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[[File:Valeriy Brumel plaque National stadium Sofia.jpg|right|thumb|A plaque on [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating [[Valeriy Brumel]]'s high jump world record of 2.25 m set on 31 August 1961]]

The first '''[[world record]]''' in the '''men's [[high jump]]''' was recognized by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) in 1912.

As of June 2009, the IAAF has ratified 40 world records in the event.<ref name=iaaf/>

Fourteen of the 16 records from 1912 to 1960 were set in the United States and were originally measured in feet and inches; they were converted to metric before being ratified as world records. As of January 1, 1963, records were accepted as metric marks, with marks measured in feet and inches to the nearest quarter-inch and rounded down to the nearest centimetre.<ref name="wrp">{{cite web |url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf |title=IAAF World Records Progression |edition=2015 |author1=Hymans, Richard |author2=Matrahazi, Imre |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] |access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref>{{rp|vii, 155–157}} When measurements were taken in feet and inches the bar could be raised, for record-attempt purposes, in increments of one-quarter inch. Under the metric system, a new record must be (at least) one centimeter higher. In 1973, American [[Dwight Stones]] was the first [[Fosbury Flop]] jumper to set a world record. The namesake of the technique, [[Dick Fosbury]] impressed the world by winning the [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|1968 Olympics]] with the flop, but never held the world record. The last [[Straddle technique|Straddle style]] jumper to hold the World Record was [[Vladimir Yashchenko]] (Soviet Union/Ukraine) in 1978; all record-setters since then have used the Flop technique.

The world record of {{convert|2.45|m|feet|2}} by Cuban [[Javier Sotomayor]] in 1993 has never been surpassed.

