World Rankings — Men’s

Donald Thomas started jumping in shoes in ’06 and the next year became world champion and the No. 1 Ranker

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1947 1949 1...... Bill Vessie (US) 1...... () 2...... (US) 2...... Dick Phillips (US) 3...... Moon Mondschein (US) 3...... Moon Mondschein (US) 4...... Tom Scofield (US) 4...... Dike Eddleman (US) 5...... John Vislocky (US) 5...... Georges Damitio () 6...... Chuck Hanger (US) 6...... Yuriy Ilyasov () 7...... (US) 7...... Rune Reiz () 8...... Dike Eddleman (US) 8...... John Vislocky (US) 9...... () 9...... Arne Ahman (Sweden) 10...... Alan Paterson (Great Britain) 10...... Jack Heintzman (US) 1948 1950 1...... John Winter (Australia) 1...... Papa Gallo Thiam () 2...... George Stanich (US) 2...... John Winter (Australia) 3...... Dike Eddleman (US) 3...... Alan Paterson (Great Britain) 4...... Bill Vessie (US) 4...... Virgil Severns (US) 5...... Vern McGrew (US) 5...... Jack Razetto (US) 6...... Tom Scofield (US) 6...... Vern McGrew (US) 7...... Dave Albritton (US) 7...... Robert Walters (US) 8...... Dick Phillips (US) 8...... Andre Du Preez () 9...... John Vislocky (US) 9...... Robert Gorden (US) 10...... Bjørn Paulson () 10...... Dave Albritton (US)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1951 1955 1...... J. Lewis Hall (US) 1...... (US) 2...... Buddy Davis (US) 2...... (Sweden) 3...... Herm Wyatt (US) 3...... Charlie Dumas (US) 4...... Georges Damitio (France) 4...... Floyd Smith (US) 5...... Charles Holding (US) 5...... Jaroslav Kovář () 6...... Arnold Betton (US) 6...... Vern Wilson (US) 7...... Barney Dyer (US) 7...... Wilfred Lee (US) 8...... Göran Widenfeldt (Sweden) 8...... Bernie Allard (US) 9...... Herb Neff (US) 9...... Ion Söter (Romania) 10...... Virgil Severns (US) 10...... Julius Chigbolu (Nigeria) 1952 1956 1...... Buddy Davis (US) 1...... Charlie Dumas (US) 2...... Ken Wiesner (US) 2...... Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 3...... Emery Barnes (US) 3...... (Australia) 4...... Ion Söter (Romania) 4...... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 5...... Gösta Svensson (Sweden) 5...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 6...... José Telles da Conceição (Brazil) 6...... Vern Wilson (US) 7...... Arnold Betton (US) 7...... Bill Russell (US) 8...... Fred Pratley (US) 8...... Ernie Shelton (US) 9...... Charles Holding (US) 9...... Phil Reavis (US) 10...... Herm Wyatt (US) 10...... Vladimir Sitkin (Soviet Union) 1953 1957 1...... Buddy Davis (US) 1...... Yuriy Styepanov (Soviet Union) 2...... Ernie Shelton (US) 2...... Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 3...... J. Lewis Hall (US) 3...... Charlie Dumas (US) 4...... Charles Holding (US) 4...... Vladimir Sitkin (Soviet Union) 5...... Mark Smith (US) 5...... Chilla Porter (Australia) 6...... Milt Mead (US) 6...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 7...... Ion Söter (Romania) 7...... Al Urbanckas (US) 8...... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 8...... Phil Reavis (US) 9...... Barney Dyer (US) 9...... Ernie Shelton (US) 10...... Ken Wiesner (US) 10...... Zbigniew Lewandowski () 1954 1958 1...... Ernie Shelton (US) 1...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 2...... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 2...... Charlie Dumas (US) 3...... Charles Holding (US) 3...... Jiří Lánský (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Floyd Jeter (US) 4...... Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 5...... Doug Spainhower (US) 5...... Rickard Dahl (Sweden) 6...... Bob Billings (US) 6...... Yuriy Styepanov (Soviet Union) 7...... Jiří Lánský (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Bertil Holmgren (Sweden) 8...... Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Nigeria) 8...... Don Stewart (US) 9...... Art Carder (US) 9...... Theo Püll (West ) 10...... Bennie Roy (US) 10...... (US)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1959 1963 1...... Charlie Dumas (US) 1...... (Soviet Union) 2...... Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 2...... Tony Sneazwell (Australia) 3...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 3...... Gene Johnson (US) 4...... Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 4...... John Thomas (US) 5...... Eero Salminen () 5...... Chihchin Ni () 6...... Errol Williams (US) 6...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 7...... Bob Gardner (US) 7...... Kjell-Ake Nilsson (Sweden) 8...... Chilla Porter (Australia) 8...... Lew Hoyt (US) 9...... Jiří Lánský (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Paul Stuber (US) 10...... Wayne Moss (US) 10...... (US) 1960 1964 1...... John Thomas (US) 1...... Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2...... Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2...... John Thomas (US) 3...... Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 3...... (US) 4...... Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 4...... Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 5...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 5...... Edward Czernik (Poland) 6...... Charlie Dumas (US) 6...... Chihchin Ni (China) 7...... Joe Faust (US) 7...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 8...... Errol Williams (US) 8...... (US) 9...... Charles Lewis (US) 9...... Kjell-Ake Nilsson (Sweden) 10...... Herm Wyatt (US) 10...... Mahamat Idriss (Chad) 1961 1965 1...... Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 1...... Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2...... John Thomas (US) 2...... Chihchin Ni (China) 3...... Bob Avant (US) 3...... Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 4...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 4...... (US) 5...... Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 5...... Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 6...... Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 6...... Tony Sneazwell (Australia) 7...... Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 7...... John Dobroth (US) 8...... Bob Gardner (US) 8. Wolfgang Schillkowski () 9...... Mahamat Idriss (Chad) 9...... (Soviet Union) 10...... Joe Faust (US) 10...... Frank Costello (US) 1962 1966 1...... Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 1...... Chihchin Ni (China) 2...... Joe Faust (US) 2...... Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 3...... Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 3...... Otis Burrell (US) 4...... Gene Johnson (US) 4...... Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 5...... John Thomas (US) 5...... John Hartfield (US) 6...... Chihchin Ni (China) 6...... Robert Sainte-Rose (France) 7...... Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 7...... Jacques Madubost (France) 8...... Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 8...... Mahamat Idriss (Chad) 9...... Gerd Duhrkop () 9...... John Dobroth (US) 10...... Bob Avant (US) 10...... Ed Caruthers (US)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1967 1971 1...... Ed Caruthers (US) 1...... (US) 2...... Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 2...... (US) 3...... (Soviet Union) 3...... Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 4...... Otis Burrell (US) 4...... Chihchin Ni (China) 5...... Clarence Johnson (US) 5...... István Major () 6. Wolfgang Schillkowski (West Germany) 6...... Rustam Akhmyetov (Soviet Union) 7...... John Hartfield (US) 7...... Tim Heikkila (US) 8...... Steve Brown (US) 8...... Csaba Dosa (Romania) 9...... Jan Dahlgren (Sweden) 9...... Stefan Junge (East Germany) 10...... Rudolf Hubner (Czechoslovakia) 10..... Roman Moravec (Czechoslovakia) 1968 1972 1...... (US) 1...... Jüri Tarmak (Soviet Union) 2...... Ed Caruthers (US) 2...... Stefan Junge (East Germany) 3...... Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 3...... (US) 4...... Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 4...... Hermann Magerl (West Germany) 5...... Reynaldo Brown (US) 5...... Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 6...... John Hartfield (US) 6...... Jan Dahlgren (Sweden) 7.... Gunther Spielvogel (West Germany) 7...... Ádám Szepesi (Hungary) 8...... Giacomo Crosa () 8...... Vladimir Abramov (Soviet Union) 9...... Ed Hanks (US) 9...... Rustam Akhmyetov (Soviet Union) 10...... Kenneth Lundmark (Sweden) 10...... Ron Jourdan (US) 1969 1973 1...... Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 1...... Dwight Stones (US) 2...... Otis Burrell (US) 2...... Reynaldo Brown (US) 3...... (Italy) 3...... (US) 4...... Kenneth Lundmark (Sweden) 4...... István Major (Hungary) 5...... Dick Fosbury (US) 5...... Vladimir Abramov (Soviet Union) 6...... Ron Jourdan (US) 6...... Vladimír Malý (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Chris Celion (Sweden) 7...... John Beers () 8...... Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 8...... Chihchin Ni (China) 9...... Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 9...... Robert Joseph (US) 10...... István Major (Hungary) 10...... Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 1970 1974 1...... Chihchin Ni (China) 1...... Dwight Stones (US) 2...... Reynaldo Brown (US) 2...... Jesper Törring (Denmark) 3...... Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 3...... Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 4...... Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 4...... Vladimír Malý (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Kenneth Lundmark (Sweden) 5...... Vladimir Abramov (Soviet Union) 6...... Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 6...... Rune Almén (Sweden) 7...... Bill Elliott (US) 7...... Teymour Ghiassi (Iran) 8...... Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 8...... Reynaldo Brown (US) 9...... Barry Shepard (US) 9...... Imants Karlsons (Soviet Union) 10...... Endre Kelemen (Hungary) 10...... Rory Kotinek (US)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1975 1979 1...... Dwight Stones (US) 1... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 2...... Tom Woods (US) 2...... (East Germany) 3.....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 3...... (US) 4...... Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 4...... (West Germany) 5...... Rory Kotinek (US) 5...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 6...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 6.....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 7...... Rune Almén (Sweden) 7...... (US) 8...... (Italy) 8...... Massimo De Giorgio (Italy) 9...... Paul Poaniewa (France) 9...... Andre Schneider (West Germany) 10...... Dimitrios Patrónis () 10. (Soviet Union) 1976 1980 1...... Dwight Stones (US) 1...... (East Germany) 2...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 2...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 3...... (Canada) 3... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 4...... Sergey Budalov (Soviet Union) 4...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 5...... Sergey Senyukov (Soviet Union) 5...... Benn Fields (US) 6...... Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 6...... (East Germany) 7...... James Barrineau (US) 7...... Jörg Freimuth (East Germany) 8...... Tom Woods (US) 8...... Nat Page (US) 9...... Rune Almén (Sweden) 9...... Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 10...... Bill Jankunis (US) 10...... Adrian Proteasa (Romania) 1977 1981 1...... Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 1...... (US) 2...... Dwight Stones (US) 2...... Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 3.... Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union) 3...... Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 4...... Rory Kotinek (US) 4...... Dwight Stones (US) 5...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 5...... Roland Dalhäuser () 6.....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 6...... Milton Goode (US) 7...... Kyle Arney (US) 7...... Nat Page (US) 8...... Franklin Jacobs (US) 8... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 9...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9...... Janusz Trzepizur (Poland) 10...... Sergey Senyukov (Soviet Union) 10. Vladimir Granyenkov (Soviet Union) 1978 1982 1.... Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union) 1...... Milt Ottey (Canada) 2...... Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 2...... Janusz Trzepizur (Poland) 3...... Dwight Stones (US) 3...... Dwight Stones (US) 4...... Franklin Jacobs (US) 4... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 5.....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 5...... Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 6...... Benn Fields (US) 6...... Tyke Peacock (US) 7...... Henry Lauterbach (East Germany) 7...... Roland Dalhäuser (Switzerland) 8...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 8...... Jianhua Zhu (China) 9...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 9...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 10...... Greg Joy (Canada) 10...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1983 1987 1...... Jianhua Zhu (China) 1...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 2...... Tyke Peacock (US) 2...... (Soviet Union) 3...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 3....Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 4... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 4... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 5....Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Ján Zvara (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 6...... (Romania) 7...... Dwight Stones (US) 7...... () 8...... Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 8...... (US) 9...... Milt Ottey (Canada) 9...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 10...... Eddy Annys () 10...... (US) 1984 1988 1... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2...... Jianhua Zhu (China) 2...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 3...... Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 3....Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 4...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 4...... (US) 5...... Dwight Stones (US) 5...... Rudolf Povarnitsin (Soviet Union) 6...... Jim Howard (US) 6... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 7...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 7...... Nick Saunders (Bermuda) 8...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 8...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9.... Vladimir Granyenkov (Soviet Union) 9...... (Soviet Union) 10. Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 1985 1989 1...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2...... Jim Howard (US) 2...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 3...... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 3...... Hollis Conway (US) 4...... Ján Zvara (Czechoslovakia) 4....Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 5...... (Great Britain) 6...... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 6... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 7... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 7...... Rudolf Povarnitsin (Soviet Union) 8...... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9...... (Cuba) 9...... Nick Saunders (Bermuda) 10.... Aleksandr Kotovich (Soviet Union) 10...... Jim Howard (US) 1986 1990 1...... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 1...... Hollis Conway (US) 2...... Jim Howard (US) 2...... Sorin Matei (Romania) 3...... (US) 3...... Georgi Dakov () 4...... Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 4...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 5... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 5...... Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 6...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 6...... Doug Nordquist (US) 7...... Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 7...... Aleksey Yemelin (Soviet Union) 8...... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 9...... Ján Zvara (Czechoslovakia) 9... Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 10...... Milt Ottey (Canada) 10...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1991 1995 1...... Hollis Conway (US) 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2...... (Bahamas) 3...... (US) 3...... (Norway) 4...... Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 4...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 5...... Marino Drake (Cuba) 5...... (Poland) 6...... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 6...... (US) 7...