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Masters men high jump world record progression

This is the progression of world record improvements of the high jump of Masters athletics.

Key

   Incomplete information    Pending    Indoor mark
IAAF includes indoor marks in the record list since 2000, but WMA does not follow that practice.

Men 35

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.98 i Harold Osborn   United States 13.04.1899 New York City 16.03.1935
2.035 Dave Albritton   United States 13.04.1913 Berea 26.06.1948
2.16 Viktor Bolshov   Soviet Union 23.05.1939 Moscow 21.06.1974
2.16 Viktor Bolshov   Soviet Union 23.05.1939 Moscow 24.07.1974
2.17 Dimitrios Kattis   Greece 07.02.1956 Athens 06.09.1991
2.20 Brian Stanton   United States 19.02.1961 Long Beach 16.03.1996
Doug Nordquist   United States 20.12.1958 Long Beach 08.06.1996
2.26 i Carlo Thränhardt   Germany 05.07.1957 Otterberg 13.02.1993
2.25 Carlo Thränhardt   Germany 05.07.1957 Rehlingen 31.05.1993
2.26 i Carlo Thränhardt   Germany 05.07.1957 Otterberg 19.02.1994
2.27 i Cristian Popescu   Romania 12.08.1962 Pireas 22.02.1998
2.25 Igor Paklin   Kyrgyzstan 15.06.1963 Bishkek 10.07.1999
2.26 Dalton Grant   United Kingdom 08.04.1966 Bangor 21.07.2002
2.27 i Charles Austin   United States 19.12.1967 New York City 07.02.2003
2.30 i Charles Austin   United States 19.12.1967 Boston 02.03.2003
2.27 Charles Austin   United States 19.12.1967 Austin 05.04.2003
2.27 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Sofia 07.07.2007
2.30 i Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Novi Sad 07.02.2008
2.31 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Kragujevac 28.07.2009
2.31 James Nieto   United States 02.11.1976 New York 09.06.2012

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date Video
1.87 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 Regensburg 13.07.1935
2.05 Egon Nilsson   Sweden 07.08.1926 Ljungby 25.09.1966
2.06A John Hartfield   United States 01.11.1944 Fort Collins 01.09.1985
2.07 Istvan Major   Hungary 20.05.1949 Budapest 02.07.1990
2.10 i Dwight Stones   United States 06.12.1953 Fairfax 06.02.1994
2.10 i Dwight Stones   United States 06.12.1953 Indianapolis 25.03.1994
2.08 Dwight Stones   United States 19.07.1995 Buffalo 19.07.1995
2.11 Jim Barrineau   United States 25.06.1955 Buffalo 19.07.1995
2.15 Glen Conley   United States 09.01.1957 Albany 02.08.1997
2.15 Dalton Grant   United Kingdom 08.04.1966 Albertville 10.07.2008
2.21[1] Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Kragujevac 25.06.2011
2.22 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Kragujevac 14.07.2011
2.23 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Belgrade 02.08.2011
2.24 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Kragujevac 06.08.2011
2.25 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Bar 01.05.2012
2.28 Dragutin Topić   Serbia 12.03.1971 Belgrade 20.05.2012 [1]

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.70 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 . .1940
1.76 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 Poznań 04.07.1943
1.80 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 Poznań . .1944
1.57 Jonathan Sharp   United States 25.01.1921 Randall's Island 09.08.1969
1.625 Richmond "Boo" Morcom   United States 01.05.1921 Los Angeles 20.06.1970
1.625 Richmond "Boo" Morcom   United States 01.05.1921 San Diego 04.07.1970
1.625 Richmond "Boo" Morcom   United States 01.05.1921 Raleigh 03.04.1971
1.67 Salvator Martinez   Spain 06.05.1926 Bilbao 27.06.1971
1.68i Ed Austin   United States 22.10.1929 Anaheim 25.01.1975
1.68 Ed Austin   United States 22.10.1929 Orange 04.05.1975
1.78[2] Ed Austin   United States 22.10.1929 Fullerton 07.06.1975
1.78 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Los Gatos 17.06.1978
1.83 Richard "Dick" Richardson   United States 15.05.1933 Atlanta, Georgia 07.08.1978
1.83 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Santa Ana 23.06.1979
1.83 Richard "Dick" Richardson   United States 15.05.1933 Gresham 06.07.1979
1.90 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Los Angeles 19.04.1980
2.00 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Iisalmi 03.09.1988
2.04 i Dennis Lewis   United States 20.03.1959 Ypsilanti 11.02.2006
2.00 Bruce McBarnette   United States 07.10.1957 Durham 06.05.2006
2.01 Marco Segatel   Italy 23.03.1962 Novara 21.04.2007
2.02 Marco Segatel   Italy 23.03.1962 Bovisio Masciago 28.04.2007
2.04 Marco Segatel   Italy 23.03.1962 Cernusco sul Naviglio 19.07.2007
2.05 Charles Austin   United States 19.12.1967 San Marcos 21.06.2013

