Index
Athletics
Mens World Records
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	High Jump			Long Jump			Triple Jump			Pole Vault
1960	Thomas	USA	2.17	Boston	USA	8.21	Schmidt	POL	17.03	Bragg	USA	4.80.
	Thomas	USA	2.22	Boston	USA	8.24
1961	Brumel	URS	2.23	Boston	USA	8.28				Davies	USA	4.83
1962	Brumel	URS	2.26	Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	8.31				Uelses	USA	4.89
										Tork	USA	4.93
										Nikula	FIN	4.94
1963	Brumel	URS	2.28							Sternberg	USA	5.00.
										Sternberg	USA	5.08
										Pennel	USA	5.13
										Pennel	USA	5.20.
1964				Boston	USA	8.34				Hansen	USA	5.28
1965				Boston	USA	8.35
1966										Seagren	USA	5.32
										Pennel	USA	5.34
1967										Seagren	USA	5.36
1968				Beamon	USA	8.90.	Gentile	ITA	17.10.	Seagren	USA	5.41
							Gentile	ITA	17.22
							Saneyev	URS	17.23
							Prudencio	BRA	17.27
1969							Saneyev	URS	17.44	Pennel	USA	5.44
1970										Nordwig	DDR	5.46
1971	Matzdorf	USA	2.29
1972										Isaksson	SWE	5.55
										Seagren	USA	5.63
1973	Stones	USA	2.30.
1974
1975							De Oliveira	BRA	17.89	Roberts	USA	5.65
1976	Stones	USA	2.31							Bell	USA	5.67
	Stones	USA	2.32							Roberts	USA	5.70.
1977	Yashchenko	URS	2.33
1978	Yashchenko	URS	2.34
1979
1980	Wszola	POL	2.35							Kozakiewicz	POL	5.72
	Gessig	DDR	2.36							Vigneron	FRA	5.75
1981										Vigneron	FRA	5.80.
1982
1983	Jianhua	CHN	2.37
1984	Jianhua	CHN	2.39							Bubka	URS	5.85
1985	Povarnitsyn	URS	2.40.				Banks	USA	17.97
	Paklin	URS	2.41
1986
1987	Sjoberg	SWE	2.42							Bubka	URS	6.03
1988	Sotomayor	CUB	2.43
1989	Sotomayor	CUB	2.44							Bubka	URS	6.06
1990
1991				Powell	USA	8.95				Bubka	CIS	6.08
1992										Bubka	UKR	6.12
										Bubka	UKR	6.13
1993	Sotomayor	CUB	2.45
1994										Bubka	UKR	6.14
1995							Edwards	GBR	17.98
							Edwards	GBR	18.16
							Edwards	GBR	18.29
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