High Jump champions and records
The top ten high jump measures of all time for men are shared between 17 athletes of 11 different nations (if we consider the Soviet Union and today’s Russia as different nations).
Cuba and Sweden, with J. Sotomayor and P. Sjoeberg, hold the two top places but behind them the strength of the Russian “school” is evident: 4 athletes from the former Soviet Union, plus 2 Russians and 1 Ukrainian.
The athlete who came closest to Sotomayor’s record since its establishment in 1993 has been the Russian Vyacheslav Vorononin with 2.40m in 2000, while the most recent measure among the top ten, Andrey Silnov’s 2.38m in 2008, is still quite shy of Sotomayor’s record.
Updated 2008-10-03.
Men (outdoor)
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Pos.
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Mark
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Athlete
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Nationality
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Venue
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Date
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1.
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2.45
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Javier Sotomayor
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Cuba
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San Juan
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July 23, 1993
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2.
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2.42
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Patrik Sjöberg
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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June 30, 1987
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3.
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2.41
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Igor Paklin
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Soviet Union
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Kobe
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September 4, 1985
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4.
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2.40
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Rudolf Povarnitsyn
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Soviet Union
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Donetsk
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August 11, 1985
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Sorin Matei
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Romania
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Bratislava
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June 20, 1990
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Charles Austin
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United States
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Zürich
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August 7, 1991
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Vyacheslav Voronin
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Russia
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London
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August 5, 2000
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8.
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2.39
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Zhu Jianhua
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China
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Eberstadt
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June 10, 1984
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Hollis Conway
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United States
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Norman
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July 30, 1989
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10.
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2.38
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Gennadiy Avdeyenko
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Soviet Union
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Rome
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September 6, 1987
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Sergey Malchenko
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Soviet Union
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Banská Bystrica
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September 4, 1988
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Dragutin Topic
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Yugoslavia
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Beograd
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August 1, 1993
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Troy Kemp
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Bahamas
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Nice
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July 12, 1995
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Artur Partyka
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Poland
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Eberstadt
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August 18, 1996
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Jacques Freitag
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South Africa
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Oudtshoorn
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March 5, 2005
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Andriy Sokolovskyy
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Ukraine
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Rome
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July 8, 2005
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Andrey Silnov
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Russia
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London
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July 25, 2008
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The ladies’ top ten club is more of an elite, as it features only 11 athletes of 10 different nationalities.
Here too the Eastern European school is dominant: Bulgaria has the top two places with Kostadinova and Andonova, then we also have athletes from Croatia, the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine.
The up-and-coming name is Ariane Friedrich of Germany, who jumped 2.06m on June 14th, 2009, laying down a formidable challenge for the next World Championships.
Women (outdoor)
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Pos.
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Mark
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Athlete
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Nationality
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Venue
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Date
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1.
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2.09
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Stefka Kostadinova
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Bulgaria
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Rome
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August 30, 1987
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2.
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2.07
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Lyudmila Andonova
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Bulgaria
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Berlin
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July 20, 1984
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Blanka Vlašić
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Croatia
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Stockholm
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August 7, 2007
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4.
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2.06
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Ariane Friedrich
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Germany
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Berlin
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June 14, 2009
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Kajsa Bergqvist
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Sweden
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Eberstadt
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July 26, 2003
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Hestrie Cloete
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South Africa
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Paris
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August 31, 2003
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Yelena Slesarenko
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Russia
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Athens
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August 28, 2004
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7.
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2.05
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Tamara Bykova
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Soviet Union
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Kiev
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June 22, 1984
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Heike Henkel
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Germany
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Tokyo
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August 31, 1991
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Inha Babakova
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Ukraine
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Tokyo
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September 15, 1995
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Tia Hellebaut
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Belgium
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Beijing
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August 23, 2008
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