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.76 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 Neustadt 20.07.1947
1.675 Orvald Gillett   United States 02.06.1919 San Diego 04.07.1969
1.73 Orvald Gillett   United States 02.06.1919 Glendale 11.12.1971
1.73 Richmond "Boo" Morcom   United States 01.05.1921 Randall's Island 22.07.1972
1.75 John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Philadelphia 05.07.1980
1.75 John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Christchurch 12.01.1981
1.78 i John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Liberty 15.02.1981
1.79 John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Dallas 25.07.1981
1.79 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Los Gatos 12.06.1982
1.81 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Eugene 27.06.1982
1.85 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Los Gatos 21.05.1983
1.87 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Los Gatos 03.07.1983
1.88 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Los Gatos 20.08.1983
1.88 Horst Mandl   Austria 08.01.1936 Verona 27.06.1988
1.88 Dieter Wille   Germany 06.07.1943 Miyazaki 10.10.1993
1.89 Mark Chelnov   Ukraine 15.03.1944 Athens 11.06.1994
1.90 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Leppavirta 24.09.1995
2.00 i Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Birmingham 02.03.1997
1.98 Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Baunatal 17.05.1997

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.56 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 Regensburg 06.05.1950
1.47 Bill Morales   United States 16.10.1916 Van Nuys 08.04.1972
1.57 Robert Ogle   United States 20.08.1918 01.06.1974
1.575 Orvald Gillett   United States 02.06.1919 Vancouver 30.06.1974
1.68 Burl Gist   United States 01.02.1920 Fullerton 07.06.1975
1.69 Richmond "Boo" Morcom   United States 01.05.1921 Brockton 27.07.1976
1.69 i John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Lincoln 10.03.1985
1.71 i John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Lincoln 11.01.1986
1.71 John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Palm Beach 26.04.1986
1.73 John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Lincoln 13.07.1986
1.74 John C. Brown   United States 04.12.1929 Uniondale 18.07.1986
1.75 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Goleta 04.10.1986
1.79 Herm Wyatt   United States 13.09.1931 Eugene 23.05.1987
1.80 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Kiuruvesi 11.06.1998
1.81 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Leppävirta 03.08.1998
1.82 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Viitasaari 25.08.1998
1.83 Jaroslav Hanuš   Czech Republic 16.04.1943 Cesenatico 13.09.1998
1.84 Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Arrecife 25.01.2006
1.85 i Vladimir Kuntsevich   Russia 06.08.1952 Moscow 05.04.2008
1.85 Jaroslav Lorenç   Czech Republic 22.09.1953 Humpolec 27.09.2008
1.87 Carlo Thränhardt   Germany 05.07.1957 Eberstadt 17.08.2012
1.88 i Bruce McBarnette   United States 07.10.1957 Landover 22.03.2013
1.89 Carlo Thränhardt   Germany 05.07.1957 Bühll 21.06.2013
1.90 Carlo Thränhardt   Germany 05.07.1957 Eberstadt 23.08.2013
1.91 Marco Segatel   Italy 23.03.1962 Orvieto 08.07.2017

