Men's high jump indoor world record progression

Last updated April 18, 2023

The Men's high jump indoor world record progression starting in 1881, with additional demonstration and professional records. The best indoor performances on record as agreed to by the world's leading statisticians were accepted as the inaugural IAAF Indoor World Records from 1 January 1987.^[1] However, the inaugural record in this event was set early in 1987 by Patrick Sjoberg. Records as per the IAAF are as at 31 January 2010.

Record Progression

In lightgreen records ratified by IAAF.

Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date
1.75	C. F. Poland	London	December 8, 1881
1.765	N. W. McDermott	Baltimore	January 17, 1884
1.83	William Byrd-Page	Philadelphia	January 23, 1888
1.89	George Fearing	Boston	February 14, 1891
1.905	Michael Sweeney	Philadelphia	February 17, 1893
1.91	Michael Sweeney	Boston	February 10, 1894
1.94	Samuel Lawrence	Boston	February 9, 1912
1.95	John Murphy	New York City	February 1, 1922
1.95	Leroy Brown	Boston	February 25, 1922
1.95	Leroy Brown	New York City	March 11, 1922
1.96	Leroy Brown	New York City	January 31, 1923
1.96	Richmond Landon	New York City	January 31, 1923
1.98	Harold Osborn	Urbana	January 11, 1924
1.98	Harold Osborn	Chicago	March 19, 1924
1.988	Harold Osborn	New York City	January 27, 1925
1.991	Harold Osborn	Kansas City	February 7, 1925
2.00	Harold Osborn	Chicago	March 20, 1925
2.00	Bert Nelson	South Bend	February 1, 1930
2.005	George Spitz	New York City	February 7, 1931
2.02	George Spitz	New York City	February 6, 1932
2.045	George Spitz	Boston	February 13, 1932
2.05	Walter Marty	New York City	February 17, 1934
2.05	Gilbert Cruter	Fort Collins	February 22, 1936
2.055	Edward Burke	New York City	February 22, 1936
2.055	Cornelius Johnson	New York City	February 22, 1936
2.06	Edward Burke	New York City	February 27, 1937
2.075*	Mel Walker	Indianapolis	March 20, 1937
2.08	Ken Wiesner	Milwaukee	March 14, 1953
2.10	Ken Wiesner	Chicago	March 28, 1953
2.11	John Thomas	Hanover, NY	January 10, 1959
2.125	John Thomas	Boston	January 17, 1959
2.13	John Thomas	New York City	January 31, 1959
2.13	John Thomas	New York City	February 14, 1959
2.13	John Thomas	New York City	February 21, 1959
2.165	John Thomas	New York City	February 21, 1959
2.17	John Thomas	New York City	January 30, 1960
2.17	John Thomas	Boston	February 6, 1960
2.18	John Thomas	New York City	February 20, 1960
2.195	John Thomas	Chicago	March 11, 1960
2.21*	Valeriy Brumel	Leningrad	January 28, 1961
2.25*	Valeriy Brumel	Leningrad	January 28, 1961
2.26 A	Dwight Stones	Pocatello	January 17, 1975
2.265	Dwight Stones	Los Angeles	January 18, 1975
2.265	Dwight Stones	Inglewood	February 7, 1975
2.27	Dwight Stones	Oklahoma City	February 15, 1975
2.28	Dwight Stones	New York City	February 21, 1975
2.29	Dwight Stones	New York City	February 20, 1976
2.30	Dwight Stones	San Diego	February 21, 1976
2.31	Greg Joy	College Park	January 13, 1978
2.32	Franklin Jacobs	New York City	January 27, 1978
2.33	Vladimir Yashchenko	Milan	March 12, 1978
2.35	Vladimir Yashchenko	Milan	March 12, 1978
2.36	Igor Paklin	Milan	February 1, 1984
2.37	Carlo Thränhardt	West Berlin	February 24, 1984
2.38	Patrik Sjöberg	West Berlin	February 22, 1985
2.39	Dietmar Mögenburg	Köln	February 24, 1985
2.40	Carlo Thränhardt	Simmerath	January 16, 1987
2.41	Patrik Sjöberg	Piraeus	February 1, 1987
2.42	Carlo Thränhardt	West Berlin	February 26, 1988
2.43	Javier Sotomayor	Budapest	March 4, 1989

Asterisks indicates cinder take-off, "A" indicates mark set at altitude

Demonstration

Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date
2.05	Walter Marty	New York	February 24, 1936
2.08	Les Steers	Eugene	February 14, 1941
2.145	Les Steers	Eugene	February 27, 1941
2.35	Dietmar Mögenburg	Herne	September 4, 1980

Professional

Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date
2.255 A	John Radetich	Pocatello	March 3, 1973

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References

↑ "Doha 2010 Statistics Handbook - Part two" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2010. pp. Pages 256, 260–1. Archived from the original (pdf) on March 26, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2012.

External links

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