Brooks\|GBR\|1876}}	London	{{dts\|1876-04-07}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.90}}	{{flagathlete\|Patrick Davin\|IRE\|1783}}	Carrick	{{dts\|1880-07-05}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.91}}	{{flagathlete\|William Page\|USA\|1887}}	Stourbridge	{{dts\|1887-08-15}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.93}}	{{flagathlete\|William Page\|USA\|1887}}	Philadelphia	{{dts\|1887-10-07}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.968}}{{efn\|Result sources list this mark as uncertain}}	{{flagathlete\|George Rowdon\|GBR\|1890}}	Haytor Camp	{{dts\|1890-08-06}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.935}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1892}}	New York City	{{dts\|1892-10-08}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.945}}	{{flagathlete\|James Ryan\|IRE\|1783}}	Tipperary	{{dts\|1895-08-19}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.955}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1895}}	New York City	{{dts\|1895-08-28}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.955}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1895}}	Bayonne	{{dts\|1895-09-02}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.97}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1895}}	New York City	{{dts\|1895-09-21}}{{cite book \|last1=Zarnowski \|first1=Frank \|title=All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport \|date=2005 \|publisher=Scarecrow Press \|isbn=978-0-8108-5423-9 \|pages=123 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXOBPt_Gi44C&pg=PA123 \|access-date=14 July 2023 \|language=en \|quote="American" winners included Canadian George Gray in the shot put and Irishman Michael Sweeney, who set a high jump world record at {{convert\|6\|ft\|5\|in\|m\|abbr=on}}. In retrospect this meet was the premier track and field meet of the decade.}}{{cite book \|last1=Zarnowski \|first1=Frank \|title=All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport \|date=2005 \|publisher=Scarecrow Press \|isbn=978-0-8108-5423-9 \|pages=116 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXOBPt_Gi44C&pg=PA123 \|access-date=14 July 2023 \|language=en \|quote=An American all-star team ... demolished a national British team ... in New York in September by winning every event, several by enlisted Irish immigrants.}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.98}}	{{flagathlete\|George Horine\|USA\|1912}}	Palo Alto	{{dts\|1912-03-29}}
{{T&Fcalc2\|6\|6.125}}{{efn\|Measured as 6 feet 6 and 1/8th inches, but World Athletics rules round down to the nearest quarter inch.}}	{{flagathlete\|George Horine\|USA\|1912}}	United States	April/May 1912{{cite web \|work=Olympedia \|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78569 \|title=George Horine}}

= Post-IAAF =

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from:1910 till:end color:Basis

