Thank you very much for this great video. In my humble opinion I think Vladimir Yaschenko is the best high jumper of all time. He broke the world record with the straddle technique when the Fosbury flop was starting to become more and more popular. And he was a teenager. Had he tried the Fosbury flop, I'm sure he would have beaten Sotomayor's world record. Unfortunately he was injured and couldn't compete at the Moscow Olympics. I'm sure he would have won the gold medal. He still will be remembered as the king of straddel.

@giorgiobrugaletta2878

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe not the greatest high jumper ever but probably the greatest talent ever! He could jump over 2,40 with the straddle tecnique, that would have been out of this world!

@vieuxbal1253

4 жыл бұрын

@@giorgiobrugaletta2878 Agreed!

@MarkJohnson-zy4fd

4 жыл бұрын

Yashshenko had different physical skills. He was the world record holder utilizing the straddle technique at age 19 or 20; kinda hard to argue that should have become a flopper. I reject the notion that the flop is an inherently better technique. The flop and straddle are different. That is all that can be said.

@dijkb

Жыл бұрын

...Would Have.. does not count

Holm looks to have the most air time of any of the jumpers. To me, he looks the most impressive...

As usual, incredible video Antonin, keep going and hope Barshim can frighten the World Record, allí can heppen with him! 😉💪🏼

@MotionAthlete

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much !

I kept wondering when you'd name Fosbury. I'm with Boris Gorski, all the others owe Fosbury about 5 inches on their jumps.

In Sweden there is a beef between Holm and Sjöberg. Holm is acting (for years) like a crybaby telling everyone he was a better jumper then Sjöberg. But Sjöberg just smiles and ask.. "how high did you jump and how high did I jump". Holm cries even more and making a fool of himself. But Holms son will be heard of much more in the future. He's 14 and have jumped 2.13.

Great music in this vid! Thanks for the links.

Very good video; I enjoyed watching it and learnt a lot. One thing to mention, though, Dick Fosbury I would put in the top 5 of this list because, as well as being the 1968 Olympic champion, and breaking the world record, he was also the most influential high jumper of all time. Even though the "flop" is named after him, and he admits he did not invent it, it was his performance of it that brought it to the mainstream. Without this influence, none of the subsequent performances would ever have been made.

@Superhiknapada

5 жыл бұрын

breakin record? no

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

He set a new Olympic record but no World record. As for none of the subsequent performances, you can speculate all you like. The flop is not any more efficient than the straddle so it’s pretty hard to justify any claim that things would be different today if not for him. I started high jump because of Fosbury. Not just because of the technique but because of the man too. I coached for 15 years and would like to do it again. But he belongs in the honourable mentions category, rather than being one of the greats.

@222mozart

2 жыл бұрын

pls??

Absent injury, Yashshenko would likely have added to his WR for multiple years and there might have been many more excellent straddle jumpers. The straddle calls for different physical skills than the flop. Today’s floppers are like flexible gymnasts. Yashshenko and Brumel demonstrate enormous power. I, for one, do not think the straddle is entirely dead.

@smallfry3270

2 жыл бұрын

That is what I am thinking too. Done at 20 who knows how high he could go if he were starting today using the Flop.

@panotak881

Жыл бұрын

AFTER HIS INJURY AT THE AGE OF 20 HE STARTED DRINK AND HE WAS ALCOHOLIC.AND DIED AT 40 YEARS

Dick FOSBURY is FIRST of all !!!! The inventor of modern high jump ! God bless You, DICK !

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

Dick Fosbury already has a well-deserved special place in history. Was a he a great high jumper? No. Very good certainly - good enough for an Olympic gold medal - but probably not in the league of most of those mentioned here. Great innovator though and changed the event forever.

@Number6_

Жыл бұрын

I don't see such statements over in the girls high jump.

I love these !

Great video 👌

Barshim is a beast. I hope to see him break the world record in Tokyo.

@rusbenreyes5695

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that Barshim break the world record because his better years are gone, in 2014 was his best year and didn't now is 7 years later and he jumped under 2.40m at Tokyo.

@rusbenreyes5695

2 жыл бұрын

Barshim better years gone, I don't think he can break that world record because every year he's jumping under 2.40m

Thanks you for this marvelous documentary on history on marvelous Athletes on High Jump....!P.S.I have appreciated so much that the last name in honorable mention was....was the guy that change and making the modern High Jump,Dick Fosbury !

Javier is insane 🙏

An unbelievable job, man!

i think sotomayors record has a sort of hold over the other jumpers since. If you set the bar at 2.46 and told Barshim it was 2.43, in the end he would clear it. It is psychological i think

@nikiniewerth8148

2 жыл бұрын

Barshim clearing 2.42 still had so much room beneath him! That jump was 2.45 high i think!

