HIGH JUMP Flashcards
is atrack and fieldevent in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.
high jump
in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar.
Fosbury Flop
The _________ was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the_______ Olympic Games.
high jump
1928
High jump contests were popular
in ________ in the early __th century
Scotland
19
____-The first modern Olympic
Games for men. (HIGH JUMP)
1896
-Women made their Olympic high
Jump debut.
1928
_________, __________, _________are method that have been previously used by the worlds elite.
Eastern cut-off, western roll and straddle
The first man in history to jump
over 8ft
Javier Sotomayor
Won Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona
Olympics.
JAVIER SOTOMAYOR
Javier Sotomayor won the olympic gold at the _____ Barce Olympics
1192
javier Sotomayor set the current high jump world
record of ____m in ____.
2.45
1993
One of the greatest women’s high jumpers in history.
Lolanda Balas
Lolanda balas Won back-to-back Olympic titles in ____and ______ and went __ years unbeaten in her event.
1960
1964
11
6 facilities and equipment in high jump
- The runway
- Cross Bar
- Landing Pit And Shelter
- High Jump standard
- Replacement spikes
- Misc High Jump equipment
5 basic skills of high jump
- run up
- take off
- flight
- landing
- recovery