The high jump has been an olympic event officially for over 100 years at the Olympic Games, and will continue to be held annually every year during the Olympic, including this year's games in Beijing, China.
Yes it is a sport. It is in the Olympics, which means it is a sport.
in the Olympics there is both a team and individual event
It is believed that the high jump was performed in the ancient Olympics, but the first recorded high jump event was in Scotland in the 19th century. Click on the 'History of the High Jump' link on this page to read more about the high jump and its history.Read more: From_which_country_did_the_high_jump_originate
Luge is a Winter Olympics sport. Lacrosse and long jump are sports.
high jump
No.
Why would something like jump-roping become a sport in the Olympics? Answer that. Well, there are, believe it or not, national competitions for jump roping. So why wouldn't it?
Triple jump for men was an event at the first modern Olympics in 1896.
High jump or long jump.
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It is one event in the sport Track and Field.
The bronze medalist in the Men's High Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Bohdan Bondarenko.