If the event remains tied for first place (or a limited-advancement position to a subsequent meet), the jumpers have a jump-off, beginning at the next height above their highest success. If two or more jumpers tie for any place, the tie-breakers are: 1) the fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred and 2) the fewest misses throughout the competition. The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final. Most competitions state that three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the jumper from contention. A jump is considered a failure if the jumper dislodges the bar or touches the ground or any object behind the bar before clearance.Ĭompetitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass at their own discretion. The rules set for the high jump by World Athletics (previously named the IAAF ) are Technical Rules TR26 and TR27 (previously Rules 181 and 182 ). Yelena Slesarenko hitting the bar while using the Fosbury Flop technique Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) has held the women's world record of 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 + 1⁄ 4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current world record holder with a jump of 2.45 m ( 8 ft 1⁄ 4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop

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