The Greatest Men's High Jump Competition in Track & Field History 

I was there with my family on a trip to NYC. The atmosphere was amazing. The crowd was knowledgeable and knew they were watching something that had never been seen ... two guys jumping 2.42m in the same competition!! Barshim had one really great attempt at 2.46m. I think it might be the closest attempt we will ever see. Then in 30 or 40 years we will look back and realize how incredible this day was really appreciate that the WR is hardly even human!

I didn't quite understand how impressive this was until I saw one of those bars in person

Men's high jump is fascinating, not only because it's the closest we see to humans flighing unaided but because as each jumper reaches the edge of their physical capacity mental strength / confidence becomes paramount and when this fails to materialise we witness abysmal attempts. Nevertheless, a truly great comp.

I wish he would've attemped 2.46 that last jump

lol Bondarenko is the biggest troll ever

HJ = Life. 145 lbs? Good God

The only thing here that's as incredible as the jumps, is the amount of lankiness in this video.

Barshim was so close just if he had raised his hips a tiny bit more lol im watching these for homework fun:)

That was definitely worth watching. What a strong performance each high jumper put on! Bravo! (From a former Track & Field Athlete)

This was amazing to watch live.

Just watched some sticks jump over some sticks that were held up by some thicker sticks

I can jump over a puddle of water but sometimes I get my shoes wet, is that still good?

wtf dude looks exactly like dirk

two great fighters fighting at this level is very rare

High Jump is very arguably the hardest world record to break, I’ll be okay to die the day I see it happen

I’m out here struggling clearing 4 feet😑

i was born 2 days ago and i jumped 9'48745 and im only 2 inches tall, is that good?

wow 143 ponds? that's insane he's like a feather no wonder he jumps this well

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Imagine a high jumper in a dunk contest..

Did 6-8 in 70, 71 & 72

I'm annoyed of all the people posting their best jumps in here, as if they're comparable to these guys. Look at these guys body frames, you can't jump nearly as high as them.

The last guy trolled everyone

in 2014 they were in a good shape omg

Amazing!! Great post!

This is amazing!

Icahn Stadium is on Randall's Island, surrounded by four different waterways. As a result, crazy swirling winds! (AND COLD!) To have the jumpers at that level of performance in that environment of difficulty!

awsome job guys

Great competition

God I wish Americans would just learn to deal with metric.

Goddamn, 7-10 and 1/2, 7-11 and 1/4. WTF? use metric, USA!!

Only ever jumped 6'4 don't know how these guys do it

someone please tell me these guys verticals

I’m 24 I’m jump from beer bottle to beer bottle Is that good?

They glide over like a fish

Just born and cleared 12 1/4

They could have beaten the world record by 3,4,11 and 45 78ths without me having a clue.

I'm confused with these american measuring units

Endermen can really jump

I'm 17 years old and just graduated, and decided to try high jump for my school track team for fun. I cleared 6"6 in high jump, triple jump 12.52m, shot put 11.86m, long jump 6.14m, discus 36.23m, sprints which is my weakest event ran 12.17s, and javelin I threw 35m. Considering this was all for fun, I did fairly well. I am 6ft tall and weigh 185 pounds

Wish they told in meters

+Aaron Nobles Dont gas your best jump is 5'10"

Damn....how can anyone jump 7'-10"

Damn

People know they can't say they jump 2.42 m, so they choose a lower number like 1.60 and then say they're 12

How to jump in soil

Anticlimax be like

So who won?

I'm in 8th grade and my best is 5'6 and i'm 5'9

in 8th grade and my pr was 5'4 and im 5'8

A.L.Y.

For fuck sake America! Choose a measurement system and stick with it! Switching between metric and imperial pisses me off!

Feet and inches, sounds weird!

I hate this commenter using feet

im in 8th grade and i just joined track and tried high jump and now im going to state(5'2)is that high???

I'm in 7th grade made 5"2 and I am 13 5"7 feet tall

I am 14 and I can only jump 4ft and 8in, lol and im in 8th grade....

I’m a freshman and for long jump I have 17’6

This guy needs to stop swinging his arms like that in scared its gonna break

I'm 12 but did this when I was 11 I jumped 1.40m is this good

I'm 14 in the 8th grade and can almost jump 6' but I can't ever get the right bend over the bar or I just dont kick out right

12 inches = 1 foot , 3 feet = 1 yard , 1760 yard = 1 mille ... 10 millimeters = 1 centimeter , 100 cm = 1 meter , 1000 meters = 1 kilometer . Sure , imperial system is much better ...

And then they played each other in the Olympics

But can they dunk thooo.Hahhaah

Look like they set the black guy up to fail..been jumping all day

Why do I think these guys couldn’t dunk to save their lives

wooh I'm 12 and can only jump 1.36m

I'm 12 and I jump 1.60

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No metric, No view, No subscription and a Dislike

lolololol qutar bought tham another african oil money cuz that dude is born in africa not middle east

Errr...slightly egging the pudding, usage and abusive use of the English language...... The Greatest this ....the greatest that.... nonsense.... It's an exciting high jump comp....yes....

If there hadn't been the persecution of Russian athletes Joukov would have crushed them all.