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Athletics High jump

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Great Britain
Career 1827 - 2026
Best year 1866
Total points 491
Best results 9x 2. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#4
10-year rank
#22

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Contests

Categories

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
1900 Olympic Games High jump Men 2 12 Patrick Leahy
1908 Olympic Games High jump Men 2 12 Con Leahy
2008 Olympic Games High jump Men 2 12 Germaine Mason
2012 Olympic Games High jump Men 2 12 Robbie Grabarz
1936 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1948 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1952 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Sheila Lerwill
1956 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Thelma Hopkins
1960 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Dorothy Shirley
2012 Diamond League High jump Men 1 10 Robbie Grabarz
1827 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Adam Wilson
1829 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Thomas Anderson
1837 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 John Pattison
1839 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Richard Armstrong
1850 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Thomas Roper
1850 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Francis Temple
1857 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Hanmer Webb
1860 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Henry Powell
1860 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Robert Burton
1863 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Henry Sampson
1863 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 T. Bailey
1863 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Francis Gooch
1864 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Tom Mitchell
1866 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 John Roupell
1866 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Thomas Little
1866 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 J.A. Harwood
1866 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Herbert Brooks
1867 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Thomas Little
1870 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Ronald Mitchell
1874 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Marshall Brooks
1875 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Michael Glazebrook
1876 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 Marshall Brooks
1890 World record - improvement High jump Men 1 8 George Rowdon
1923 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Sophie Eliott-Lynn
1925 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Phyllis Green
1939 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1951 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Sheila Lerwill
1956 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Thelma Hopkins
1996 Olympic Games High jump Men 3 6 Steve Smith
1866 Own WR improvement High jump Men 1 4 John Roupell
1871 Own WR improvement High jump Men 1 4 Ronald Mitchell
1876 Own WR improvement High jump Men 1 4 Marshall Brooks
1926 Own WR improvement High jump Women 1 4 Phyllis Green
2016 World Indoor Championships High jump Men 2 4 Robbie Grabarz
1950 European Championship High jump Men 1 4 Alan Paterson
2012 European Championship High jump Men 1 4 Robbie Grabarz
1950 European Championship High jump Women 1 4 Sheila Lerwill
1954 European Championship High jump Women 1 4 Thelma Hopkins
2016 Diamond League High jump Men 3 3 Robbie Grabarz
1994 European Indoor Championships High jump Men 1 3 Dalton Grant
2025 Diamond League High Jump Women 3 3 Morgan Lake
1938 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1950 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1954 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Thelma Hopkins
1974 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Barbara Lawton
1993 World Championship High jump Men 3 3 Steve Smith
1995 Pan American Games High jump Men 2 3 Steve Smith
1998 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 1 3 Dalton Grant
1950 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 2 2 Alan Paterson
1986 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 2 2 Geoff Parsons
1990 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 2 2 Dalton Grant
1994 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 2 2 Steve Smith
1998 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 2 2 Ben Challenger
2006 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 2 2 Martyn Bernard
1946 European Championship High jump Men 2 2 Alan Paterson
1994 European Championship High jump Men 2 2 Steve Smith
1998 European Championship High jump Men 2 2 Dalton Grant
2016 European Championship High jump Men 2 2 Robbie Grabarz
1950 European Championship High jump Women 2 2 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1971 European Championship High jump Women 2 2 Barbara Inkpen
1938 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Dora Gardner
1950 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Bertha Crowther
1954 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1966 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Dorothy Shirley
1970 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Ann Wilson
1986 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Sharon McPeake
1990 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Janet Boyle
1998 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Joanne Jennings
2002 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Susan Jones
2006 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Julie Crane
2014 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Isobel Pooley
2018 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Morgan Lake
1989 European Indoor Championships High jump Men 2 2 Dalton Grant
2017 European Indoor Championships High jump Men 2 2 Robbie Grabarz
1967 European Indoor Championships High jump Women 2 2 Linda Knowles
1993 World Indoor Championships High jump Men 3 2 Steve Smith
1986 European Indoor Championships High jump Men 3 1 Geoff Parsons
2007 European Indoor Championships High jump Men 3 1 Martyn Bernard
1934 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 John Michie
1978 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 Brian Burgess
1986 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 Henderson Pierre
1990 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 Geoff Parsons
1994 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 Geoff Parsons
2002 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 Ben Challenger
2026 Commonwealth Games High jump Men 3 1 Kimani Jack
1970 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Moira Walls
1982 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Barbara Simmonds
1986 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Janet Boyle
1994 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Debbie Marti
1924 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Sophie Eliott-Lynn
1940 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1952 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Sheila Lerwill
1953 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Sheila Lerwill
2010 European Championship High jump Men 3 1 Martyn Bernard
2016 European Championship High jump Men 3 1 Chris Baker
1958 European Championship High jump Women 3 1 Dorothy Shirley
1962 European Championship High jump Women 3 1 Linda Knowles
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