Athletics — High Jump, Men

Times held 38
Total participants 763
Total countries 112

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1889 High Jump, Men 2 1
1896 High Jump, Men Olympic 5 3
1900 High Jump, Men Olympic 8 7
1904 High Jump, Men Olympic 6 3
1904 High Jump (AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 High Jump (Olympic Collegiate Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 2 1
1904 High Jump (Olympic Irish Sports), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 High Jump (Western AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 High Jump (YMCA Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 1
1904 High Jump (Anthropological Days), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1906 High Jump, Men Intercalated 24 11
1908 High Jump, Men Olympic 22 10
1912 High Jump, Men Olympic 35 10
1920 High Jump, Men Olympic 22 9
1924 High Jump, Men Olympic 27 17
1928 High Jump, Men Olympic 35 17
1932 High Jump, Men Olympic 14 10
1936 High Jump, Men Olympic 40 24
1948 High Jump, Men Olympic 27 16
1952 High Jump, Men Olympic 36 24
1956 High Jump, Men Olympic 28 19
1960 High Jump, Men Olympic 32 23
1964 High Jump, Men Olympic 28 19
1968 High Jump, Men Olympic 39 25
1972 High Jump, Men Olympic 40 26
1976 High Jump, Men Olympic 37 23
1980 High Jump, Men Olympic 30 19
1984 High Jump, Men Olympic 30 20
1988 High Jump, Men Olympic 27 18
1992 High Jump, Men Olympic 43 27
1996 High Jump, Men Olympic 37 27
2000 High Jump, Men Olympic 35 24
2004 High Jump, Men Olympic 38 27
2008 High Jump, Men Olympic 40 28
2012 High Jump, Men Olympic 35 27
2016 High Jump, Men Olympic 44 28
2020 High Jump, Men Olympic 33 24
2024 High Jump, Men Olympic 31 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Ellery ClarkUSA Bob Garrett
James B. Connolly
USA
USA
1900 Irv BaxterUSA Pat LeahyGBR Lajos GönczyHUN
1904 Sam JonesUSA Garrett ServissUSA Paul WeinsteinGER
1906 Con LeahyGBR Lajos GönczyHUN Themistoklis Diakidis
Bert Kerrigan
GRE
USA
1908 Harry PorterUSA Géo André
Con Leahy
István Somodi
FRA
GBR
HUN
1912 Alma RichardsUSA Hans LiescheGER George HorineUSA
1920 Dick LandonUSA Harold MullerUSA Bo EkelundSWE
1924 Harold OsbornUSA Leroy BrownUSA Pierre LewdenFRA
1928 Bob KingUSA Ben HedgesUSA Claude MénardFRA
1932 Duncan McNaughtonCAN Bob Van OsdelUSA Simeon ToribioPHI
1936 Corny JohnsonUSA Dave AlbrittonUSA Delos ThurberUSA
1948 Jack WinterAUS Bjørn PaulsonNOR George StanichUSA
1952 Buddy DavisUSA Ken WiesnerUSA José da ConceiçãoBRA
1956 Charlie DumasUSA Charles PorterAUS Igor KashkarovURS
1960 Robert' Shavlaq'adzeURS Valery BrumelURS John ThomasUSA
1964 Valery BrumelURS John ThomasUSA John RamboUSA
1968 Dick FosburyUSA Ed CaruthersUSA Valentin GavrilovURS
1972 Jüri TarmakURS Stefan JungeGDR Dwight StonesUSA
1976 Jacek WszołaPOL Greg JoyCAN Dwight StonesUSA
1980 Gerd WessigGDR Jacek WszołaPOL Jörg FreimuthGDR
1984 Dietmar MögenburgFRG Patrik SjöbergSWE Zhu JianhuaCHN
1988 Gennady AvdeyenkoURS Hollis ConwayUSA Patrik Sjöberg
Rudolf Povarnitsyn
SWE
URS
1992 Javier SotomayorCUB Patrik SjöbergSWE Tim Forsyth
Artur Partyka
Hollis Conway
AUS
POL
USA
1996 Charles AustinUSA Artur PartykaPOL Steve SmithGBR
2000 Sergey KlyuginRUS Javier SotomayorCUB Abderrahmane HammadALG
2004 Stefan HolmSWE Matt HemingwayUSA Jaroslav BábaCZE
2008 Andrey SilnovRUS Germaine MasonGBR Yaroslav RybakovRUS
2012 Erik KynardUSA Derek Drouin
Robbie Grabarz
Mutaz Essa Barshim
CAN
GBR
QAT
2016 Derek DrouinCAN Mutaz Essa BarshimQAT Bohdan BondarenkoUKR
2020 Gianmarco Tamberi
Mutaz Essa Barshim
ITA
QAT
Maksim NedasekauBLR
2024 Hamish KerrNZL Shelby McEwenUSA Mutaz Essa BarshimQAT

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 14 14 9 37
Soviet Union URS 4 1 3 8
Canada CAN 2 2 0 4
Russian Federation RUS 2 0 1 3
Great Britain GBR 1 4 1 6
Sweden SWE 1 2 2 5
Poland POL 1 2 1 4
Qatar QAT 1 2 1 4
Australia AUS 1 1 1 3
East Germany GDR 1 1 1 3
Cuba CUB 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 2 1 3
France FRA 0 1 2 3
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
Algeria ALG 0 0 1 1
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1
Greece GRE 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1
Philippines PHI 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 1 2 1 4
Javier Sotomayor CUB 1 1 0 2
Con Leahy GBR
IRL
1 1 0 2
Jacek Wszoła POL 1 1 0 2
Valery Brumel RUS
URS
1 1 0 2
Derek Drouin CAN 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Abderrahmane Hammad 3 Bronze See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2008 Summer Olympics James Grayman 28 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Valerio Vallanía =19 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1948 Summer Olympics Jack Winter 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 1948 Summer Olympics Arnulf Pilhatsch =21 r1/2 See all
