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High jump

High jump is a World Athletics jumping event. Athletes clear a bar onto a landing mat; the highest valid cleared height decides.

LevelVariant FamilyAthletics CategoryAthletics

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Classification

Category Athletics

Family Athletics

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Vertical jump over a bar with landing on a mat.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like technique, explosive power and rhythm.

Cost Low to medium: facility, mat and coach are central. Club fee, spikes, facility time and competitions. Athletics club or jumps group.

First progress Approach and take-off quickly; stable height gains need technique.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

high-jump mat
bar/bungee
uprights
approach area
coach

First steps

identify take-off foot
run curved approach
use low bar
land safely

Athletics club, school team or jumps group.

Train only on a suitable mat and with progressive height.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, outdoor, einzeln, high-jump, hochsprung, world-athletics, jumps, athletics

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Clear the highest valid bar.

Teilnehmer

Individual athletes.

Teamgröße

Individual.

Spielfeld

Approach area, uprights, bar and landing mat.

Dauer

Attempt series over increasing heights.

Wertung

Highest valid height; failures resolve ties.

Gewinnbedingung

Highest valid height with best failure count.

Ausrüstung

bar
uprights
landing mat
approach area
measurement

Wichtige Regelpunkte

dislodging the bar
take-off fault
time breach
unsafe attempt

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Athletics (WA)
World Athletics (WA)

High Jump World Athletics · official · high
Competition and Technical Rules World Athletics · rulebook · high
Our Sport World Athletics · official · high