Once ... Cornelieus Leahy won gold in the high jump for Great Britain at the 1906 Olympics.
Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria with a jump of 2.05 meters (6 feet, 8 3/4 inches).
Ruth Beitia of Spain won the gold medal
Ruth Beitia of Spain won the gold medal
The country winning the gold medal in the Men's High Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Canada.
Russia's Anna Chicherova Won Womens High Jump Gold Medal 2012 London, and she later admitted that to help her jump, she does the event with a full bladder, she said that she hold more than 6 times her bladder can handle, then performs the jump, she is known for holding her pee back for over 2 weeks!!
That was Ibolya Csak of Hungary at 1.62 meters (5 feet, 3 3/4 inches).
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The USA
James Jumptoshort
John Rambo of the United States was the bronze medalist in men's high jump at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Valeriy Brumel of the USSR won gold and John Thomas of the United States won silver. Tiasia Chenchik of the USSR was the bronze medalist in women's high jump at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Iolanda Balas of Romania won gold and Michele Brown of Australia won silver.
They are pretty good as German men have won 6 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) and German women have won 6 medals (4 gold, 2 bronze) in Olympic high jump competition.