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.60 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 Fürth 01.06.1956
1.445 Virgil McIntyre   United States 20.01.1911 Orange 02.05.1971
1.445 Stan Thompson   United States 09.10.1910 Honolulu 08.07.1972
1.46 Stan Thompson   United States 09.10.1910 Hawaii 26.10.1972
1.48 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 White Plains 09.08.1975
1.49 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 20.09.1975
1.52 Cornelius Warnerdam   United States 22.06.1915 Glendale 06.12.1975
1.53 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 Manchester 07.08.1976
1.54 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 Gothenburg 08.08.1977
1.57 Erik Stai   Norway 01.02.1920 Gothenburg 08.08.1977
1.59 Burl Gist   United States 01.02.1920 Philadelphia 05.07.1980
1.59 Burl Gist   United States 01.02.1920 Los Angeles 28.04.1984
1.60 Hans Overland   Norway 03.08.1924 Brighton 22.08.1984
1.61 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Sarasota 21.05.1989
1.62 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Miami 11.06.1989
1.64 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 San Diego 21.07.1989
1.66 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Eugene 05.08.1989
1.66 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Lake Worth 21.04.1990
1.67 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Orlando 18.05.1991
1.68 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 unk.1991
1.68 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 19.09.1992
1.68 Milton Newton   United States 06.11.1933 unk unk.1994
1.69 Milton Newton   United States 06.11.1933 unk 20.07.1994
1.69 Milton Newton   United States 06.11.1933 Los Angeles 10.06.1995
1.70 Horst Mandl   Austria 08.01.1936 Malmö 21.07.1996
1.72 Phil Fehlen   United States 03.07.1935 Saskatoon 04.07.1998
1.74 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Pyhäntä 03.06.2003
1.76 Asko Pesonen   Finland 15.04.1943 Leppavirta 14.09.2003
1.77 Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Arrecife 24.03.2007
1.78 Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Arrecife 02.04.2007
1.79 Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Arrecife 15.04.2007
1.80 Thomas Zacharias   Germany 02.01.1947 Arrecife 27.04.2007
1.81 Vladimir Kuntsevich   Russia 06.08.1952 Zittau 16.08.2012
1.81 i Rüdiger Weber   Germany 13.06.1963 Dortmund 03.03.2024
1.82 Rüdiger Weber   Germany 13.06.1963 Erding 16.06.2024

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.50 Wolfgang Boneder   Germany 20.10.1894 . .1963
1.36 Virgil McIntyre   United States 20.01.1911 Gresham 03.07.1976
1.37 Stan Thompson   United States 09.10.1910 Honolulu 03.07.1976
1.37 Stan Thompson   United States 09.10.1910 Honolulu 27.03.1977
1.37 Bud Deacon   United States 28.04.1911 Gresham 19.06.1977
1.46 Ivar Sand   Norway 17.07.1912 Gothenburg 08.08.1977
1.47 Richard O'Rafferty   Ireland 10.11.1913 Hanover 28.07.1979
1.49 i Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 Syracuse 29.03.1980
1.50 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 Philadelphia 05.07.1980
1.50 Erik Stai   Norway 29.01.1915 Larvik 08.08.1981
1.51 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 Richmond 22.08.1981
1.52 i Burl Gist   United States 01.02.1920 Sterling 31.03.1985
1.52 Burl Gist   United States 01.02.1920 Visalia 04.05.1985
1.55 Hans Bittner   Germany 22.02.1920 Rome 23.06.1985
1.55 Burl Gist   United States 01.02.1920 San Diego 29.08.1987
1.56 Nils-Bertil Nevrup   Sweden 29.11.1926 Kristiansand 28.06.1992
1.62 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 31.10.1992
1.62 i James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Providence 16.01.1993
1.62 i James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Bozeman 19.03.1993
1.63 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Naples 17.04.1993
1.64 James Gillcrist   United States 28.10.1927 Gainesville 25.09.1993
1.65 Phil Fehlen   United States 03.07.1935 Norwalk 08.07.2000
1.66 Phil Fehlen   United States 03.07.1935 Eugene 12.08.2000
1.67 Dušan Prezelj   Slovenia 25.01.1949 İzmir 26.08.2014
1.68 i Dušan Prezelj   Slovenia 25.01.1949 Istanbul 22.02.2015
1.70 i Oleg Fedorko   Ukraine 31.10.1954 Kyiv 22.12.2019
1.73 i Oleg Fedorko   Ukraine 31.10.1954 Kyiv 09.02.2020
1.68 Bruce McBarnette   United States 07.10.1957 Columbia 06.08.2023

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.47 Winfield McFadden   United States 12.03.1905 Santa Ana 18.06.1977
1.48 Ian Hume   Canada 20.08.1914 Etobicoke 08.11.1984
1.49 i Nils-Bertil Nevrup   Sweden 29.11.1926 Malmö 12.01.1997
1.50 Nils-Bertil Nevrup   Sweden 29.11.1926 Olofström 11.06.1997
1.52 Bud Held   United States 25.10.1927 Phoenix 08.11.1997
1.51 Gordon Seifert   United States 18.07.1928 Murfreesboro 24.06.2000
1.59 Carl-Erik Särndal   Sweden 17.07.1937 Värnamo 07.08.2007
1.60 Dušan Prezelj   Slovenia 25.01.1949 Ptuj 22.07.2020