Belarus BLR 2020 Summer Olympics Maksim Nedasekau 3 Bronze See all
Belgium BEL 1952 Summer Olympics Jacques Delelienne =9 See all
Bermuda BER 1988 Summer Olympics Nick Saunders 5 See all
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games Otto Hahnel-Kohout DNS See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2000 Summer Olympics Elvir Krehmić =14 r1/2 See all
Botswana BOT 2008 Summer Olympics Kabelo Kgosiemang =29 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 1952 Summer Olympics José da Conceição 3 Bronze See all
British Virgin Islands IVB 1992 Summer Olympics Karl Scatliffe =39 r1/2 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Tihomir Ivanov 8 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1988 Summer Olympics Cheick Seynou AC r1/2 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Olivier Sanou AC r1/2
Cambodia CAM 1972 Summer Olympics Sitha Sin =36 r1/2 See all
Cameroon CMR 1972 Summer Olympics Ahmadou Evélé 39 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1932 Summer Olympics Duncan McNaughton 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Derek Drouin 1 Gold
Chad CHA 1964 Summer Olympics Mahamat Idriss 9 See all
Chile CHI 1948 Summer Olympics Alfredo Jadresic =9 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1956 Summer Olympics Yang C. K. 20 See all
Colombia COL 2012 Summer Olympics Wanner Miller =8 See all
Congo CGO 1964 Summer Olympics Henri Elendé 20 See all
Crete CRT 1906 Intercalated Games Epaminonas Anezakis DNS See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Javier Sotomayor 1 Gold See all
Cyprus CYP 2016 Summer Olympics Kyriakos Ioannou =7 See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Jaroslav Bába 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1960 Summer Olympics Jiří Lanský =7 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1964 Summer Olympics Cha Won-Sil DNS See all
Denmark DEN 1976 Summer Olympics Jesper Tørring 8 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1996 Summer Olympics Julio Luciano 25 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Gerd Wessig 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 2012 Summer Olympics Diego Ferrín =20 r1/2 See all
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Emad Shafei 36 r1/2 See all
Estonia EST 1936 Summer Olympics Aksel Kuuse =10 See all
Finland FIN 1936 Summer Olympics Kalevi Kotkas 4 See all
France FRA 1908 Summer Olympics Géo André =2 Silver See all
Gabon GAB 1992 Summer Olympics Hilaire Onwanlélé-Ozimo 41 r1/2 See all
Germany GER 1912 Summer Olympics Hans Liesche 2 Silver See all
Ghana GHA 1960 Summer Olympics Robert Kotei 10 See all
Great Britain GBR 1906 Intercalated Games Con Leahy 1 Gold See all
Guatemala GUA 1968 Summer Olympics Teodoro Palacios =22 r1/2 See all
Haiti HAI 1924 Summer Olympics Sylvio Cator =15 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Lam Tin Sau =26 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 1906 Intercalated Games Lajos Gönczy 2 Silver See all
1908 Summer Olympics István Somodi =2 Silver
Iceland ISL 1960 Summer Olympics Jón Pétursson =22 r1/2 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Dragutin Topić =8 See all
India IND 1956 Summer Olympics Ajit Singh 14 See all
Indonesia INA 1952 Summer Olympics Maram Sudarmodjo =20 See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Abdul Razzak AC r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1924 Summer Olympics Larry Stanley =10 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1976 Summer Olympics Teymour Ghiassi 22 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 2000 Summer Olympics Konstantin Matusevich 5 See all
Italy ITA 2020 Summer Olympics Gianmarco Tamberi =1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 2024 Summer Olympics Romaine Beckford 10 See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Kimio Yada 5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Ryoichi Akamatsu 5
Jordan JOR 1996 Summer Olympics Fakhredin Fouad Al-Dien Gor 34 r1/2 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Yury Pakhlyayev 19 r1/2 See all
Kenya KEN 1956 Summer Olympics Joseph Leresae 18 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1976 Summer Olympics Ghazi Saleh Marzouk AC r1/2 See all
Lebanon LBN 2004 Summer Olympics Jean-Claude Rabbath =25 r1/2 See all
Lithuania LTU 2012 Summer Olympics Raivydas Stanys 26 r1/2 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Adrijus Glebauskas =26 r1/2
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Henri Pleger 20 r1/2 See all
Madagascar MAD 1968 Summer Olympics Fernand Tovondray 30 r1/2 See all
Malawi MAW 1972 Summer Olympics Daniel Mkandawire =36 r1/2 See all
Malaysia MAS 2016 Summer Olympics Nauraj Singh Randhawa =18 r1/2 See all