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it doesnt work that way.

@pontusschroder8361

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioescalona1640 What does not work that way?

@nikiniewerth8148

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioescalona1640 it does! Mental game

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

@@pontusschroder8361 records or perceptions are different than true data

Artur Partyka, how good he was in Atlanta. I still can't believe C. Austin won this..

Nice video/nice rank/nice music

They are more than athletes, they are outright artists!

Javier Sotomayor!!! Madre mia!!! Una barbaridade!!!

A very pure discipline.

Glad to see Stefan Holm on the list!

@panotak881

Жыл бұрын

He deserves it.He have the WR considering his height and the height of bars.He was too short.I think he is 1,83m

Good vid

Sotomayor is the king of the high jump for now. I don't think we will see his records broken soon. I thought that Bob Beamon's long jump record would stand forever, but another great athlete always comes along.

The only thing preventing Mutaz Barshm from breaking the world record is himself. He definitely could.

@lecinquiemeroimage

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he did not understand that he wastes a lot of energy and nervous impulses, jumping heights that he passes easily: he would have had to save himself to succeed 2.46 m (passing 2.43 m on the 1st try in Brussels, he was well above!)

@jcornwall6228

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeffrey Young I don't think so. I don't think he is far from it at all.

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, not that easy. Phycological factors also play a big roll. He need more jumps over 2.40m to help himself as Sotomayor did.

@thethirdman225

Жыл бұрын

Barshim is one of the all-time greats and belongs in this list but his best days are behind him.

Can you mention other top athletes who use straddle technique beside Yaschenko : from 1980s to now ? I have seen others, but don't remember who ?

@MarkJohnson-zy4fd

4 жыл бұрын

Lex Soft Pat Matsdorff of the US was world record holder in the mid-70s as a straddle jumper.

4:38 Doing a front flip over a 2 meter bar. That is insane!

You’ve got the best atlethics videos on KZread.

@MotionAthlete

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much !

La mejor técnica para ver, hace un pequeño juego con los pies cuando va volando, no se lo he visto a nadie. grande Sotomayor

You should put the top 10 800m runners video back up!

I like the way it’s playing ELEVATOR music!

Number 1 has to be the guy that developed the modern style of high jumping.

I add artur partyka

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Holm Holm is 5'11", not short but a few inches shorter than average for a male high jumper. His best is 2.37 outdoors, 2.40 indoors.

0:27 in the background "ciao papà" AHAHHAHAH it's italian it means "hello dad"

@jacopolancellotti7997

5 жыл бұрын

Viva gli italiani

My ranking: 1) Sotomayor 2) Barshim 3) Sjöberg 4) Brumel 5) Yaschenko 6) Mögenburg 7) Bondarenko 8) Holm 9) Ukhov 10) Partyka

@chamindujanith6337

2 жыл бұрын

Drouin? Tamberi?

@rusbenreyes5695

2 жыл бұрын

Your right ✅

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

Barshim second GOAT without breaking a record? Sorry but I dont think so!

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

IMO to be in that list you must have a world record. To be the GOAT you have to jump over 2.46m and then wait over 28 years (and counting).

@chamindujanith6337

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioescalona1640 Ugh. What are you talking?

9:00 F for the judge

Does anybody have any good info on what these high jumpers' vertical leap is (in other words, if they didn't have to get their entire body over the bar, how high could they get their head above their standing height?) Top NBA jumpers are around 46 or 48 inches. Thanks for great video here, and the jumpers' form is so cool to watch.

@magichands135

4 жыл бұрын

Had this discussion some time ago on a basketball video. Basically of you are 2meters and you clear the bar at 2.42m, you clear the bar with the center of your body supposedly being at 1meters. 2.42m minus 1m makes a ground clearance of 1m42 or about 55inches. But the center of gravity is not at the hight of the bar so that's actually not the hight you are clearing, its a little lower. Also depending on the length of your legs, the center of your body or the point that you clear the bar with might not be in the middle but a little higher. The measuring of the NBA reach does not account for the fact that jumping with one arm, makes you tilt the body and jump higher. All in all I think we must conclude that the max NBA running vertical is 46 inches (although the amount of steps is limited, so it could be higher) and that the max vertical of high jumpers should be over 50. There is footage though of And-one streetballers dunking on 12 foot rims, that should be a vertical way over 50inches. That's about all I've got for you.

@andrewsmith4356

4 жыл бұрын

@@magichands135 Thank you -- well explained and removed some confusion on my part. cheers!