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 7...... Lámbros Papakóstas (Greece) 8...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 8...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 9...... Arturo Ortíz () 9...... Håkon Särnblom (Norway) 10...... Rick Noji (US) 10...... (Australia) 1992 1996 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 1...... Charles Austin (US) 2...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 2...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 3...... Hollis Conway (US) 3...... Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 4...... Tim Forsyth (Australia) 4...... Steinar Hoen (Norway) 5...... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 5...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 6...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 6...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 7...... (Germany) 7...... Tim Forsyth (Australia) 8...... Charles Austin (US) 8...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 9...... Marino Drake (Cuba) 9...... Jin-taek Lee () 10...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 10...... Wolfgang Kreissig (Germany) 1993 1997 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 2...... Steinar Hoen (Norway) 3...... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 3...... Tim Forsyth (Australia) 4...... Hollis Conway (US) 4...... Charles Austin (US) 5...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 5...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 6...... Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 6...... Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 7...... Ralf Sonn (Germany) 7...... Lámbros Papakóstas (Greece) 8...... Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 8...... Martin Buss (Germany) 9...... Tony Barton (US) 9...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 10...... Tim Forsyth (Australia) 10...... Konstantin Matusevich (Israel) 1994 1998 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 1...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2...... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 2...... Charles Austin (US) 3...... Steinar Hoen (Norway) 3...... () 4...... Tim Forsyth (Australia) 4...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 5...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 5...... Martin Buss (Germany) 6...... Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 6...... Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 7...... Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 7...... Stefan (Sweden) 8...... Artur Partyka (Poland) 8...... (Sweden) 9...... Jean-Charles Gicquel (France) 9...... Brian Brown (US) 10...... Håkon Särnblom (Norway) 10...... Steinar Hoen (Norway)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1999 2003 1...... (Russia) 1...... (South Africa) 2...... (Canada) 2...... (Sweden) 3...... Martin Buss (Germany) 3...... (Russia) 4...... Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 4...... () 5...... Charles Austin (US) 5...... (US) 6...... Staffan Strand (Sweden) 6...... Mark Boswell (Canada) 7...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 7...... Mikhail Tsvetkov (Russia) 8...... Steve Smith (Great Britain) 8...... Andrey Sokolovskiy () 9...... Wolfgang Kreissig (Germany) 9...... Gennadiy Moroz (Belarus) 10...... Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 10...... Grzegorz Sposób (Poland) 2000 2004 1...... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 1...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2...... Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 2...... Jaroslav Bába () 3...... Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 3...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 4...... Jamie Nieto (US) 5...... Konstantin Matusevich (Israel) 5...... (US) 6...... Staffan Strand (Sweden) 6...... Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 7...... () 7...... Mark Boswell (Canada) 8...... Mark Boswell (Canada) 8...... Stefan Vasilache (Romania) 9...... Kwaku Boateng (Canada) 9...... Svatoslav Ton (Czech Republic) 10...... Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 10...... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 2001 2005 1...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 1...... Victor Moya (Cuba) 2...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 3...... Martin Buss (Germany) 3...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4...... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 4...... Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 5...... Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 5...... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 6...... Staffan Strand (Sweden) 6...... (Ukraine) 7...... Mark Boswell (Canada) 7...... Svatoslav Ton (Czech Republic) 8...... Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 8...... Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 9...... (US) 9...... Jacques Freitag (South Africa) 10...... Sergey Dymchenko (Ukraine) 10...... Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 2002 2006 1...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 1...... (Russia) 2...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 3...... Mark Boswell (Canada) 3...... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 4...... Staffan Strand (Sweden) 4...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 5...... Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 5...... Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 6...... (US) 6...... (Russia) 7...... Jacques Freitag (South Africa) 7...... Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 8...... Pyotr Brayko (Russia) 8...... Tora Harris (US) 9...... Abderrahmane Hammad (Algeria) 9...... Jesse Williams (US) 10...... Charles Clinger (US) 10...... (Italy)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 2007 2011 1...... Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 1...... Jesse Williams (US) 2...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2...... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 3...... () 3...... (Russia) 4...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4...... Trevor Barry (Bahamas) 5...... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 5...... Dimítrios Hondrokoúkis (Greece) 6...... Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 6...... Andrey Silnov (Russia) 7...... Andrey Silnov (Russia) 7...... Mutaz Barshim () 8...... Jesse Williams (US) 8...... (Russia) 9...... Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 9...... Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 10...... Tora Harris (US) 10...... Raúl Spank (Germany) 2008 2012 1...... Andrey Silnov (Russia) 1...... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2...... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 3...... Andrey Silnov (Russia) 4...... Germaine Mason (Great Britain) 4...... Jesse Williams (US) 5...... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 5...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 6...... Jesse Williams (US) 6...... (US) 7...... Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 7...... (Canada) 8...... Raul Spank (Germany) 8...... Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 9...... Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 9...... Jamie Nieto (USA) 10...... Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 10...... (Ukraine) 2009 2013 1...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 1...... Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2...... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 3...... Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 3...... Derek Drouin (Canada) 4...... Jesse Williams (US) 4...... Erik Kynard (US) 5...... Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 5...... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 6...... Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) 6...... Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 7...... Raul Spank (Germany) 7...... Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 8...... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 8...... Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 9...... (US) 9...... Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 10...... (Poland) 10...... Guowei Zhang (China) 2010 2014 1...... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 1...... Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2...... Jesse Williams (US) 2...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 3...... Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 3...... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 4...... Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4...... Derek Drouin (Canada) 5...... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 5...... Erik Kynard (US) 6...... Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 6...... Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) 7...... Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) 7...... Daniyil Tsyplakov (Russia) 8...... Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 8...... Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 9...... (US) 9...... (Italy) 10...... (Botswana) 10...... ()

© Track & Field News 2019 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 2015 2017 1...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 1...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 2...... Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2...... (Russia) 3...... Guowei Zhang (China) 3...... Majed El Dein Ghazal (Syria) 4...... Derek Drouin (Canada) 4...... Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 5...... Erik Kynard (US) 5...... Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 6...... Daniyil Tsyplakov (Russia) 6...... (Germany) 7...... (Italy) 7...... Sylwester Bednarek (Poland) 8...... Marco Fassinotti (Italy) 8...... Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) 9...... Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 9...... Edgar Rivera () 10...... Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 10...... Pavel Seliverstau (Belarus) 2016 2018 1...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 1...... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 2...... Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2...... Danil Lysenko (Russia) 3...... Derek Drouin (Canada) 3...... (Australia) 4...... Erik Kynard (US) 4...... Mateusz Przybylko (Germany) 5...... Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) 5...... Yu Wang (China) 6...... Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 6...... Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 7...... Guowei Zhang (China) 7...... (Belarus) 8...... Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) 8...... (US) 9...... Majed El Dein Ghazal (Syria) 9...... Majed El Dein Ghazal (Syria) 10...... Marco Fassinotti (Italy) 10...... Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy)

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