Men's High jump through the years!

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The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern most practised format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. In the modern era, athletes run towards the bar and use the Fosbury Flop method of jumping, leaping head first with their back to the bar. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form. Enjoy watching how the sports and its technique evolved over the years!
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[@nubianfx]

Fosbury really needs to be acknowleged more. He single handedly revolutionized the sport in an astounding fashion.

[@TrEeBLaZe]

Fosbury flop!

[@stephaniegormley9982]

@@TrEeBLaZe Well said. They named the style after him. That's a lot of acknowledgement. Other high jump styles, the scissors kick. It wasn't invented by Jim Scissors. And the 'Western roll' wasn't invented by Barbara Western.

[@danielcoetzee5793]

High jump is a hoax...; it is just a clever manipulation of a body's center of gravity...! It is not a real jump! Fosbury was a hoaxer...!

[@mrsg-do6qi]

Amazing how back in the day people could jump upto 2 metres and still land on their feet!

[@joelipez1599]

People still do it in Kenya high schools

[@mrsg-do6qi]

@@joelipez1599 yeah bro saw that too. Amazing!

[@ryanrabe7184]

Thats the real high jump!!!

[@Phil-ui4tm]

Potential nut shot hazard too

[@HarmanHundal01]

And without any cushions!

[@eksdeeee4113]

1:55 This man changed the style of high jump forever

[@mathiasm8489]

I think the big mat on the ground made more difference.

[@moviemojo8783]

For sure he did, that is why it is known as Fosbury Flop.

[@eksdeeee4113]

@@moviemojo8783 yes

[@deoabhijit5935]

yepp, he is a true grnius, applied physics in in his game...

[@eksdeeee4113]

@@deoabhijit5935 yes indeed

[@Dev-kr1bc]

3:39 my man didn't even wait to land just got straight up

[@josephcav789]

Synced with the music too lol

[@Stinger296]

That’s Stephan Holm, who’s 5’11”

[@tjjavier]

Fosbury's contribution clearly seen, all jumpers exactly like him after 🙌💯

[@user-ct1ns6zw4z]

Because the jumpers before him didn’t get a foam mat

[@ccink3931]

Idk what's more impressive.... The fact they could scissor over +2m or the fact they did this without a bag to catch them 😂

[@sscswimmer1]

Looks like the technique changes along with the equipment changing. They had to land on their feet when they were just on grass. Sand pit comes in and now they don't necessarily need to land perfectly on their feet, so they can go more horizontal/higher and land with a fall. Then with the inclusion of full on padded mats, fosbury decides he might as well land on his back since it'll be a cushy landing anyway.

[@gajua184]

They change after Fosbury flop

[@sscswimmer1]

@@gajua184 the point is that fosbury would not have changed his technique if he was still landing on grass. The padding gave him the path towards the new style

[@dave929]

When I saw them doing this motion over the bar, I pictured the high jump as like “high hurdles”. Awesome technique to keep the bar going up.

[@Deeplong9]

Funny as the high jump and high hurdles were my main events.

[@dave929]

@@Deeplong9 I started doing the “Olympic” stuff in the late 70’s and had fun. No track at our school, so I put up hurdles and tried the long jump, as well. We did the triple jump in gym class (indoors) on wrestling mats.

[@Deeplong9]

@@dave929 Those were my 4 events. High Jump, 110 Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump.

[@nadiaroschina6916]

pleeeese explain what it the while towel used for at 0:23?

[@dave929]

@@nadiaroschina6916 Not sure unless that was for them to be able to see where the bar is because it might have blended into the background.

[@hide_gameCH]

1:52　The best moment

[@andyok3625]

The hip realignments of those early techniques to get over and land are very interesting. I wonder how many damaged joints after a while.

[@GopherBaroque61]

These are only Olympic jumps. The World Record for the High Jump of 2.45 meters (8 ft 1/4 in) was set in 1993 by Javier Sotomayor. No one else has ever cleared 8 feet.

[@hansdekorver7365]

But Barshim nearly did ( 2.46 )

[@SpodyOdy]

I feel like they should have 2 events 1 where you have to land on feet like early athletes did the other what it currently is.

[@user-ip6hs5cc8c]

Totally agree!! I kind of prefer the landing on the feet style rather than needing a huge mat but yh it seems like it should be 2 different events

[@ziacorum2772]

I know this is like a technique - but at 4:07 😂 it’s so funny how he’s bounce running 🐰🐇

[@AnAdorableWombat]

That's how they gain momentum

[@DonJosesito]

@@AnAdorableWombat Bunny

[@thesoulstirrer2326]

Bruh they jumping twice my height, whereas I can't even jump a quarter of mine 😂💀

[@watchman835]

At least your maths is good.

