![]() | Records are made to be broken, gold medals are forever | ![]() | CHAMPIONS AND RECORDS | highjump champions through the years and a couple of highjump records |
| Olympic Games |
1896 | Athìna, GRE | Ellery Clark | USA | 181 | CR |
1900 | Paris, FRA | Irving Baxter | USA | 190 | CR |
1904 | St Louis, USA | Samuel Jones | USA | 180 | 1906 | Athìna, GRE | Cornelius Leahy | Great Britain/Ireland | 177,5 | 1908 | London, GBR | Harry Porter | USA | 190,5 | CR |
1912 | Stockholm, SWE | Alma Richards | USA | 193 | CR |
1920 | Antwerpen, BEL | Richmond Landon | USA | 193,5 | CR |
1924 | Paris, FRA | Harold Osborn | USA | 198 | CR |
1928 | Amsterdam, NED | Robert King | USA | 194 | 1932 | Los Angeles, USA | Duncan McNaughton | Canada | 197 | 1936 | Berlin, GER | Cornelius Johnson | USA | 203 | CR |
1948 | London, GBR | John Winter | Australia | 198 | 1952 | Helsinki, FIN | Walter Davis | USA | 204 | CR |
1956 | Melbourne, AUS | Charles Dumas | USA | 212 | CR |
1960 | Roma, ITA | Robert Shavlakadze | Soviet | 216 | CR |
1964 | Tokyo, JPN | Valerij Brumel | Soviet | 218 | CR |
1968 | Ciudad de México, MEX | Richard Fosbury | USA | 224 | CR |
1972 | München, FRG | Yuri Tarmak | Soviet | 223 | 1976 | Montréal, CAN | Jacek Wszola | Poland | 225 | CR |
1980 | Moskva, URS | Gerd Wessig | East Germany | 236 | WR |
1984 | Los Angeles, USA | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 235 | 1988 | Seoul, KOR | Gennadij Avdeenko | Soviet | 238 | CR |
1992 | Barcelona, ESP | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 234 | 1996 | Atlanta, USA | Charles Austin | USA | 239 | CR |
2000 | Sydney, AUS | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | 235 | 2004 | Athìna, GRE | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 236 | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | Andrey Silnov | Russia | 236 | 2012 | London, GBR | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | 238 |
| World Championships |
1983 | Helsinki, FIN | Gennadij Avdeenko | Soviet | 232 | CR |
1987 | Roma, ITA | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 238 | CR |
1991 | Tokyo, JPN | Charles Austin | USA | 238 | ECR |
1993 | Stuttgart, GER | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 240 | CR |
1995 | Göteborg, SWE | Troy Kemp | Bahamas | 237 | 1997 | Athìna, GRE | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 237 | 1999 | Sevilla, ESP | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | 237 | 2001 | Edmonton, CAN | Martin Buss | Germany | 236 | 2003 | Paris, FRA | Jacques Freitag | South Africa | 235 | 2005 | Helsinki, FIN | Yuriy Krymarenko | Ukraine | 232 | 2007 | Osaka, JPN | Donald Thomas | Bahamas | 235 | 2009 | Berlin, GER | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | 232 | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | Jesse Williams | USA | 235 | 2013 | Moskva, RUS | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 241 | CR |
| European Championships |
1934 | Torino, ITA | Kalevi Kotkas | Finland | 200 | CR |
1938 | Paris, FRA | Kurt Lundqvist | Sweden | 197 | 1946 | Oslo, NOR | Anton Bolinder | Sweden | 199 | 1950 | Bruxelles, BEL | Alan Paterson | Great Britain | 196 | 1954 | Bern, SUI | Bengt Nilsson | Sweden | 202 | CR |
1958 | Stockholm, SWE | Richard Dahl | Sweden | 212 | CR |
1962 | Beograd, YUG | Valerij Brumel | Soviet | 221 | CR |
1966 | Budapest, HUN | Jacques Madobust | France | 212 | 1969 | Athìna, GRE | Valentin Gavrilov | Soviet | 217 | 1971 | Helsinki, FIN | Kestutis Sjapka | Soviet | 220 | 1974 | Roma, ITA | Jesper Törring | Denmark | 225 | CR |
1978 | Praha, TCH | Vladimir Yashchenko | Soviet | 230 | CR |
1982 | Athìna, GRE | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 230 | ECR |
1986 | Stuttgart, FRG | Igor Paklin | Soviet | 234 | CR |
1990 | Split, YUG | Dragutin Topic | Yugoslavia | 234 | ECR |
1994 | Helsinki, FIN | Steinar Hoen | Norway | 235 | CR |
1998 | Budapest, HUN | Artur Partyka | Poland | 234 | 2002 | München, GER | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | 231 | 2006 | Göteborg, SWE | Andrey Silnov | Russia | 236 | CR |
2010 | Barcelona, ESP | Aleksandr Shustov | Russia | 233 | 2012 | Helsinki, FIN | Robbie Grabarz | Great Britain | 231 |
| World Indoor Championships (World Indoor Games 1985, World Indoor Championships 1987-) |
1985 | Paris, FRA | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 232 | CR |
1987 | Indianapolis, USA | Igor Paklin | Soviet | 238 | CR |
1989 | Budapest, HUN | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 243 | WR |