at:1912 text:George Horine_2.00_m

at:1914 text:Edward Beeson_2.022_m

at:1924 text:Harold Osborn_2.038_m

at:1933 text:Walter Marty_2.04_m

at:1934 text:Walter Marty_2.06_m

at:1936 text:Cornelius Johnson_2.07_m

at:1936 shift:(22,2) text:Dave Albritton_2.07_m

at:1937 shift:(22,2) text:Mel Walker_2.09_m

at:1941 text:Lester Steers_2.11_m

at:1953 text:Walt Davis_2.12_m

at:1956 text:Charles Dumas_2.15_m

at:1957 text:Yuriy Stepanov_2.16_m

at:1960 shift:(22,-10) text:John Thomas_2.17_m

at:1960 shift:(22,-4) text:John Thomas_2.18_m

at:1960 text:John Thomas_2.22_m

at:1961 text:Valeriy Brumel_2.23_m

at:1961 shift:(22,3) text:Valeriy Brumel_2.24_m

at:1961 shift:(22,5) text:Valeriy Brumel_2.25_m

at:1962 shift:(22,6) text:Valeriy Brumel_2.26_m

at:1962 shift:(22,11) text:Valeriy Brumel_2.27_m

at:1963 shift:(22,14) text:Valeriy Brumel_2.28_m

at:1971 text:Pat Matzdorf_2.29_m

at:1973 text:Dwight Stones_2.30_m

at:1976 shift:(22,-8) text:Dwight Stones_2.31_m

at:1976 shift:(22,-2) text:Dwight Stones_2.32_m

at:1978 shift:(22,-2) text:Franklin Jacobs_2.32_m

at:1977 text:Vladimir Yashchenko_2.33_m

at:1978 shift:(22,1) text:Vladimir Yashchenko_2.34_m

at:1980 shift:(22,-2) text:Jacek Wszola_2.35_m

at:1980 text:Dietmar Mögenburg_2.35_m

at:1980 shift:(22,5) text:Gerd Wessig_2.36_m

at:1983 shift:(22,-5) text:Zhu Jianhua_2.37_m

at:1983 shift:(22,2) text:Zhu Jianhua_2.38_m

at:1984 text:Zhu Jianhua_2.39_m

at:1985 text:Rudolf Povarnitsyn_2.40_m

at:1985 shift:(22,2) text:Igor Paklin_2.41_m

at:1988 text:Patrik Sjöberg_2.42_m

at:1988 shift:(22,2) text:Javier Sotomayor_2.43_m

at:1989 shift:(22,2) text:Javier Sotomayor_2.44_m

at:1993 text:Javier Sotomayor_2.45_m

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Mark !Athlete !Venue !Date
{{T&Fcalc\|2.00}}	{{flagathlete\|George Horine\|USA\|1912}}	Palo Alto, California	18 May 1912{{cite web\|title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf \|publisher=IAAF Media & Public Relations Department \|location=Monte Carlo \|pages=554–55 \|year=2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf \|archive-date=June 29, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=October 7, 2016 }}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.01}}	{{flagathlete\|Edward Beeson\|USA\|1912}}	Berkeley, California	2 May 1914{{cite web \|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/05/03/100088095.pdf \|title=WORLD'S HIGH JUMP MARK RAISED AGAIN - Edward Beeson of San Francisco Clears the Bar at 6 Feet 7 5/8 Inches. \|access-date=2016-08-21}}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.03}}	{{flagathlete\|Harold Osborn\|USA\|1912}}	Urbana, Illinois	27 May 1924{{cite web \|url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=125 \|title=USATF - Hall of Fame \|access-date=2016-08-21}}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.04}}	{{flagathlete\|Walter Marty\|USA\|1912}}	Fresno, California	13 May 1933
{{T&Fcalc\|2.06}}	{{flagathlete\|Walter Marty\|USA\|1912}}	Palo Alto, California	28 April 1934
{{T&Fcalc\|2.07}}	{{flagathlete\|Cornelius Johnson\|USA\|1912}}	New York	12 July 1936
{{T&Fcalc\|2.07}}	{{flagathlete\|Dave Albritton\|USA\|1912}}	New York	12 July 1936
{{T&Fcalc\|2.09}}	{{flagathlete\|Mel Walker\|USA\|1912}}	Malmö, Sweden	12 August 1937
{{T&Fcalc\|2.11}}	{{flagathlete\|Lester Steers\|USA\|1912}}	Los Angeles	17 June 1941
{{T&Fcalc\|2.12}}	{{flagathlete\|Walt Davis\|USA\|1912}}	Dayton, Ohio	27 June 1953
{{T&Fcalc\|2.15}}	{{flagathlete\|Charles Dumas\|USA\|1912}}	Los Angeles	29 June 1956
{{T&Fcalc\|2.16}}	{{flagathlete\|Yuriy Stepanov\|URS}}	Leningrad, Soviet Union	13 July 1957
