{{Short description|Track and field event}} thumb | right | alt=Ray Ewry high-jumps, 1904 Summer Olympics | Ray Ewry high-jumps, 1904 Summer Olympics The '''standing high jump''' is an athletics event that was featured in the Olympics from 1900 to 1912. It is performed in the same way as 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 was the best of the Olympic era, setting world records for the standing high jump (1.65 m on July 16, 1900). He was also highly successful in the standing long jump and the standing triple jump.
The event previously enjoyed wide competition, featuring on the 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 and 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 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 athlete Rune Almén 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 record is 1.82 by 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
==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