1991 | Sevilla, ESP | Hollis Conway | USA | 240 | 1993 | Toronto, CAN | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 241 | 1995 | Barcelona, ESP | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 238 | 1997 | Paris, FRA | Charles Austin | USA | 235 | 1999 | Maebashi, JPN | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 236 | 2001 | Lisboa, POR | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 232 | 2003 | Birmingham, GBR | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 235 | 2004 | Budapest, HUN | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 235 | 2006 | Moskva, RUS | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | 237 | 2008 | Valencia, ESP | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 236 | 2010 | Doha, QAT | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | 236 | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis | Greece | 233 |
| European Championships (unofficiall 1966-1969) |
1966 | Dortmund, FRG | Valery Skvortsov | Soviet | 217 | CR |
1967 | Praha, TCH | Anatolij Moroz | Soviet | 214 | 1968 | Madrid, ESP | Valery Skvortsov | Soviet | 217 | ECR |
1969 | Beograd, YUG | Valentin Gavrilov | Soviet | 214 | 1970 | Wien, AUT | Valentin Gavrilov | Soviet | 220 | CR |
1971 | Sofia, BUL | István Major | Hungary | 217 | 1972 | Grenoble, FRA | István Major | Hungary | 224 | CR |
1973 | Rotterdam, NED | István Major | Hungary | 220 | 1974 | Göteborg, SWE | Kestutis Sjapka | Soviet | 222 | 1975 | Katowice, POL | Vladimir Maly | Czechoslovakia | 221 | 1976 | München, FRG | Sergei Senyukov | Soviet | 222 | 1977 | San Sebastian, ESP | Jacek Wszola | Poland | 225 | CR |
1978 | Milano, ITA | Vladimir Yashchenko | Soviet | 235 | CR |
1979 | Wien, AUT | Vladimir Yashchenko | Soviet | 226 | 1980 | Sindelfingen, FRG | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 231 | 1981 | Grenoble, FRA | Roland Dalhäuser | Switzerland | 228 | 1982 | Milano, ITA | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 234 | 1983 | Budapest, HUN | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | 232 | 1984 | Göteborg, SWE | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 233 | 1985 | Pireás, GRE | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 235 | ECR |
1986 | Madrid, ESP | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 234 | 1987 | Liévin, FRA | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 238 | CR |
1988 | Budapest, HUN | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 239 | CR |
1989 | Den Haag, NED | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 233 | 1990 | Glasgow, GBR | Artur Partyka | Poland | 232 | 1992 | Genova, ITA | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 238 | 1994 | Paris, FRA | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | 237 | 1996 | Stockholm, SWE | Dragutin Topic | Yugoslavia | 235 | 1998 | Valencia, ESP | Artur Partyka | Poland | 231 | 2000 | Gent, BEL | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | 234 | 2002 | Wien, AUT | Staffan Strand | Sweden | 234 | 2005 | Madrid, ESP | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 240 | CR |
2007 | Birmingham, GBR | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 234 | 2009 | Torino, ITA | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | 232 | 2011 | Paris, FRA | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | 238 | 2013 | Göteborg, SWE | Sergey Mudrov | Russia | 235 |
| Goodwill Games |
1986 | Moskva, URS | Doug Nordquist | USA | 234 | CR |
1990 | Seattle, USA | Hollis Conway | USA | 233 | 1994 | St Petersburg, RUS | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 240 | CR |
1998 | New York, USA | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 233 | 2001 | Brisbane, AUS | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 233 |
| Swedish Championships |
| Swedish Indoor Championships (Riksmästerskap, RM 1966-1983, Svenskt Inomhusmästerskap, ISM 1984-) |
1966 | Stockholm | Kjell Åke Nilsson | IFK Sunne | 210 | CR |
1967 | Stockholm | Jan Dahlgren | KA 2 IF | 212 | CR |
1968 | Göteborg | Kenneth Lundmark | Skellefteå AIK | 209 | 1969 | Stockholm | Jan Dahlgren | Turebergs IF | 211 | 1970 | Göteborg | Jan Dahlgren | Turebergs IF | 213 | CR |
1971 | Stockholm | Kenneth Lundmark | St Spårvägars GoIF | 214 | CR |
1972 | Göteborg | Jan Dahlgren | Österhaninge IF | 222 | CR |
1973 | Falun | Jan Dahlgren | Österhaninge IF | 214 | 1974 | Falun | Rune Almén | IF Göta | 220 | 1975 | Göteborg | Rune Almén | IF Göta | 219 | 1976 | Falun | Torbjörn Larsson | Österhaninge IF | 220 | 1977 | Falun | Torbjörn Larsson | Österhaninge IF | 214 | 1978 | Falun | Rune Almén | IF Göta | 214 | 1979 | Göteborg | Stefan Karlsson | IK Sisu | 212 | 1980 | Göteborg | Rune Almén | IF Göta | 220 | 1981 | Göteborg | Stefan Karlsson | IK Sisu | 219 | 1982 | Göteborg | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 222 | ECR |
1983 | Malmö | Stefan Karlsson | IK Sisu | 223 | CR |