@crabb9966

2 жыл бұрын

Stefan holm's vertical and sotomayors vertical must have been insane, sotomayor had a vertical of 43 inches before doing any practice at the age of 15(I'm not sure but that's what i heard)

Great video no doubt but I would rename it to Top high jumps (not jumpers) of all time. IMO to be in that list you must at least have a world record, so some in your list wont classify while others need to be there. That been said to beat the GOAT you have to jump over 2.46m and then wait over 28 years (since 1993 and counting).

Very impressive heights .

Interesting video. Every jumper in this video is using the Fosbury Flop yet Dick Fosbury is the last honorable mention. Interesting perspective on what makes a jumper great. Apparently is is only how high you can jump.

@paulallan2941

3 жыл бұрын

Yashenko & Brumel ??

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Carlo Thranhardt is a 3x world indoor record holder. He cleared 2.37 to beat Paklin’s 2.36.

7:24 wooo

Valery Brumel won the silver medal at Rome Olympics in 1960 and not 1964. It's probably a mistake because shortly after you mention he won the gold medal in 1964 Olympics.

Nice video. One small quibble, however. First it says Brumel was the silver medalist at the ‘64 Olympics, then later it says he won the ‘64 Olympics. Which is it? It can’t be both.

@MM-qv6fi

2 жыл бұрын

He was the silver medalist in 1960 and won gold in 1964

@jamesmccarthy3823

2 жыл бұрын

@@MM-qv6fi - I know. That’s not what the video says, though.

You forgot Tim Forsyth of Australia

Great video, but Dick Fosbury should be in there somewhere.

@Grossknecht

3 жыл бұрын

16:47 .

Rumors are that Sotomayor is Fidel’s son.

Holm the best all times!,

@deifor

5 жыл бұрын

Nope. Sotomayor holds the record for a loooooong time, seems unbeatable.

No Fosbury? He invented the technique that everyone now copies….he is the greatest high jumper of all time for that reason.

What about Dick Fosbury? The man who changed the sport and introduced the modern style that every high jumper in the world uses.

@MarkJohnson-zy4fd

3 жыл бұрын

peter thayer Respectfully, I would say “the currently prevailing” style. I have seen many young people that might be much more successful with techniques other than the flop. The flop calls for flexibility above all else. The straddle relies on power and technique.

@troliskimosko

3 жыл бұрын

he's in the honorable mentions list at the end of the video

Holm was very impressive despite being short and appears to have shorter limbs too.

Hello.You not remember 2 Poland High jumper Jacek Wszola ( gold,and silver medalist olimpic plus World Record) end Artur Patryka Multi Medalist in meny Championship .Soory for may Lang.Merci B.Dziekuje Bardzo.

@bradleyphister4057

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he meant 1968 or something like that

@carlkinglewis

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyphister4057 76 Monntral plus 80 Moscwa

@bradleyphister4057

3 жыл бұрын

Is this the real Carl Lewis?

@carlkinglewis

3 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyphister4057 Unfortunately not, but a huge fan of Carl. Best regards.

Casi todos estos saltadores usaron tipo de salto fosbury con el cual se ha logrado saltar lo mas alto asta ahorita. Asi que para mi en lo personal el mas grande saltador despues de sotonayor es fosbury. En lo personal.....

I don't see anyone today (2021) that is going to replace Bondarenko or Barshim, whose best jumps are probably already behind them..

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

Probably true, so it may not happen in the generation!

@pukulu

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioescalona1640 There were several good, young talents in the 2021 Olympics, but not as good as Bondarenko was at his peak. I'm thinking of Gianmarco Tamberi in particular.

yashchenko from URS not UKR ...

Brashim always look like he can jump even higher... he always clear the bar by miles

@dulcerodriguez1205

2 жыл бұрын

Sotomayor is the Best ok

Yashenko was a Soviet athlete, not Ukrainian, not Russian.

@vasilybulatov696

Жыл бұрын

Just as was Brumel.

Att: Sotomayor was 2 times caughted dopped from cocaine.As Sjoberg too

Why do you put Austin ahead of Bondarenko?

@lechatvenere

2 жыл бұрын

Because he makes what he wants in his videos 😊

Song at 2:52?

I would leave Uhkov out. I liked him until he got busted. I’d put Dwight Stones in there instead. He was the greatest jumper of his generation but it’s not reflected in his medal tally (No, I’m not American). He did set a number of world records and his technique was textbook.

no one has pointed out the fact that at 2:11 it says he became the silver medalist but at 2:33 it says he won the olympics (gold medal)

@thethirdman225

3 жыл бұрын

That was at two different Olympics.

Great work, but I would have Bondarenko above Ukhov. Both Barshim and Bondarenko have made seriously credible attempts at 2.46m.

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

Agree they looked credible bit IMO they're not close to braking it. They need to have more regular jumps over 2.40 as Sotomayor did before he stablished his record. Probably it wont happen in this generation of athletes.