==Progression==

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| style="width:10px;"| || Ratified
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|  style="width:10px; background:#ffd0bd;"| || Ratified but later rescinded
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=== Pre-IAAF ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Mark
!Athlete
!Venue
!Date
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.575}} || {{flagathlete|[[Adam Wilson (high jumper)|Adam Wilson]]|GBR|1827}} || [[Innerleithen]] || {{dts|1827-09-26}}<ref name=brinkster>{{cite web|url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WR&EventCode=MF1&P=R|url-access=registration|title=Main > Men, High Jump > World Records Progression|website={{ill|Track and Field Statistics|qid=Q29384941|s=1}}}}</ref>
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.60}} || {{flagathlete|[[Thomas Anderson (high jumper)|Thomas Anderson]]|GBR|1829}} || [[Innerleithen]] || {{dts|1829-07-24}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.60}} || {{flagathlete|[[John Pattison (high jumper)|John Pattison]]|GBR|1837}} || [[Mount Benger]] || {{dts|1837-05-06}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Richard Armstrong (high jumper)|Richard Armstrong]]|GBR|1839}} || [[Dalkeith]] || {{dts|1839-08-05}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Thomas Roper (high jumper)|Thomas Roper]]|GBR|1850}} || [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] || {{dts|1850-04-01}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Francis Temple]]|GBR|1850}} || [[Woolwich]] || {{dts|1850-09-21}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Hanmer Webb]]|GBR|1857}} || [[Cambridge]] || {{dts|1857-03-17}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Henry Powell (high jumper)|Henry Powell]]|GBR|1860}} || [[Oxford]] || {{dts|1860-03-15}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.70}} || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Burton (high jumper)|Robert Burton]]|GBR|1860}} || [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]] || {{dts|1860-03-27}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Henry Sampson (high jumper)|Henry Sampson]]|GBR|1863}} || [[Liverpool]] || {{dts|1863-06-13}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[T. Bailey]]|GBR|1863}} || [[Liverpool]] || {{dts|1863-06-13}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.675}} || {{flagathlete|[[Francis Gooch (high jumper)|Francis Gooch]]|GBR|1863}} || [[Durham, England|Durham]] || {{dts|1863-09-02}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.70}} || {{flagathlete|[[Tom Mitchell (high jumper)|Tom Mitchell]]|GBR|1864}} || [[Liverpool]] || {{dts|1864-07-09}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.725}} || {{flagathlete|[[John Roupell]]|GBR|1866}} || [[Cambridge]] || {{dts|1866-03-05}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.75}} || {{flagathlete|[[John Roupell]]|GBR|1866}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1866-03-23}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.75}} || {{flagathlete|[[Thomas Little (high jumper)|Thomas Little]]|GBR|1866}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1866-03-23}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.75}} || {{flagathlete|[[J.A. Harwood]]|GBR|1866}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1866-11-26}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.75}} || {{flagathlete|[[Herbert Brooks (high jumper)|Herbert Brooks]]|GBR|1866}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1866-11-26}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.75}} || {{flagathlete|[[Thomas Little (high jumper)|Thomas Little]]|GBR|1867}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1867-04-12}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.75}} || {{flagathlete|[[Ronald Mitchell (high jumper)|Ronald Mitchell]]|GBR|1870}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1870-04-09}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.755}} || {{flagathlete|[[Ronald Mitchell (high jumper)|Ronald Mitchell]]|GBR|1871}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1871-04-03}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.785}} || {{flagathlete|[[Tom Davin (high jumper)|Tom Davin]]|IRE|1783}} || [[Dublin]] || {{dts|1873-07-07}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.80}} || {{flagathlete|[[Marshall Brooks]]|GBR|1874}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1874-03-30}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.80}} || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Glazebrook]]|GBR|1875}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1875-03-22}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.83}} || {{flagathlete|[[Marshall Brooks]]|GBR|1876}} || [[Oxford]] || {{dts|1876-03-17}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.89}} || {{flagathlete|[[Marshall Brooks]]|GBR|1876}} || [[London]] || {{dts|1876-04-07}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.90}} || {{flagathlete|[[Patrick Davin (high jumper)|Patrick Davin]]|IRE|1783}} || [[Carrick, County Westmeath (civil parish)|Carrick]] || {{dts|1880-07-05}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.91}} || {{flagathlete|[[William Page (high jumper)|William Page]]|USA|1887}} || [[Stourbridge]] || {{dts|1887-08-15}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.93}} || {{flagathlete|[[William Page (high jumper)|William Page]]|USA|1887}} || [[Philadelphia]] || {{dts|1887-10-07}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.968}}{{efn|Result sources list this mark as uncertain}} || {{flagathlete|[[George Rowdon (high jumper)|George Rowdon]]|GBR|1890}} || [[Haytor Camp]] || {{dts|1890-08-06}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.935}} || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Sweeney (athlete)|Michael Sweeney]]|USA|1892}} || [[New York City]] || {{dts|1892-10-08}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.945}} || {{flagathlete|[[James Ryan (high jumper)|James Ryan]]|IRE|1783}} || [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] || {{dts|1895-08-19}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.955}} || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Sweeney (athlete)|Michael Sweeney]]|USA|1895}} || [[New York City]] || {{dts|1895-08-28}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.955}} || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Sweeney (athlete)|Michael Sweeney]]|USA|1895}} || [[Bayonne]] || {{dts|1895-09-02}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.97}} || {{flagathlete|[[Michael Sweeney (athlete)|Michael Sweeney]]|USA|1895}} || [[New York City]] || {{dts|1895-09-21}}<ref name=brinkster /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Zarnowski |first1=Frank |title=All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport |date=2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5423-9 |pages=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXOBPt_Gi44C&pg=PA123 |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=en |quote="American" winners included Canadian George Gray in the shot put and Irishman Michael Sweeney, who set a high jump world record at {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}}. In retrospect this meet was the premier track and field meet of the decade.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Zarnowski |first1=Frank |title=All-around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport |date=2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5423-9 |pages=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXOBPt_Gi44C&pg=PA123 |access-date=14 July 2023 |language=en |quote=An American all-star team ... demolished a national British team ... in New York in September by winning every event, several by enlisted Irish immigrants.}}</ref>
|-
| {{T&Fcalc|1.98}} || {{flagathlete|[[George Horine]]|USA|1912}} || [[Palo Alto]] || {{dts|1912-03-29}}<ref name=brinkster />
|-
|{{T&Fcalc2|6|6.125}}{{efn|Measured as 6 feet 6 and 1/8th inches, but World Athletics rules round down to the nearest quarter inch.}}|| {{flagathlete|[[George Horine]]|USA|1912}} || [[United States]] || April/May 1912<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Olympedia]] |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78569 |title=George Horine}}</ref>
 |}

=== Post-IAAF ===

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DateFormat = yyyy
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ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1910

Colors=
  id:Basis  value:blue legend:World_record_men's_high_jump

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  bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S shift:(22,-4)
  
