Main > Men, High Jump > Olympic Records Progression
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