Javier Sotomayor - High Jump World Record - m ( ft)

At Salamanca he set a world record of metres, but was denied the chance to compete at the 1988 Olympics due to another Cuban boycott. He twice increased the world record, to metres (8 ft in) on July 29, 1989 in San Juan and to the current record of metres (8 ft in) on July 23, 1993 in Salamanca. Sotomayor also set the current world indoor record of metres (7 ft in) on March 4, 1989 in Budapest. Sotomayor has a rare dominance in the history of this event. Of the 24 all-t