[@elizabethcalero2404]

😂😂😂 there's lots of us like you...lol

[@q12aw50]

[@youngboat1997]

rip fosbury. changed the sport forever.

[@ericcarlson1709]

The Fosbury Flop only became viable when they started using crash mats instead of sawdust

[@olddirtypelican]

I had to pause at 0.43. His smile at his achievement sent tingles down my spine

[@muralimohan977]

Fosbury with his "Fosbury flop" revolutionized high jump once for all, great technique.

[@prajeethss3635]

Fosbury the legend ❤️🙏

[@mathiasm8489]

The big mat makes it totally different.

[@monettenucum367]

Literally.., it's a high jump, awesome!

[@zenthumb]

Amazing compilation. ❤️

[@damarfadlan9251]

Never thought High Jumps became so popular since 1950s.

[@RajDeelish]

What a beautiful graceful sport.

[@mandydubedube8958]

Such a beautiful sport

[@ariccua6101]

Tokyo: When 5 words changed everything.

[@basabghosh7644]

They said it will be flosbury flop but the the man revolutionised the high jump

[@janne2267]

Seeing how much we've changed the past century really shows how fast everything's changing.

[@Alias19px]

Almost every cat can beat the world record

[@jacobpaint]

is that as high as Javier Sotomayor jumped at the olympics when Cuba let him compete. By this video you wouldnt imagine he is still the world record holder 28yrs later.

[@pardonless]

Wish sometime to see competition with retro scissors technique

[@duo4780]

I can't imagine how funny that would look with the modern high-jumper's giraffe legs!

[@shiva9575]

This is a priceless video.

[@RahulChoudhary-wr4lg]

Much changed🙌

[@Mihir_Moghe]

"Fosbury flop is now the only way to fly" (said in an another video specifically on him) Correctly said!!! Changed the course of high jump forever.

[@thomasmeek9131]

This is a great video. I have learned a lot just by watching it once.

[@edgardocarrasquillo9]

Amazing

[@swetabhsundram]

Every guy here could have a movie made on them and it will turn out great.

[@rchydrozz751]

At 1:55 Fosbury changed the World of High Jump. Notice after he did it in 1968, that was the new style.

[@user-sz5dh9uk5j]

Beatiful.

[@samkitty5894]

You forgot Valeriy Brumel entirely. He had a very unique style and broke few records.

[@KaarlHoopes]

Exhilarating to watch!

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very Beautiful 😀👍

[@evansteiner5520]

What about Beijing 2008?

[@LebronCosgrave]

I love watching these videos I've actually made my own technique called the melting metal and has got 1.72 by the age of 12 by using it

[@madeofmelancholy]

Please tell me that technique, please

[@LebronCosgrave]

@@madeofmelancholy its, when you go in with a scissor kick then halfway through you, do a frosbery flop

[@Elixir6]

How much you have increased it in past two years?

[@LebronCosgrave]

@@Elixir6 Well, After this comment two years ago, I started using the frosbury flop and improved amazingly to get 1.92 at age 15.(the comment was made before my birthday two years ago)

[@silvershamrocknovelties5723]

@@LebronCosgrave Guess nothing can beat the Fosbury Flop after all ;)

[@VNn2023]

Wait, Sotomayor is still the number 1!

[@nikopencil2847]

When I was in 3rd grade I couldnt jump over a 3.5 foot bar I just turned and ran the other way lol 😅

[@shiva9575]

Wow! Derek Drouin's run-up was very cool and stylish.

[@user-hi7iu5cc7d]

次の世界記録はいつできるのだろう…👏

[@laurencetickell3086]

The Fosbury flop is the first not onto sand, which came first I would imagine going backwards onto sand would cause injury

[@FirstnameLastname-hg5gt]

Some Olympic games are missing. For example I understand 1896 and 1900 missing (propably there we not fillmed those years) but 2008 miissing is quite strange.

[@evafadilla1510]

1972 is missing too.________.

[@sovurss]

1972 Yuri Tarmak missing. Straddle style after Fosbury's jump. One exchange Era.

[@DipayanSain]

And it just went high and high

[@onyxanimates3635]

My feeling for this can be expressed in one phrase: WHAT THE F*CK

[@RaveSharrma]

Come up with a better expression

[@q12aw50]

@@RaveSharrma no

[@Ancient1341]

so no high jump world record has ever been broken at the olympics

[@stellacorallooo]

love it

[@uncjim]

Nice, but where’s Valerie Brumel and John Thomas?

[@Joshuatree7746]

Remove the landing mat and see how often they do those head first jump?

[@acmills347]

They should kept it to landing on feet 🤨

[@vigneshkumar9136]

😂 old is gold

[@robertrishel3685]

How about Ron Jourdan (pre-Fosbury)?

