Standing high jump

As state high jump high jump is called without start-up, so from a standing start, he heard how the standing long jump and the triple jump prior to the state jump competitions. From 1900 to 1912 this was olympic athletics discipline. Branching average of 1.00 to 1.50 m.

Techniques

There are numerous techniques for the state high jump. Most often provides you with a certain distance in front of the bar, gets momentum with the poor, easily goes into a crouch and jumps. When jumping, you should raise the legs and the arms should be lifted upwards.

This technique is widely used and is often learned first. The disadvantage is that you can not jump very high.

For this reason, the state high jumper used at the Olympic Games a different technique. It's more efficient when you stand to the side bar. Then getting with the poor a lot of momentum and when the arms are behind his back, it easily goes into a crouch. Now you can jump over the bar by raising the upper body in the vertical and the legs in a horizontal position over the bar. First one leg ( horizontal) should be lifted over the bar and then the second leg should be retightened. The arms can this be kept up.

In addition to these techniques, there are many more, such as the jump with a somersault. Many of you took over from the high jump. So there is a variant with the straddle and the Fosbury flop.

Olympics

At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 the state high jump was first olympic. With the world record of 1,655 m of Americans Ray Ewry won. At the games in 1904 in St. Louis (1.60 m ), 1906 in Athens (1.56 m) and in 1908 in London ( 1,575 m) Ewry also took gold. The last Olympic competition at the Games in Stockholm in 1912 won the American Platt Adams 1.63 m.

Medalist of the Olympic Games

Record

1888 for the first time an unofficial world record of 1,475 m was established. The first official world record was set in 1896 with Ray Ewry 1,613 m. On 16 July 1900, at the Olympic Games, he broke his own record with 1,655 m. 1936, Harold Osborn 1.68 m ( 5-foot and 6 inches ) the last world record in the high jump stand on. He was never broken, as state high jump competitions are no longer officially discharged.

Other well-known stand -vaulter

  • Meyer Prinstein (USA)
  • Paul Weinstein (GER )

State high jump today

Today state high jump will be held only on unofficial ( non-professional ) events.

  • Athletics discipline
Straddle technique Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games Irving Baxter Lewis Sheldon Joseph Stadler Lawson Robertson John Biller Greece Ben Adams (track and field) Paul Weinstein (athlete)
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