Mauritius MRI 1996 Summer Olympics Khemraj Naïko 24 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 2024 Summer Olympics Edgar Rivera =15 QR See all
2024 Summer Olympics Erick Portillo =15 QR
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Jan Brasser =12 See all
New Zealand NZL 2024 Summer Olympics Hamish Kerr 1 Gold See all
Nicaragua NCA 1976 Summer Olympics Carlos Abaúnza AC r1/2 See all
Nigeria NGR 1952 Summer Olympics Josiah Majekodunmi =9 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Julius Chigbolu 9
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics Bjørn Paulson 2 Silver See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Zhu Jianhua 3 Bronze See all
Peru PER 1964 Summer Olympics Roberto Abugattás 26 r1/2 See all
Philippines PHI 1932 Summer Olympics Simeon Toribio 3 Bronze See all
Poland POL 1976 Summer Olympics Jacek Wszoła 1 Gold See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2016 Summer Olympics Luis Castro 13 See all
Qatar QAT 2020 Summer Olympics Mutaz Essa Barshim =1 Gold See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Mikhail Akimenko 6 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2020 Summer Olympics U Sang-Hyeok 4 See all
Romania ROU 1952 Summer Olympics Ion Söter 6 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Sergey Klyugin 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Andrey Silnov 1 Gold
Saint Lucia LCA 2012 Summer Olympics Darvin Edwards NH See all
San Marino SMR 2016 Summer Olympics Eugenio Rossi =35 r1/2 See all
Senegal SEN 1980 Summer Olympics Moussa Sagna Fall 27 r1/2 See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Dragutin Topić 17 r1/2 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Dragutin Topić 4 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Danny Beauchamp =33 r1/2 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1968 Summer Olympics Marconi Turay 39 r1/2 See all
Singapore SGP 1948 Summer Olympics Lloyd Valberg =14 See all
Slovakia SVK 2012 Summer Olympics Michal Kabelka =29 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Rožle Prezelj 12 See all
Somalia SOM 1972 Summer Olympics Abdullah Noor Wasughe =33 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 1924 Summer Olympics Bob Roberts =8 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Robert' Shavlaq'adze 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Valery Brumel 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Jüri Tarmak 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Gennady Avdeyenko 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1968 Summer Olympics Luis María Garriga 11 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Gustavo Becker 11
Sri Lanka SRI 2004 Summer Olympics Manjula Kumara Wijesekera =20 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 2004 Summer Olympics Stefan Holm 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1980 Summer Olympics Roland Dalhäuser 5 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2016 Summer Olympics Majed Ghazal =7 See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul AC r1/2 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1992 Summer Olympics Troy Kemp 7 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Donald Thomas =7
Tunisia TUN 1960 Summer Olympics Sylvain Bitan AC r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2024 Summer Olympics Alperen Acet 22 QR See all
Uganda UGA 1956 Summer Olympics Patrick Etolu =12 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Bohdan Bondarenko 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Igor Paklin =22 r1/2 See all
United States USA 1896 Summer Olympics Ellery Clark 1 Gold See all
1900 Summer Olympics Irv Baxter 1 Gold
1904 Summer Olympics Sam Jones 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Harry Porter 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Alma Richards 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Dick Landon 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Harold Osborn 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Bob King 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Corny Johnson 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Buddy Davis 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Charlie Dumas 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Dick Fosbury 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Charles Austin 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Erik Kynard 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Hércules Azcune =14 See all
Venezuela VEN 1952 Summer Olympics Téofilo Davis =24 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Dietmar Mögenburg 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Vaso Komnenić 6 See all
Zambia ZAM 1984 Summer Olympics Mutale Mulenga 28 r1/2 See all