[@youmeandi100]

Fosbury really changed the game

[@feetstinkybruh3280]

just wat i wanted lol

[@akashmunda6709]

Name of the background music

[@estica74]

Trabalho de EF 👀👍

[@in2food]

Best thing to happen to the sport was padding the landing area.

[@nandanm3826]

Heights of success, now you can achieve the same with technology 🙏.

[@rvrmdude]

I'd like to know what the record is without the fosbury flop.

[@Ancient1341]

234

[@hansdekorver7365]

And 2.35 indoor ( Vladimir Yashchenko )

[@peaab]

Would like to see sucha video witj the paralimpic athletes.

[@javierl8089]

Bro..

[@PanaevSkobichevskii]

It is wrong! Where is the Valery Brumel?

[@blipblop5757]

Came for my boy Fosbury

[@djangorheinhardt]

The Canadian girl Debbie Brill is rumoured to have invented the Fosbury flop before Fosbury SO..............??...... who knows..

[@donna25871]

Sotomayor is a gazelle.

[@albertlee2462]

Erik Kynard but no Zhu Jianhua?

[@sapphiresquad7386]

Run....YEET

[@seba1296]

Music?

[@andreyduke_kz2638]

Where is Valery Brumel, 1964 Olympic Champion?

[@varvar2121]

Валерий Брумель, 2.28, где???

[@swetabhsundram]

Human Evolution in 4 minutes

[@tellmewhenitsover]

Everyone after Fosbury is an ant standing on the shoulders of a giant

[@manucoustet5835]

Where is Valeriy Brumel ???

[@purwantiallan5089]

Shame that some if the high jumps from 2004 isnt there.

[@thebluesausage8335]

I’m kinda dissapointed that Mutaz Essa Barshims 2.43 jump in 2014 wasn’t added

[@caseydalton316]

This is the Olympic channel. There wasn’t a summer Olympics in 2014

[@LEGEND-SONIC]

Fosbury RIP

[@abhijithshriram9677]

Cristiano Ronaldo be like hold my drink

[@aleckpons2773]

They don’t even show the world record. The show the world record holder at another event.

[@hansdekorver7365]

Only Olympics

[@vecchioprep64]

You can't upload certain videos.... Because we cry here without control❤️

[@feitz-hy4dd]

Charles Austen 2.39m

[@veneration1]

I womder if Fosbury asked them to change from sand to mats/bags so he could do his method which wouldn't work on anything else.

[@brega6286]

Imagine your kid doing this from age 4 or so....😵‍💫

[@jorgepratts8825]

High jumpers... Personal best?

[@jesusdiaz1602]

Sotomayor world record from 1988, should have been the last one. Still record 2.45 m

[@xys007]

Standing on my toes I can barely reach 2,38m bar with my finger tips ...

[@anjanpahari8146]

Where is bejing 2008

[@pierreleca4610]

Rouleau ventral Modifier L'athlète attaque l'obstacle latéralement en s'enroulant littéralement autour de la barre, à l'horizontale. Le problème de cette technique était le dégagement de la jambe d'appel au-dessus de la barre. Elle nécessitait des qualités de gymnaste éprouvées que seul le russe Valeriy Brumel a su porter, dans les années 1960, à leur plus haut point en établissant le record du monde à 2,28 m puis Ni Chih-Chin et Pat Matzdorf à 2,29 m. Signalons encore Vladimir Yashchenko qui, alors que le Fosbury était adopté par tous les sauteurs, s'éleva à 2,33 m le 3 juillet 1977, puis 2,34 m au cours de l'été 1978 en rouleau ventral, battant ainsi l'ancien record du monde détenu par le mythique Dwight Stones, l'homme qui franchit pour la première fois la barrière des 2,30 m. C'est avec Yashchenko que disparaîtra des tablettes des records du monde la technique du rouleau ventral

[@antonalbertovich4983]

Hei,were is 2,45 sotomaer?are yuo mind.....

[@oliviamartinez4388]

This video only shows the performances achieved at the Olympic Games.

[@antonalbertovich4983]

@@oliviamartinez4388 ok.but his record more then olimpic gaims...it is the world record.but i understend yuo...sanks.

[@HJ877]

Shame you didn't show Andrey Silnov's 2.36m jump from 2008 - probably because he's Russian. He cleared it by miles and it was epic!

[@igoryegin9531]

No. Silnov was caught doping after he retired. Also, Sergei Klyugin is Russian, too

[@mr16325]

It’s weird how people made the form worse and worse over time

[@mayte_j4008]

FOSBURY the pioneer

[@thehakimi1716]

No mattress What the fish

[@abigailorta1052]

Beijing 2008?

[@MUNDO36546]

JAI HIND 🇮🇳