  from:1910 till:end color:Basis
  at:1912               text:[[George Horine]]_2.00_m
  at:1914               text:[[Edward Beeson]]_2.022_m
  at:1924               text:[[Harold Osborn]]_2.038_m
  at:1933               text:[[Walter Marty]]_2.04_m
  at:1934               text:Walter Marty_2.06_m
  at:1936               text:[[Cornelius Johnson (athlete)|Cornelius Johnson]]_2.07_m
  at:1936 shift:(22,2)  text:[[Dave Albritton]]_2.07_m
  at:1937 shift:(22,2)  text:[[Mel Walker (athlete)|Mel Walker]]_2.09_m
  at:1941               text:Lester Steers_2.11_m
  at:1953               text:[[Walt Davis]]_2.12_m
  at:1956               text:[[Charles Dumas]]_2.15_m
  at:1957               text:Yuriy Stepanov_2.16_m
  at:1960 shift:(22,-10) text:[[John Thomas (Athlete)|John Thomas]]_2.17_m
  at:1960 shift:(22,-4) text:John Thomas_2.18_m
  at:1960               text:John Thomas_2.22_m
  at:1961               text:[[Valeriy Brumel]]_2.23_m
  at:1961 shift:(22,3)  text:Valeriy Brumel_2.24_m
  at:1961 shift:(22,5)  text:Valeriy Brumel_2.25_m
  at:1962 shift:(22,6)  text:Valeriy Brumel_2.26_m
  at:1962 shift:(22,11)  text:Valeriy Brumel_2.27_m
  at:1963 shift:(22,14)  text:Valeriy Brumel_2.28_m
  at:1971               text:[[Pat Matzdorf]]_2.29_m
  at:1973               text:[[Dwight Stones]]_2.30_m
  at:1976 shift:(22,-8) text:Dwight Stones_2.31_m
  at:1976 shift:(22,-2)  text:Dwight Stones_2.32_m
  at:1978 shift:(22,-2)  text:Franklin Jacobs_2.32_m
  at:1977               text:[[Vladimir Yashchenko]]_2.33_m
  at:1978 shift:(22,1)  text:Vladimir Yashchenko_2.34_m
  at:1980 shift:(22,-2) text:[[Jacek Wszola]]_2.35_m
  at:1980               text:[[Dietmar Mögenburg]]_2.35_m
  at:1980 shift:(22,5)  text:[[Gerd Wessig]]_2.36_m
  at:1983 shift:(22,-5) text:[[Zhu Jianhua]]_2.37_m
  at:1983 shift:(22,2)  text:Zhu Jianhua_2.38_m
  at:1984               text:Zhu Jianhua_2.39_m
  at:1985               text:[[Rudolf Povarnitsyn]]_2.40_m
  at:1985 shift:(22,2)  text:[[Igor Paklin]]_2.41_m
  at:1988               text:[[Patrik Sjöberg]]_2.42_m
  at:1988 shift:(22,2)  text:[[Javier Sotomayor]]_2.43_m
  at:1989 shift:(22,2)  text:Javier Sotomayor_2.44_m
  at:1993               text:Javier Sotomayor_2.45_m
</timeline>
</div>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Mark
!Athlete
!Venue
!Date
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.00}}|| {{flagathlete|[[George Horine]]|USA|1912}} || [[Palo Alto, California]] || 18 May 1912<ref name=iaaf>{{cite web|title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |publisher=IAAF Media & Public Relations Department |location=Monte Carlo |pages=554–55 |year=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 7, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.01}}|| {{flagathlete|[[Edward Beeson]]|USA|1912}} || [[Berkeley, California]] || 2 May 1914<ref name="urlWORLDS HIGH JUMP MARK RAISED AGAIN - Edward Beeson of San Francisco Clears the Bar at 6 Feet 7 5/8 Inches.">{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/05/03/100088095.pdf |title=WORLD'S HIGH JUMP MARK RAISED AGAIN - Edward Beeson of San Francisco Clears the Bar at 6 Feet 7 5/8 Inches. |access-date=2016-08-21}}</ref>
|- 
|{{T&Fcalc|2.03}} || {{flagathlete|[[Harold Osborn]]|USA|1912}} || [[Urbana, Illinois]] || 27 May 1924<ref name="urlUSATF - Hall of Fame">{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=125 |title=USATF - Hall of Fame |access-date=2016-08-21}}</ref>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.04}} || {{flagathlete|[[Walter Marty]]|USA|1912}} || [[Fresno, California]] || 13 May 1933<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.06}} || {{flagathlete|Walter Marty|USA|1912}} || [[Palo Alto, California]] || 28 April 1934<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.07}} || {{flagathlete|[[Cornelius Johnson (athlete)|Cornelius Johnson]]|USA|1912}} || [[New York City|New York]] || 12 July 1936<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.07}} || {{flagathlete|[[Dave Albritton]]|USA|1912}} || [[New York City|New York]] || 12 July 1936<ref name=iaaf/>
|- 
|{{T&Fcalc|2.09}} || {{flagathlete|[[Mel Walker (athlete)|Mel Walker]]|USA|1912}} || [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]] || 12 August 1937<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.11}} || {{flagathlete|[[Lester Steers]]|USA|1912}} || [[Los Angeles]] || 17 June 1941<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.12}} || {{flagathlete|[[Walt Davis]]|USA|1912}} || [[Dayton, Ohio]] || 27 June 1953<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.15}} || {{flagathlete|[[Charles Dumas]]|USA|1912}} || [[Los Angeles]] || 29 June 1956<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.16}} || {{flagathlete|[[Yuri Stepanov (athlete)|Yuriy Stepanov]]|URS}} || [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Soviet Union]] || 13 July 1957<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.17}} || {{flagathlete|[[John Thomas (athlete)|John Thomas]]|USA|1959}} || [[Philadelphia]] || 30 April 1960<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.17}} || {{flagathlete|John