{{T&Fcalc\|2.17}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA\|1959}}	Philadelphia	30 April 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.17}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA}}	Cambridge, Massachusetts	21 May 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.18}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA}}	Bakersfield, California	24 June 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.22}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA}}	\| Palo Alto, California	1 July 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.23}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	18 June 1961
{{T&Fcalc\|2.24}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	16 July 1961
{{T&Fcalc\|2.25}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Sofia, Bulgaria	31 August 1961
{{T&Fcalc\|2.26}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Palo Alto, California	22 July 1962
{{T&Fcalc\|2.27}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	29 September 1962
{{T&Fcalc\|2.28}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	21 July 1963
{{T&Fcalc\|2.29}}	{{flagathlete\|Pat Matzdorf\|USA}}	Berkeley, California	3 July 1971
{{T&Fcalc\|2.30}}	{{flagathlete\|Dwight Stones\|USA}}	Munich	11 July 1973
{{T&Fcalc\|2.31}}	{{flagathlete\|Dwight Stones\|USA}}	Philadelphia	5 June 1976
{{T&Fcalc\|2.32}}	{{flagathlete\|Dwight Stones\|USA}}	Philadelphia	4 August 1976
{{T&Fcalc\|2.33}}	{{flagathlete\|Vladimir Yashchenko\|URS}}	Richmond, Virginia	2 June 1977
{{T&Fcalc\|2.34}}	{{flagathlete\|Vladimir Yashchenko\|URS}}	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	16 June 1978
{{T&Fcalc\|2.35}}	{{flagathlete\|Jacek Wszoła\|POL}}	Eberstadt, West Germany	25 May 1980
{{T&Fcalc\|2.35}}	{{flagathlete\|Dietmar Mögenburg\|FRG}}	Rehlingen, West Germany	26 May 1980
{{T&Fcalc\|2.36}}	{{flagathlete\|Gerd Wessig\|GDR}}	Moscow, Soviet Union	1 August 1980
{{T&Fcalc\|2.37}}	{{flagathlete\|Zhu Jianhua\|CHN}}	Beijing, China	11 June 1983
{{T&Fcalc\|2.38}}	{{flagathlete\|Zhu Jianhua\|CHN}}	Shanghai, China	22 September 1983
{{T&Fcalc\|2.39}}	{{flagathlete\|Zhu Jianhua\|CHN}}	Eberstadt, West Germany	10 June 1984
{{T&Fcalc\|2.40}}	{{flagathlete\|Rudolf Povarnitsyn\|URS}}	Donetsk, Soviet Union	11 August 1985
{{T&Fcalc\|2.41}}	{{flagathlete\|Igor Paklin\|URS}}	Kobe, Japan	4 September 1985
{{T&Fcalc\|2.42}}	{{flagathlete\|Patrik Sjöberg\|SWE}}	Stockholm, Sweden	30 June 1987
style="background: #ffd0bd" \|{{T&Fcalc\|2.42}} {{AthAbbr\|i}}	{{flagathlete\|Carlo Thränhardt\|FRG}}	West Berlin	26 February 1988{{cite web \|url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf \|title=IAAF World Records Progression \|edition=2015 \|author1=Hymans, Richard \|author2=Matrahazi, Imre \|publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations \|access-date=June 22, 2021}}{{rp\|160}}{{efn\|This indoor record was also accepted as a world record. However, in 1991 it was rescinded as a world record due to complaints that the flexible parquet flooring gave athletes an unfair advantage.}}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.43}}	{{flagathlete\|Javier Sotomayor\|CUB}}	Salamanca, Spain	8 September 1988
{{T&Fcalc\|2.44}}	{{flagathlete\|Javier Sotomayor\|CUB}}	San Juan, Puerto Rico	29 July 1989
{{T&Fcalc\|2.45}}	{{flagathlete\|Javier Sotomayor\|CUB}}	Salamanca, Spain	27 July 1993

Notes

References

[http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/records/results_uk.asp?DIS_S_CODE=AT&GET_C_ID=M&GET_C_OL=&GET_C_WO=1&EVT_S_CODE=071&RESULT=TRUE High jump world record progression] International Olympic Committee