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date
1.40 Kizo Kimura   Japan 11 July 1911 77 years, 19 days Akita 30 July 1988
1.40 i Esko Kolhonen   Finland 3 March 1914 75 years, 29 days Turku 1 April 1989
1.44 Esko Kolhonen   Finland 3 March 1914 75 years, 154 days Eugene 4 August 1989
1.45[a] Richard Lowery   United States 6 April 1931 75 years, 2 days Clermont 8 April 2006
1.47 Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17 July 1937 75 years, 30 days Zittau 16 August 2012
1.49 Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17 July 1937 76 years, 62 days Lund 17 September 2013
1.51 i Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17 July 1937 75 years, 180 days Jönköping 13 January 2013
1.52 i Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17 July 1937 75 years, 187 days Malmö 20 January 2013
1.53 i Dušan Prezelj   Slovenia 25 January 1949 75 years, 37 days Zagreb 2 March 2024

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.20 Herbert Anderson   United States 15.07.1902 San Diego 29.08.1982
1.21 Gulab Singh   India 13.10.1905 Eugene 04.08.1989
1.22 Virgil McIntyre   United States 20.01.1911 Syracuse 28.06.1991
1.22 i Wesley Ward   United States 08.02.1910 West Lafayette 15.02.1992
1.22 Virgil McIntyre   United States 20.01.1911 20.06.1992
1.26 i Esko Kolhonen   Finland 03.03.1914 Turku 19.03.1994
1.27 Esko Kolhonen   Finland 03.03.1914 Athens 11.06.1994
1.31 Esko Kolhonen   Finland 03.03.1914 Kuusankoski 16.07.1994
1.34 Emmerich Zensch   Austria 20.12.1919 Traun 20.05.2000
1.35 Samuli Korpi   Finland 19.08.1929 Tampere 02.07.2010
1.35 Richard Lowery   United States 06.04.1931 Clermont, Florida 21.05.2011
1.37 Richard Lowery   United States 06.04.1931 Houston 17.06.2011
1.38 Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17.07.1937 Karlskrona 20.08.2017
1.40 i Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17.07.1937 Malmö 02.03.2019

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date
1.13 Buell Crane   United States 18 March 1900 85 years, 130 days Gresham 26 July 1985
1.15 Kizo Kimura   Japan 11 July 1911 85 years, 38 days Wakayama 18 August 1996
1.18 Kizo Kimura   Japan 11 July 1911 85 years, 65 days Toyama 14 September 1996
1.20 Kizo Kimura   Japan 11 July 1911 85 years, 346 days Kofu 22 June 1997
1.20 Esko Kolhonen   Finland 3 March 1914 85 years, 158 days Gateshead 8 August 1999
1.21 Donald Pellmann   United States 12 August 1915 87 years, 40 days Hot Springs 21 September 2002
1.22 Emmerich Zensch   Austria 20 December 1919 85 years, 218 days Edmonton 26 July 2005
1.25 Samuli Korpi   Finland 19 August 1929 85 years, 271 days Inkeroinen 17 May 2015
1.28 Carl Erik Särndal   Sweden 17 July 1937 85 years, 7 days Ystad 24 July 2022

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
1.04 Buell Crane   United States 18.03.1900 Gresham 27.07.1990
1.05 Kizo Kimura   Japan 11.07.1911 Maebashi 26.10.2001
1.10 Kizo Kimura   Japan 11.07.1911 Matsue 19.05.2002
1.10 Vic Younger   Australia 05.01.1912 Melbourne 08.10.2002
1.15 Donald Pellmann   United States 12.08.1915 Fort Collins 04.09.2005

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Location Date
0.86 i Everett Hosack   United States 28.02.1902 Birmingham 02.03.1997
0.96 i Leland McPhie   United States 31.03.1914 Landover 22.03.2009
0.98 Leland McPhie   United States 31.03.1914 Oshkosh 11.07.2009
0.99 Donald Pellmann   United States 12.08.1915 Palo Alto 27.03.2011
1.00 Emmerich Zensch   Austria 20.12.1919 Lyon   France 14.08.2015

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Height Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date Ref
0.90 Donald Pellmann   United States 12 August 1915 100 years, 39 days San Diego 20 September 2015

Notes

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  1. ^ unofficial meeting (Clermont NTC Spring Fling #2)

References

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  1. ^ "Herculis Monaco: Bolt vs. Lemaitre, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder - RunBlogRun". 28 June 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.mastershistory.org/Outdoor-Program/Program-1978-07.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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