Men's high jump indoor world record progression explained

See main article: Athletics record progressions. The Men's high jump indoor world record progression starting in 1881, with additional demonstration and professional records. The best indoor performances on record as agreed to by the world's leading statisticians were accepted as the inaugural IAAF Indoor World Records from 1 January 1987.^[1] However, the inaugural record in this event was set early in 1987 by Patrick Sjoberg. Records as per the IAAF are as at 31 January 2010.

Record Progression

In lightgreen records ratified by IAAF.

Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date
1.75	C. F. Poland		December 8, 1881
1.765	N. W. McDermott		January 17, 1884
1.83	William Byrd-Page		January 23, 1888
1.89	George Fearing		February 14, 1891
1.905	Michael Sweeney		February 17, 1893
1.91	Michael Sweeney		February 10, 1894
1.94	Samuel Lawrence		February 9, 1912
1.95	John Murphy		February 1, 1922
1.95	Leroy Brown		February 25, 1922
1.95	Leroy Brown		March 11, 1922
1.96	Leroy Brown		January 31, 1923
1.96	Richmond Landon		January 31, 1923
1.98	Harold Osborn		January 11, 1924
1.98	Harold Osborn		March 19, 1924
1.988	Harold Osborn		January 27, 1925
1.991	Harold Osborn		February 7, 1925
2.00	Harold Osborn		March 20, 1925
2.00	Bert Nelson		February 1, 1930
2.005	George Spitz		February 7, 1931
2.02	George Spitz		February 6, 1932
2.045	George Spitz		February 13, 1932
2.05	Walter Marty		February 17, 1934
2.05	Gilbert Cruter		February 22, 1936
2.055	Edward Burke		February 22, 1936
2.055	Cornelius Johnson		February 22, 1936
2.06	Edward Burke		February 27, 1937
2.075*	Mel Walker		March 20, 1937
2.08	Ken Wiesner		March 14, 1953
2.10	Ken Wiesner		March 28, 1953
2.11	John Thomas	Hanover, NY	January 10, 1959
2.125	John Thomas		January 17, 1959
2.13	John Thomas		January 31, 1959
2.13	John Thomas		February 14, 1959
2.13	John Thomas		February 21, 1959
2.165	John Thomas		February 21, 1959
2.17	John Thomas		January 30, 1960
2.17	John Thomas		February 6, 1960
2.18	John Thomas		February 20, 1960
2.195	John Thomas		March 11, 1960
2.21*			January 28, 1961
2.25*			January 28, 1961
2.26 A	Dwight Stones		January 17, 1975
2.265	Dwight Stones		January 18, 1975
2.265	Dwight Stones		February 7, 1975
2.27	Dwight Stones		February 15, 1975
2.28	Dwight Stones		February 21, 1975
2.29	Dwight Stones		February 20, 1976
2.30	Dwight Stones		February 21, 1976
2.31	Greg Joy		January 13, 1978
2.32	Franklin Jacobs		January 27, 1978
2.33			March 12, 1978
2.35			March 12, 1978
2.36			February 1, 1984
2.37			February 24, 1984
2.38	Patrik Sjöberg		February 22, 1985
2.39			February 24, 1985
2.40			January 16, 1987
2.41	Patrik Sjöberg		February 1, 1987
2.42			February 26, 1988
2.43	Javier Sotomayor		March 4, 1989

Asterisks indicates cinder take-off, "A" indicates mark set at altitude

Demonstration

Mark	Athlete	Date
2.05	Walter Marty	February 24, 1936
2.08	Les Steers	February 14, 1941
2.145	Les Steers	February 27, 1941
2.35		September 4, 1980

Professional

External links

Track and Field Statistics Records Progression - World Indoor Records High Jump

Notes and References

Web site: Doha 2010 Statistics Handbook - Part two . IAAF Media & Public Relations Department . Monte Carlo . Pages 256, 260-1 . pdf . 2010 . July 10, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100326102021/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/2011/doha/p170-338.pdf . March 26, 2010 .