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class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Mark !Athlete !Venue !Date
{{T&Fcalc\|1.575}}	{{flagathlete\|Adam Wilson\|GBR\|1827}}	Innerleithen	{{dts\|1827-09-26}}{{cite web\|url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MF1&P=R\|url-access=registration\|title=Main > Men, High Jump > World Records Progression\|website={{ill\|Track and Field Statistics\|qid=Q29384941\|s=1}}}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.60}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Anderson\|GBR\|1829}}	Innerleithen	{{dts\|1829-07-24}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.60}}	{{flagathlete\|John Pattison\|GBR\|1837}}	Mount Benger	{{dts\|1837-05-06}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Richard Armstrong\|GBR\|1839}}	Dalkeith	{{dts\|1839-08-05}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Roper\|GBR\|1850}}	Newcastle	{{dts\|1850-04-01}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Francis Temple\|GBR\|1850}}	Woolwich	{{dts\|1850-09-21}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Hanmer Webb\|GBR\|1857}}	Cambridge	{{dts\|1857-03-17}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Henry Powell\|GBR\|1860}}	Oxford	{{dts\|1860-03-15}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.70}}	{{flagathlete\|Robert Burton\|GBR\|1860}}	Harrow	{{dts\|1860-03-27}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Henry Sampson\|GBR\|1863}}	Liverpool	{{dts\|1863-06-13}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|T. Bailey\|GBR\|1863}}	Liverpool	{{dts\|1863-06-13}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.675}}	{{flagathlete\|Francis Gooch\|GBR\|1863}}	Durham	{{dts\|1863-09-02}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.70}}	{{flagathlete\|Tom Mitchell\|GBR\|1864}}	Liverpool	{{dts\|1864-07-09}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.725}}	{{flagathlete\|John Roupell\|GBR\|1866}}	Cambridge	{{dts\|1866-03-05}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|John Roupell\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-03-23}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Little\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-03-23}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|J.A. Harwood\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-11-26}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Herbert Brooks\|GBR\|1866}}	London	{{dts\|1866-11-26}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Thomas Little\|GBR\|1867}}	London	{{dts\|1867-04-12}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.75}}	{{flagathlete\|Ronald Mitchell\|GBR\|1870}}	London	{{dts\|1870-04-09}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.755}}	{{flagathlete\|Ronald Mitchell\|GBR\|1871}}	London	{{dts\|1871-04-03}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.785}}	{{flagathlete\|Tom Davin\|IRE\|1783}}	Dublin	{{dts\|1873-07-07}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.80}}	{{flagathlete\|Marshall Brooks\|GBR\|1874}}	London	{{dts\|1874-03-30}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.80}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Glazebrook\|GBR\|1875}}	London	{{dts\|1875-03-22}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.83}}	{{flagathlete\|Marshall Brooks\|GBR\|1876}}	Oxford	{{dts\|1876-03-17}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.89}}	{{flagathlete\|Marshall Brooks\|GBR\|1876}}	London	{{dts\|1876-04-07}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.90}}	{{flagathlete\|Patrick Davin\|IRE\|1783}}	Carrick	{{dts\|1880-07-05}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.91}}	{{flagathlete\|William Page\|USA\|1887}}	Stourbridge	{{dts\|1887-08-15}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.93}}	