Men's High jump through the years!

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. In its modern most practised format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and use the Fosbury Flop method of jumping, leaping head first with their back to the bar. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form. Enjoy watching how the sports and its technique evolved over the years!
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[nubianfx]

Fosbury really needs to be acknowleged more. He single handedly revolutionized the sport in an astounding fashion.

[mrsg-doqi]

Amazing how back in the day people could jump upto 2 metres and still land on their feet!

[eksdeeee]

1:55 This man changed the style of high jump forever

[ccink]

Idk what's more impressive.... The fact they could scissor over +2m or the fact they did this without a bag to catch them 😂

[Dev-krbc]

3:39 my man didn't even wait to land just got straight up

[dave]

When I saw them doing this motion over the bar, I pictured the high jump as like “high hurdles”. Awesome technique to keep the bar going up.

[sscswimmer]

Looks like the technique changes along with the equipment changing. They had to land on their feet when they were just on grass. Sand pit comes in and now they don't necessarily need to land perfectly on their feet, so they can go more horizontal/higher and land with a fall. Then with the inclusion of full on padded mats, fosbury decides he might as well land on his back since it'll be a cushy landing anyway.

[tjjavier]

Fosbury's contribution clearly seen, all jumpers exactly like him after 🙌💯

[andyok]

The hip realignments of those early techniques to get over and land are very interesting. I wonder how many damaged joints after a while.

[olddirtypelican]

I had to pause at 0.43. His smile at his achievement sent tingles down my spine

[ericcarlson]

The Fosbury Flop only became viable when they started using crash mats instead of sawdust

[youngboat]

rip fosbury. changed the sport forever.

[GopherBaroque]

These are only Olympic jumps. The World Record for the High Jump of 2.45 meters (8 ft 1/4 in) was set in 1993 by Javier Sotomayor. No one else has ever cleared 8 feet.

[ziacorum]

I know this is like a technique - but at 4:07 😂 it’s so funny how he’s bounce running 🐰🐇

[thesoulstirrer]

Bruh they jumping twice my height, whereas I can't even jump a quarter of mine 😂💀

[jacobpaint]

is that as high as Javier Sotomayor jumped at the olympics when Cuba let him compete. By this video you wouldnt imagine he is still the world record holder 28yrs later.

[Geohillierneo]

I never realised they were jumping 2m before the fosbury flop! Amazing stuff

[basabghosh]

They said it will be flosbury flop but the the man revolutionised the high jump

[mathiasm]

The big mat makes it totally different.

[pardonless]

Wish sometime to see competition with retro scissors technique