Video link in addition to answer would be awesome.
Video link in addition to answer would be awesome.
Some random Tutsi tribesman from 100 years ago. Those guys were clearing about 7'8" with no landing pit.
These guys are pretty good, though not the best ever like you asked.
John Thomas.
What do you mean by "best"? If you mean "highest," then indeed Vladimir Yashchenko (see links above) would qualify. If you mean "greatest"--the most dominant amongst the available competition--then the man you should choose is this one, Valeriy Brumel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r_qKi3ZYvc
But in fact the most competitively dominant high jumper ever--flop or otherwise--was Iolanda Balasz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqU8bSO4n0U). "etween 1957 and 1966, Balaș won 150 consecutive competitions, not including qualifying competitions or exhibitions. She improved the world record 14 times, from 1.75 m to 1.91 m, and equalled it once outdoors and once indoors. She was the first woman to jump over six feet. Her technique was a sophisticated version of the scissors technique."--Wikipedia
She also won two Olympic golds.
Iolanda Balas of course!
when she jump 1,91 m, no women jump even over 1,78 m !!!
Soviet Union's Valery Brumel.
Brumel was superior to Thomas, as was Charlie Dumas (first over 7').
Vladimir Yashchenko
1978 7'8 1/2" world record
European Championships
Gold 1978 Prague High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold 1978 Milan High jump
Gold 1979 Vienna High jump
European Junior Championships
Gold 1977 Donetsk High jump
Highest ever recorded for straddle
Old Ultra Guy wrote:
Vladimir Yashchenko
Highest ever recorded for straddle
And interesting, at least to me, his jump came well after 95+% of jumpers were flopping.
Why would you want to turn a nice decimal result like 2.35 into 7 feet whatever whatever
Join the IAAF era already
This guy made it pretty high.
Not a furriner.
Metrics killed the normal American's interest in track & field!,
Americans have lost interest in competing with the rest of the world. That's why Americans focus on insular sports like NFL and baseball where their lack of competitiveness is obscured.
edfg wrote:
Americans have lost interest in competing with the rest of the world. That's why Americans focus on insular sports like NFL and baseball where their lack of competitiveness is obscured.
This must be why the US didn't win any medals in the London Olympics. Oh, no wait, the US won more medals than any other country. So what is it that you're blabbering about?
Yashchenko unfortunately had a very short career due to knee problems. There was also Rolf Beilschmidt who was a very good high jumper with a personal best of 2.31 and in one year (1979 or 1980) jumped 2.30 like a half dozen times.
Yashchenko died at age 40 from cirrhosis. Sad.
odelltrclan wrote:
Yashchenko unfortunately had a very short career due to knee problems. There was also Rolf Beilschmidt who was a very good high jumper with a personal best of 2.31 and in one year (1979 or 1980) jumped 2.30 like a half dozen times.
medal count wrote:
edfg wrote:Americans have lost interest in competing with the rest of the world. That's why Americans focus on insular sports like NFL and baseball where their lack of competitiveness is obscured.
This must be why the US didn't win any medals in the London Olympics. Oh, no wait, the US won more medals than any other country. So what is it that you're blabbering about?
What an achievement for such a small nation like the US, barely any people compared to germany or spain.
Barakus Obama wrote:
medal count wrote:This must be why the US didn't win any medals in the London Olympics. Oh, no wait, the US won more medals than any other country. So what is it that you're blabbering about?
What an achievement for such a small nation like the US, barely any people compared to germany or spain.
This size of a country is not the key to success, China and India has cities with a population greater than countries like Jamaica and Kenya and we all know which countries are better at track & field.