Track and Field Statistics

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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 1.81 Ellery Clark USA Athens Apr 10, 1896 • 1.85 Irving Baxter USA Paris Jul 15, 1900 • 1.90 Irving Baxter USA Paris Jul 15, 1900 • 1.905 Harry Porter USA London Jul 21, 1908 • 1.91 Hans Liesche GER Stockholm Jul 08, 1912 • 1.91* Alma Richards USA Stockholm Jul 08, 1912 • 1.93 Alma Richards USA Stockholm Jul 08, 1912 • 1.94 Richmond Landon USA Antwerpen Aug 17, 1920 • 1.95 Harold Osborn USA Paris Jul 07, 1924 • 1.95* Leroy Brown USA Paris Jul 07, 1924 • 1.98 Harold Osborn USA Paris Jul 07, 1924 • 2.00 Cornelius Johnson USA Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 2.00* Delos Thurber USA Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 2.00* David Albritton USA Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 2.00* Kalevi Kotkas FIN Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 2.03 Cornelius Johnson USA Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 2.04 Walter Davis USA Helsinki Jul 20, 1952 • 2.06 Charles Dumas USA Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.06* Charles Porter AUS Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.06* Igor Kashkarov URS Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.06* Stig Pettersson SWE Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.08 Charles Dumas USA Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.08* Charles Porter AUS Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.08* Igor Kashkarov URS Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.10 Charles Dumas USA Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.10* Charles Porter AUS Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.12 Charles Dumas USA Melbourne Nov 23, 1956 • 2.12* Valeriy Brumel URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.12* Viktor Bolshov URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.12* Robert Shavlakadze URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.14 Valeriy Brumel URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.14* Viktor Bolshov URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.14* Robert Shavlakadze URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.14* John Thomas USA Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.16 Robert Shavlakadze URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.16* Valeriy Brumel URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 2.16* Valeriy Brumel URS Tokyo Oct 21, 1964 • 2.16* John Thomas USA Tokyo Oct 21, 1964 • 2.16* John Rambo USA Tokyo Oct 21, 1964 • 2.18 Valeriy Brumel URS Tokyo Oct 21, 1964 • 2.18* John Thomas USA Tokyo Oct 21, 1964 • 2.18* Dick Fosbury USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.18* Ed Caruthers USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.20 Dick Fosbury USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.20* Valentin Gavrilov URS Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.20* Ed Caruthers USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.22 Dick Fosbury USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.22* Ed Caruthers USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.24 Dick Fosbury USA Mexico City Oct 20, 1968 • 2.25 Jacek Wszola POL Montreal Jul 31, 1976 • 2.27 Gerd Wessing GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.27* Jacek Wszola POL Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.27* Henry Lauterbach GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.27* Jörg Freimuth GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.29 Jörg Freimuth GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.29* Jacek Wszola POL Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.29* Henry Lauterbach GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.29* Gerd Wessing GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.31 Gerd Wessing GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.31* Jörg Freimuth GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.31* Jacek Wszola POL Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.33 Gerd Wessing GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.36 Gerd Wessing GDR Moscow Aug 01, 1980 • 2.36* Patrik Sjöberg SWE Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 2.36* Rudolf Povarnitsin URS Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 2.36* Hollis Conway USA Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 2.36* Gennadiy Avdeyenko URS Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 2.38 Gennadiy Avdeyenko URS Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 2.39 Charles Austin USA Atlanta Jul 28, 1996