Talk:Standing high jump

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The following description is not correct and will be removed: "It is performed in the following way. The athlete first stands straight and sticks their arm straight up so that your hand and fingers are extended; a measurement is taken. Then from a standing or crouched position the performer jumps as high as they can; another measurement is taken at the peak of the jump. The first measurement is subtracted from the second to obtain the hight of the jump." Epim 13:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World record

Juha Isolehto of Finland has also jumped 1.90 m (6 ft 2¾ in) in 1994. Almén set his record on May 3, 1980 in Karlstad, Sweden. The best performance by a woman is 1.52 m (4 ft 11¾ in) set by Grete Bjørdalsbakke of Norway in 1984 in Flisa, Norway (I failed to find an exact date for this). --Anshelm '77 14:49, 12 August 2006 (UTC)