{{flagathlete\|William Page\|USA\|1887}}	Philadelphia	{{dts\|1887-10-07}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.968}}{{efn\|Result sources list this mark as uncertain}}	{{flagathlete\|George Rowdon\|GBR\|1890}}	Haytor Camp	{{dts\|1890-08-06}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.935}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1892}}	New York City	{{dts\|1892-10-08}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.945}}	{{flagathlete\|James Ryan\|IRE\|1783}}	Tipperary	{{dts\|1895-08-19}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.955}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1895}}	New York City	{{dts\|1895-08-28}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.955}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1895}}	Bayonne	{{dts\|1895-09-02}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.97}}	{{flagathlete\|Michael Sweeney\|USA\|1895}}	New York City	{{dts\|1895-09-21}}{{cite book \|last1=Zarnowski \|first1=Frank \|title=All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport \|date=2005 \|publisher=Scarecrow Press \|isbn=978-0-8108-5423-9 \|pages=123 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXOBPt_Gi44C&pg=PA123 \|access-date=14 July 2023 \|language=en \|quote="American" winners included Canadian George Gray in the shot put and Irishman Michael Sweeney, who set a high jump world record at {{convert\|6\|ft\|5\|in\|m\|abbr=on}}. In retrospect this meet was the premier track and field meet of the decade.}}{{cite book \|last1=Zarnowski \|first1=Frank \|title=All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport \|date=2005 \|publisher=Scarecrow Press \|isbn=978-0-8108-5423-9 \|pages=116 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXOBPt_Gi44C&pg=PA123 \|access-date=14 July 2023 \|language=en \|quote=An American all-star team ... demolished a national British team ... in New York in September by winning every event, several by enlisted Irish immigrants.}}
{{T&Fcalc\|1.98}}	{{flagathlete\|George Horine\|USA\|1912}}	Palo Alto	{{dts\|1912-03-29}}
{{T&Fcalc2\|6\|6.125}}{{efn\|Measured as 6 feet 6 and 1/8th inches, but World Athletics rules round down to the nearest quarter inch.}}	{{flagathlete\|George Horine\|USA\|1912}}	United States	April/May 1912{{cite web \|work=Olympedia \|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78569 \|title=George Horine}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Mark !Athlete !Venue !Date
{{T&Fcalc\|2.00}}	{{flagathlete\|George Horine\|USA\|1912}}	Palo Alto, California	18 May 1912{{cite web\|title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf \|publisher=IAAF Media & Public Relations Department \|location=Monte Carlo \|pages=554–55 \|year=2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf \|archive-date=June 29, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=October 7, 2016 }}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.01}}	{{flagathlete\|Edward Beeson\|USA\|1912}}	Berkeley, California	2 May 1914{{cite web \|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/05/03/100088095.pdf \|title=WORLD'S HIGH JUMP MARK RAISED AGAIN - Edward Beeson of San Francisco Clears the Bar at 6 Feet 7 5/8 Inches. \|access-date=2016-08-21}}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.03}}	{{flagathlete\|Harold Osborn\|USA\|1912}}	Urbana, Illinois	27 May 1924{{cite web \|url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=125 \|title=USATF - Hall of Fame \|access-date=2016-08-21}}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.04}}	{{flagathlete\|Walter Marty\|USA\|1912}}	Fresno, California	13 May 1933
{{T&Fcalc\|2.06}}	{{flagathlete\|Walter Marty\|USA\|1912}}	Palo Alto, California	28 April 1934
{{T&Fcalc\|2.07}}	{{flagathlete\|Cornelius Johnson\|USA\|1912}}	New York	12 July 1936
