High jump - Wikipedia
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.
The Highest Ever Olympic High Jumps! | Top Moments - YouTube
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High Jump - World Athletics
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors leap (unaided) from one foot over a four-metre-long horizontal bar. Athletes accelerate down the runway, take off on one foot and aim to clear the greatest height without knocking the bar to the ground.
High jump at the Olympics - Wikipedia
The high jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896.
Dick Fosbury - Wikipedia
Richard Douglas Fosbury (March 6, 1947 – March 12, 2023) was an American high jumper, who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, revolutionizing the high jump event with a "back-first" technique now known as the Fosbury flop.
Kerr claims Olympic high jump gold in Paris after thrilling jump-off
Aug 10, 2024 · New Zealand’s world indoor high jump champion Hamish Kerr added another global gold to his collection by winning a jump-off with a clearance at 2.34m following the failure of his US rival, Shelby McEwen, at that height at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday (10).
New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr beats American Shelby McEwen in a jump …
Aug 10, 2024 · Wherever they put the bar, American Shelby McEwen and world indoor champion Hamish Kerr of New Zealand couldn’t clear it. The two high jumpers, who could have decided to tie and both get a gold medal, instead put fans through an interminable jump-off for the gold at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
World Rankings | Men's High Jump
Feb 26, 2019 · High Jump 2 Shelby MCEWEN 06 APR 1996 USA 1382 High Jump 3 Gianmarco TAMBERI 01 JUN 1992 ITA 1365 ...
Greatest High Jumpers of All Time - Stadium Talk
Jun 7, 2023 · High jumpers continue to raise the bar on the world's biggest stages. But over the last decade, doping scandals have rocked its foundation. That doesn't take away from high jump history, and the future remains bright. These are the greatest high jumpers of all time.
Team USA | JuVaughn Harrison Soars to Silver in Thrilling High Jump ...
Aug 22, 2023 · JuVaughn Harrison and Italian showman Gianmarco Tamberi both soared to world leading heights of 2.36-meters (7 feet 9 inches), while entertaining, acting and playing to the crowd, before and after every jump.
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