What is High jump?
{{main|Track and field athletics}} [[File:Yelena Slesarenko jumping 2007.jpg|thumb|High jump at the Stavanger Games, 2007]] The '''high jump''' is a [[track and field athletics]] event. Without the aid of any devices, athletes jump over a horizontal [[wikt:bar|bar]] placed at measured heights. The high jump was first practised in [[England]] in the [[19th century]]. It became an [[Olympics|Olympic]] sport in 1896 for men and in 1928 for women. The rules that were made in 1865 still exist today. Thus, every [[Sportsperson|athlete]] has three attempts on every height. The athletes are allowed to touch the bar but they must not knock it down.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_307_A_PageName_E_ArticleGirouxHighJump |title=High Jump Technique and Training |access-date=2011-02-02 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123042035/http://www.everythingtrackandfield.com/catalog/matriarch/OnePiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_307_A_PageName_E_ArticleGirouxHighJump |url-status=dead }}</ref> The women's world record of 2.10 metres is held by [[Yaroslava Mahuchikh]]. It was set in 2024. Eearlier (1987) [[Stefka Kostadinova]] jumped 2.09 metres. That record was set in 1987. There is a technique called the Fosbury flop and scissor kick. ==Related pages== *[[Long jump]] *[[Pole vault]] *[[Triple jump]] ==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Events in athletics]]