Men: 2.39 meters (7 feet, 10 inches) by Charles Austin of the United States at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.
Women: 2.06 meters (6 feet, 9 1/10 inches) by Yelana Slesarenko of Russia at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.
Olympic records in the high jump as of the 2008 Games - Women - Yelena Slesarenko of Russia, 2.06 meters set at the 2004 Games in Athens. Men - Charles Austin of the United States, 2.39 meters set at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. All time - 2.45m (8 feet 1/2 inch) held by Javier Sotomayor from Cuba.
1) Men's High Jump: 2.39 meters by Charles Austin of the United States at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
2) Women's High Jump: 2.06 meters by Yelena Slesarenko of Russia at the 2004 Games in Athens.
3) Men's Triple Jump: 18.09 meters by Kenny Harrison of the United States at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
4) Women's Triple Jump: 15.39 meters by Francosie Mbango Etone of Cameroon at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
That depends there are many different classes in the paralympics.
Men:
Class F11: Italo Sacchetto - 1.59m (ITA)
Class F12: Ruslan Sivitski - 2.02m (BLR)
Class F13: J Orcutt - 1.98m (USA)
Class F42: Arnold Boldt - 1.96m (CAN)
Class F44: Jeff Skiba - 2.11m (USA)
Class F45: Matthias Berg - 1.68m (GER)
Class F46: Yancong Wu - 1.97m (CHN)
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is both the indoor and outdoor world record holder in this event with jumps of 2.43 metres (7 ft 11.67 in) and 2.45 metres (8 ft 0.46 in), respectively.Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) has held the women's world record 2.09 metres (6 ft 10.28 in) since 1987.
Charles Austin won gold in high jump at the 1996 Games in Atlanta with a jump of 2.39 meters (7 feet, 10 1/10 inches). It stands today as an Olympic record.
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba held the male high jump world record with a mark of 2.45 meters, but he did not win an Olympic gold medal during his career.
The Olympic Long jump record for men is 8.90 meters jumped by Bob Beamon.
Stefka Kostadinova, won and have record in high jump for World and Olympic
Following the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, the men's high jump Olympic record was 1.98 meters (6 feet, 6 inches) by Harold Osborn of the United States at the 1924 Games in Paris.
World Record: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45m Olympic Record: Charles Austin (USA) 2.39m
The gold medalists for the 2008 high jump competition at the Beijing Olympics were: * (Men) Andrey Silnov - Russia - 2.36 meters * (Women) Tia Hellebaut - 2.05 meters For men, the world record is 2.45 meters and the Olympic record is 2.39 meters (Charles Austin of the US, 1996). For women, the world record is 2.09 meters and the Olympic record is 2.06 meters.
2.45m (8 feet 1/2 inch) held by Javier Sotomayor from Cuba.
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Why, yes the 2012 Olympic high jump will take lace at wimberly.
There was no Olympic Games during the time of 1940-1944 because of World War Two
Long jump and high jump.