# Standing high jump

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The '''standing high jump''' is an [athletics](/source/athletics_(sport)) event that was featured in the [Olympics](/source/Olympic_Games) from [1900](/source/1900_Summer_Olympics) to [1912](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics). It is performed in the same way as [high jump](/source/high_jump), with the difference being that the athlete has no run-up and must stand still and jump with both feet together.

[Ray Ewry](/source/Ray_Ewry) was the best of the Olympic era, setting [world record](/source/world_records_in_athletics)s for the standing high jump (1.65 m on July 16, 1900). He was also highly successful in the [standing long jump](/source/standing_long_jump) and the [standing triple jump](/source/standing_triple_jump).

The event previously enjoyed wide competition, featuring on the [Olympics athletics programme](/source/Olympics_athletics_programme) from 1900 to 1912,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040759/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-standing-long-jump.html Athletics Men's Standing Long Jump Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> as well as at the [1922](/source/1922_Women's_World_Games) and [1926 Women's World Games](/source/1926_Women's_World_Games).<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/fsfi.htm FSFI Women's World Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> The event was contested at the [Amateur Athletic Union](/source/Amateur_Athletic_Union) championships in the United States as an indoor event around the turn of the 20th century.<ref name=RayE>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051718/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ew/ray-ewry-1.html Ray Ewry]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> Its popularity waned in the 20th century, although it maintained championship status for a longer period of time in Scandinavian countries.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/nori.htm Norwegian Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/swei.htm Swedish Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>

One of the best results ever is 1.90 m by [Swedish](/source/Sweden) athlete [Rune Almén](/source/Rune_Alm%C3%A9n) in 1980 which at the time was a Swedish record and an unofficial world record.<ref>{{cite web | last = Borgström | first = Anders | title = Jubileumsanekdoter från 100 år | url = http://www.ifgota.se/arkiv/Anekdot_02.html | access-date = 2008-08-22 | language = sv | publisher = IFGOTA | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070121214952/http://www.ifgota.se/arkiv/Anekdot_02.html | archive-date = 2007-01-21 }}</ref> Later he also jumped 1.90 m, which today is the world record.<ref>{{cite web|last = Crona |first = Per | title = Rekorden som inte är | url=http://www.gfif.se/NR/exeres/B733F5BB-46A0-462D-AE3B-8E3822B62F55.htm?NewsIndex=20 | access-date = 2008-08-22 | language = sv | publisher = GFIF |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071212092523/http://www.gfif.se/NR/exeres/B733F5BB-46A0-462D-AE3B-8E3822B62F55.htm?NewsIndex=20 |archive-date = 2007-12-12}}</ref> The [Norwegian](/source/Norway) record is 1.82 by [Sturle Kalstad](/source/Sturle_Kalstad) in 1983.<ref>{{cite web| title = Norges beste innendørs gjennom alle tider | url=http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/atinnemenn.htm | access-date = 2008-08-22 | language = no | publisher = friidrett.no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080603033608/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/atinnemenn.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-03}}</ref>

==Olympic medalists==
{{Olympic medalists in men's standing high jump}}

==Intercalated Games==
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|{{OGMedalList|year=1906|place=Athens|sex=Men|event=Standing high jump
|g=Ray Ewry|gn=USA
|s=Martin Sheridan|sn=USA|s2=Léon Dupont|s2n=BEL|s3=Lawson Robertson|s3n=USA}}
|}

==See also==
*[Vertical leap](/source/Vertical_leap)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3U4ynM0ulU Youtube video] of a 1.80 standing high jump

{{Athletics events}}

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Category:Standing high jump
Category:Events in track and field
Category:High jump
Category:Discontinued Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics

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