Main > Men, High Jump > World Indoor Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
  1.83 William Byrd-Page USA 1887
  1.885 George Fearing USA Boston 1891
  1.89 Michael Sweeney USA Feb 14, 1893
  1.905 Michael Sweeney USA Philadelphie Feb 17, 1893
  1.91 Michael Sweeney USA Boston Feb 10, 1894
  1.915 Harry Porter USA New York Feb 16, 1908
  1.915* Samuel Lawrence USA Cambridge Mar 21, 1911
  1.94 Samuel Lawrence USA Boston Feb 09, 1912
  1.95 John Murphy USA New York Feb 01, 1922
  1.95* Leroy Brown USA Boston Feb 25, 1922
  1.95* Leroy Brown USA New York Mar 11, 1922
  1.96 Leroy Brown USA New York Jan 31, 1923
  1.96* Richmond Landon USA New York Jan 31, 1923
  1.98 Harold Osborn USA Chicago Jan 25, 1924
  1.98* Harold Osborn USA Jan 19, 1925
  1.985 Harold Osborn USA New York Jan 25, 1925
  1.99 Harold Osborn USA New York Feb 01, 1925
  2.00 Harold Osborn USA Kansas City Feb 07, 1925
  2.00* Bert Nelson USA South Bend Feb 01, 1930
  2.005 George Spitz USA New York Feb 07, 1931
  2.02 George Spitz USA New York Feb 06, 1932
  2.045 George Spitz USA Boston Feb 13, 1932
  2.05 Walter Marty USA New York Feb 17, 1934
  2.05* Gilbert Cruter USA Fort Collins Feb 22, 1936
  2.055 Edward Burke USA New York Feb 22, 1936
  2.055* Cornelius Johnson USA New York Feb 22, 1936
  2.06 Edward Burke USA New York Feb 27, 1937
  2.075 Melvin Walker USA Indianapolis Mar 20, 1937
  2.08 Kenneth Wiesner USA Milwaukee Mar 14, 1953
  2.10 Kenneth Wiesner USA Chicago Mar 28, 1953
  2.11 John Thomas USA Hanover, NH Jan 10, 1959
  2.125 John Thomas USA Boston Jan 17, 1959
  2.13 John Thomas USA New York Jan 31, 1959
  2.13* John Thomas USA New York Feb 14, 1959
  2.13* John Thomas USA New York Feb 21, 1959
  2.165 John Thomas USA New York Feb 21, 1959
  2.17 John Thomas USA New York Jan 30, 1960
  2.17* John Thomas USA Boston Feb 06, 1960
  2.18 John Thomas USA New York Feb 20, 1960
  2.195 John Thomas USA Chicago Mar 11, 1960
  2.21 Valeriy Brumel URS Leningrad Jan 28, 1961
  2.25 Valeriy Brumel URS Leningrad Jan 28, 1961
  2.26 Dwight Stones USA Pocatello Jan 17, 1975
  2.265 Dwight Stones USA Los Angeles Jan 18, 1975
  2.265* Dwight Stones USA Inglewood Feb 07, 1975
  2.27 Dwight Stones USA Oklahoma City Feb 15, 1975
  2.28 Dwight Stones USA New York Feb 21, 1975
  2.29 Dwight Stones USA New York Feb 20, 1976
  2.30 Dwight Stones USA San Diego Feb 21, 1976
  2.31 Greg Joy CAN College Park Jan 13, 1978
  2.32 Franklin Jacobs USA New York Jan 27, 1978
  2.33 Vladimir Yashchenko URS Milan Mar 12, 1978
  2.35 Vladimir Yashchenko URS Milan Mar 12, 1978
  2.36 Igor Paklin URS Milan Feb 01, 1984
  2.37 Carlo Thränhardt FRG Berlin West Feb 24, 1984
  2.38 Patrik Sjöberg SWE Berlin West Feb 22, 1985
  2.39 Dietmar Mögenburg FRG Köln Feb 24, 1985
  2.40 Carlo Thränhardt FRG Simmerath Jan 16, 1987
• 2.41 Patrik Sjöberg SWE Piraeus Feb 01, 1987
• 2.42 Carlo Thränhardt FRG Berlin West Feb 26, 1988
• 2.43 Javier Sotomayor CUB Budapest Mar 04, 1989