Thomas|USA}} || [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] || 21 May 1960<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.18}} || {{flagathlete|John Thomas|USA}} || [[Bakersfield, California]] || 24 June 1960<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.22}} || {{flagathlete|John Thomas|USA}} ||| [[Palo Alto, California]] || 1 July 1960<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.23}} || {{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Brumel]]|URS}} || [[Moscow]] || 18 June 1961<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.24}} || {{flagathlete|Valeriy Brumel|URS}} || [[Moscow]] || 16 July 1961<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.25}} || {{flagathlete|Valeriy Brumel|URS}} || [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] || 31 August 1961<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.26}} || {{flagathlete|Valeriy Brumel|URS}} || [[Palo Alto, California]] || 22 July 1962<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.27}} || {{flagathlete|Valeriy Brumel|URS}} || [[Moscow]] || 29 September 1962<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.28}} || {{flagathlete|Valeriy Brumel|URS}} || [[Moscow]] || 21 July 1963<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.29}} || {{flagathlete|[[Pat Matzdorf]]|USA}} || [[Berkeley, California]] || 3 July 1971<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.30}} || {{flagathlete|[[Dwight Stones]]|USA}} || [[Munich]] || 11 July 1973<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.31}} || {{flagathlete|Dwight Stones|USA}} || [[Philadelphia]] || 5 June 1976<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.32}} || {{flagathlete|Dwight Stones|USA}} || [[Philadelphia]] || 4 August 1976<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.33}} || {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Yashchenko]]|URS}} || [[Richmond, Virginia]] || 2 June 1977<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.34}} || {{flagathlete|Vladimir Yashchenko|URS}} || [[Tbilisi]], Soviet Union || 16 June 1978<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.35}} || {{flagathlete|[[Jacek Wszoła]]|POL}} || [[Eberstadt]], [[West Germany]] || 25 May 1980<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.35}} || {{flagathlete|[[Dietmar Mögenburg]]|FRG}} || [[Rehlingen]], West Germany || 26 May 1980<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.36}} || {{flagathlete|[[Gerd Wessig]]|GDR}} || [[Moscow]], Soviet Union || 1 August 1980<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.37}} || {{flagathlete|[[Zhu Jianhua]]|CHN}} || [[Beijing]], China || 11 June 1983<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.38}} || {{flagathlete|Zhu Jianhua|CHN}} || [[Shanghai]], China || 22 September 1983<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.39}} || {{flagathlete|Zhu Jianhua|CHN}} || [[Eberstadt]], West Germany || 10 June 1984<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.40}} || {{flagathlete|[[Rudolf Povarnitsyn]]|URS}} || [[Donetsk]], Soviet Union || 11 August 1985<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.41}} || {{flagathlete|[[Igor Paklin]]|URS}} || [[Kobe]], [[Japan]] || 4 September 1985<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.42}} || {{flagathlete|[[Patrik Sjöberg]]|SWE}} || [[Stockholm]], Sweden || 30 June 1987<ref name=iaaf/>
|- style="background: #ffd0bd"
|{{T&Fcalc|2.42}} {{AthAbbr|i}} || {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Thränhardt]]|FRG}} || [[West Berlin]] || 26 February 1988<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf |title=IAAF World Records Progression |edition=2015 |author1=Hymans, Richard |author2=Matrahazi, Imre |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|160}}{{efn|This indoor record was also accepted as a world record. However, in 1991 it was rescinded as a world record due to complaints that the flexible parquet flooring gave athletes an unfair advantage.}}
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.43}} || {{flagathlete|[[Javier Sotomayor]]|CUB}} || [[Salamanca]], [[Spain]] || 8 September 1988<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.44}} || {{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}} || [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] || 29 July 1989<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|{{T&Fcalc|2.45}} || {{flagathlete|Javier Sotomayor|CUB}} || [[Salamanca]], Spain || 27 July 1993<ref name=iaaf/>
|}

==See also==
* [[Women's high jump world record progression]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)#High jump|List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)]]
* [[Men's high jump Italian record progression]]
* {{portal-inline|Sport of athletics}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/records/results_uk.asp?DIS_S_CODE=AT&GET_C_ID=M&GET_C_OL=&GET_C_WO=1&EVT_S_CODE=071&RESULT=TRUE High jump world record progression] International Olympic Committee

{{Athletics record progressions}}

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