{{T&Fcalc\|2.07}}	{{flagathlete\|Dave Albritton\|USA\|1912}}	New York	12 July 1936
{{T&Fcalc\|2.09}}	{{flagathlete\|Mel Walker\|USA\|1912}}	Malmö, Sweden	12 August 1937
{{T&Fcalc\|2.11}}	{{flagathlete\|Lester Steers\|USA\|1912}}	Los Angeles	17 June 1941
{{T&Fcalc\|2.12}}	{{flagathlete\|Walt Davis\|USA\|1912}}	Dayton, Ohio	27 June 1953
{{T&Fcalc\|2.15}}	{{flagathlete\|Charles Dumas\|USA\|1912}}	Los Angeles	29 June 1956
{{T&Fcalc\|2.16}}	{{flagathlete\|Yuriy Stepanov\|URS}}	Leningrad, Soviet Union	13 July 1957
{{T&Fcalc\|2.17}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA\|1959}}	Philadelphia	30 April 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.17}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA}}	Cambridge, Massachusetts	21 May 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.18}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA}}	Bakersfield, California	24 June 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.22}}	{{flagathlete\|John Thomas\|USA}}	\| Palo Alto, California	1 July 1960
{{T&Fcalc\|2.23}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	18 June 1961
{{T&Fcalc\|2.24}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	16 July 1961
{{T&Fcalc\|2.25}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Sofia, Bulgaria	31 August 1961
{{T&Fcalc\|2.26}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Palo Alto, California	22 July 1962
{{T&Fcalc\|2.27}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	29 September 1962
{{T&Fcalc\|2.28}}	{{flagathlete\|Valeriy Brumel\|URS}}	Moscow	21 July 1963
{{T&Fcalc\|2.29}}	{{flagathlete\|Pat Matzdorf\|USA}}	Berkeley, California	3 July 1971
{{T&Fcalc\|2.30}}	{{flagathlete\|Dwight Stones\|USA}}	Munich	11 July 1973
{{T&Fcalc\|2.31}}	{{flagathlete\|Dwight Stones\|USA}}	Philadelphia	5 June 1976
{{T&Fcalc\|2.32}}	{{flagathlete\|Dwight Stones\|USA}}	Philadelphia	4 August 1976
{{T&Fcalc\|2.33}}	{{flagathlete\|Vladimir Yashchenko\|URS}}	Richmond, Virginia	2 June 1977
{{T&Fcalc\|2.34}}	{{flagathlete\|Vladimir Yashchenko\|URS}}	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	16 June 1978
{{T&Fcalc\|2.35}}	{{flagathlete\|Jacek Wszoła\|POL}}	Eberstadt, West Germany	25 May 1980
{{T&Fcalc\|2.35}}	{{flagathlete\|Dietmar Mögenburg\|FRG}}	Rehlingen, West Germany	26 May 1980
{{T&Fcalc\|2.36}}	{{flagathlete\|Gerd Wessig\|GDR}}	Moscow, Soviet Union	1 August 1980
{{T&Fcalc\|2.37}}	{{flagathlete\|Zhu Jianhua\|CHN}}	Beijing, China	11 June 1983
{{T&Fcalc\|2.38}}	{{flagathlete\|Zhu Jianhua\|CHN}}	Shanghai, China	22 September 1983
{{T&Fcalc\|2.39}}	{{flagathlete\|Zhu Jianhua\|CHN}}	Eberstadt, West Germany	10 June 1984
{{T&Fcalc\|2.40}}	{{flagathlete\|Rudolf Povarnitsyn\|URS}}	Donetsk, Soviet Union	11 August 1985
{{T&Fcalc\|2.41}}	{{flagathlete\|Igor Paklin\|URS}}	Kobe, Japan	4 September 1985
{{T&Fcalc\|2.42}}	{{flagathlete\|Patrik Sjöberg\|SWE}}	Stockholm, Sweden	30 June 1987
style="background: #ffd0bd" \|{{T&Fcalc\|2.42}} {{AthAbbr\|i}}	{{flagathlete\|Carlo Thränhardt\|FRG}}	West Berlin	26 February 1988{{cite web \|url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf \|title=IAAF World Records Progression \|edition=2015 \|author1=Hymans, Richard \|author2=Matrahazi, Imre \|publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations \|access-date=June 22, 2021}}{{rp\|160}}{{efn\|This indoor record was also accepted as a world record. However, in 1991 it was rescinded as a world record due to complaints that the flexible parquet flooring gave athletes an unfair advantage.}}
{{T&Fcalc\|2.43}}	{{flagathlete\|Javier Sotomayor\|CUB}}	Salamanca, Spain	8 September 1988
{{T&Fcalc\|2.44}}	{{flagathlete\|Javier Sotomayor\|CUB}}	San Juan, Puerto Rico	29 July 1989
{{T&Fcalc\|2.45}}	{{flagathlete\|Javier Sotomayor\|CUB}}	Salamanca, Spain	27 July 1993