@dctbass

2 жыл бұрын

@@marioescalona1640 I agree, the chance has passed. I am pretty sure that both of them were capable of 2.44 and maybe even 2.45, but, understandably, when the chance presented itself, they went straight up to 2.46 to try for the record.

Where is partyka? Where is Steve Smith?

@thethirdman225

Жыл бұрын

Neither are good enough for this list.

Where is Gianmarco Tamberi?

Tamberi?

why music it doesnt give you subs or likes cuz you might get copyright claimed

I think people in the cuban government didn't like Sotamayor and deliberately sabotaged his career.. Why would a country with such a great talent boycott two successive olympics when he was in the prime of his career? And there were other crazy things that they did to him such as confiscating a car he had won in a competition.

Vladimir Yashchenko - from USSR

How is Derek Drouin not in this list

@MotionAthlete

6 жыл бұрын

I had to make a (hard) choice, and I recognize that the fact that I didn't put him in the list is very questionable.

@pandachong7942

6 жыл бұрын

Because he isn't that good, he only got gold at the olympics because mutaz was having a bad jump day and the other guy was sick.

@sammycs8929

6 жыл бұрын

He is in hounorable mentions though

@ly_nk

5 жыл бұрын

Derek drouin is the one who got me into jumping

@user-xe6rk4uu4r

5 жыл бұрын

@@pandachong7942 it was not because barshim had a bad jump day, it was because Barshim hurt his back earlier and he had to change his run up

Is it safe to say the the greatest collection of high jumpers came from the former USSR?

@joonapaananen3145

4 жыл бұрын

Im sorry but sweden isn't a part of the former USSR Oh sorry wasn't

Americans do not care if it is not also in feet and inches. 8 feet that is cool. Basketball ball hoop in 10 feet up. We can relate. 2.38 meters mean zero in the States. Seriously this gets no coverage in Summer Olympics yet they show guys running and running and running. This is drama. BTW And call it the 440 and 220 so we can compare over the years.

Well, im very disappointed, not one single clip of my Universe high jump record, that's right, i beat them all. Get this, 10 feet, in one attempt, of course it was more of a fall than a jump, never went up, i went down, an unfortunately misstep, didnt see the hole, Im ok, thanks for ur concern. But still 10 feet huh? Lol. Love this discipline, it blows my mind how they can do this and going up...

M 45 ??

They should jump all naked. How often the shirts and shorts touch the bar?

Yashchenko is USSR athlete, OK. There was not Ukraine then, neither before, never was.

Excuse, Walerij Brumel was not he 8th best! He was the bestest.

@davidedmundson8402

2 жыл бұрын

He advanced the world record by a full 2 inches! No one else on this list even comes close.

11:11 7' 51/2" actually.

List is BS without Fosbury.

No roids in the hj

Mutaz is considered the best because he's more consistent with his jumps

@jhonbadigjan1526

3 жыл бұрын

No human being has ever jumped equally and or higher than Sotomayor, The Great 😂 be quiet 🤐

@peteralix6166

3 жыл бұрын

Hashim cleared 2.40 13 times sotoyamor 24 times

@marioescalona1640

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, records show a different history.

This is wrong from the start to finish... Check Wikipedia first !

the men have better music, but the girls are much better looking and ware less clothes and keep my attention longer. this could be subjective?

the future owns to dexton

@sawtmac

6 жыл бұрын

dexton isnt the highest jumper on earth stefan holm 181 and pass 240 stefan at least has 130cm jump , even dexton jump high there is technique involve which is hard to learn

Too bad about that crappy 'music.' 😒

I guess white men CAN jump!

You dont respect legends? Smh..Forsbury will always be 1st...

@bensmith9128

6 жыл бұрын

This is the "best " high jumpers

Dick Fosbury

Брумель родился и вырос в Харькове! Он советский или украинский прыгун, но не как не рус как написано! Исправляйте, позорники!

@user-lq9yy3rv4k

2 жыл бұрын

А что на Украине рождались только украинцы?

Barshim is #1

@rusbenreyes5695

2 жыл бұрын

Barshim is great but Sotomayor is the greatest, # 1

No human being has ever jumped higher than Mutaz Barshim.

@al3x965

5 жыл бұрын

em...google Sotomayer :)

@borood1188

5 жыл бұрын

@@al3x965 Barshim went higher, but the bar was lower.

@al3x965

5 жыл бұрын

@@borood1188 That makes no sence

@NYJason

4 жыл бұрын

No human being has ever jumped equally and or higher than Sotomayor, The Great 😂 be quiet 🤐

@jhonbadigjan1526

3 жыл бұрын

Idiot

They are more than athletes, they are outright artists!