1984 | Solna | Mikko Levola | Finland | 215 | 1985 | Solna | Bengt-Göran Enström | Stora Tuna IK | 216 | 1986 | Solna | Peder Fjaestad | IFK Lidingö | 212 | 1987 | Solna | Mats Kollbrink | Hässelby SK | 209 | 1988 | Haparanda | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 230 | CR |
1989 | Solna | Thomas Eriksson | Turebergs IF | 220 | 1990 | Göteborg | Peder Fjaestad | IFK Lidingö | 220 | 1991 | Luleå | Tommy Nygren | IFK Växjö | 208 | 1992 | Göteborg | Stefan Karlsson | Bellevue IK | 220 | 1993 | Malmö | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 227 | 1994 | Växjö | Thomas Hansson | Ullevi FK | 218 | 1995 | Malmö | Håkan Johansson | IF Göta | 221 | 1996 | Borlänge | Patrick Thavelin | Spårvägens FK | 222 | 1997 | Malmö | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 226 | 1998 | Eskilstuna | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 220 | 1999 | Sätra | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 223 | 2000 | Bollnäs | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 231 | CR |
2001 | Göteborg | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 224 | 2002 | Malmö | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 230 | 2003 | Sätra | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 232 | CR |
2004 | Göteborg | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 231 | 2005 | Malmö | Linus Thörnblad | IFK Lund | 231 | 2006 | Sätra | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 229 | 2007 | Göteborg | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 238 | CR |
2008 | Malmö | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 237 | 2009 | Bollnäs | Linus Thörnblad | Malmö AI | 227 | 2010 | Sätra | Erik Sundlöf | Glanshammar IF | 219 | 2011 | Göteborg | Emil Svensson | Örgryte IS | 218 | 2012 | Örebro | Mehdi Alkhatib | Hammarby IF | 215 | 2013 | Norrköping | Erik Liberg | Ullevi FK | 214 |
| Records : world, area, championships and swedish records |
World record | 245 | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1993 : Salamanca, ESP |
World indoor record | 243i | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1989 : Budapest, HUN |
World junior record | 237 | Dragutin Topic | Yugoslavia | 1990 : Plovdiv, BUL |
237 | Steve Smith | Great Britain | 1992 : Seoul, KOR |
Area records | Africa | 238 | Jacques Freitag | South Africa | 2005 : Oudtshoorn, RSA |
Africa indoors | 232i | Anthony Idiata | Nigeria | 2000 : Patrá, GRE |
Asia | 240 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | 2013 : Eugene, USA |
Asia indoors | 237i | Mutaz Essa-Barshim | Qatar | 2012 : Hangzhou, CHN |
237i | Mutaz Essa-Barshim | Qatar | 2013 : Moskva, RUS |
Europe | 242 | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 1987 : Stockholm, SWE |
Europe indoors | 242i | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | 1988 : Berlin, FRG |
North America | 245 | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1993 : Salamanca, ESP |
North America indoors | 243i | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1989 : Budapest, HUN |
Oceania | 236 | Tim Forsyth | Australia | 1997 : Melbourne, AUS |
Oceania indoors | 233i | Tim Forsyth | Australia | 1997 : Balingen, GER |
South America | 233 | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | 1994 : Pereira, COL |
South America indoors | 227i | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | 1999 : Pireás, GRE |
Championships | Olympic Games | 239 | Charles Austin | USA | 1996 : Atlanta, USA |
World Championships | 241 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 2013 : Moskva, RUS |
European Championships | 236 | Andrey Silnov | Russia | 2006 : Göteborg, SWE |
World Indoors | 243i | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1989 : Budapest, HUN |
European Indoors | 240i | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 2005 : Madrid, ESP |
Goodwill Games | 240 | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1994 : S:t Petersburg, RUS |
World Juniors | 237 | Dragutin Topic | Yugoslavia | 1990 : Plovdiv, BUL |
237 | Steve Smith | Great Britain | 1992 : Seoul, KOR |
European Juniors | 230 | Vladimir Yashchenko | Soviet | 1977 : Donetsk, URS |
Sweden | Swedish Record | 242 | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 1987 : Stockholm, SWE |
Swedish Indoor Record | 241i | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 1987 : Pireás, GRE |
Swedish Junior Record | 233 | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 1983 : Oslo, NOR |
233 | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 1984 : Eberstadt, FRG |
233 | Patrik Sjöberg | Örgryte IS | 1984 : Los Angeles, USA |
Swedish Championships | 232 | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 2002 : Gävle, SWE |
232 | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 2008 : Västerås, SWE |
Swedish Indoors | 238i | Stefan Holm | Kils AIK | 2007 : Göteborg, SWE |
238i | Linus Thörnblad | Malmö AI | 2007 : Göteborg, SWE |