The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - High Jump

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 44 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 14 Medals
GREAT BRITAIN - 10 Medals

Medal Table
High Jump 100 Meters
 200 Meters
400 Meters
 800 Meters
 1500 Meters
5000 Meters
 10000 Meters
 100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase
4X100 Relay 4X400 Relay Marathon
20 KM Walk 50 KM Walk Pole Vault
Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1896
 Ellery Clark - United States
 James Connolly - United States
Robert Garrett - United States
 NONE
1900
 Irving Baxter - United States
 Patrick Leahy - Great Britain
 Lajos Gonczy - Hungary
1904
 Samuel Jones - United States
 Garrett Serviss - United States
 Paul Weinstein - Germany
1908
 Harry Porter - United States
 Geo Andre - France
Con Leahy - Great Britain
Istvan Somodi - Hungary
 NONE
1912
 Alma Richards - United States
 Hans Liesche - Germany
 George Horine - United States
1920
 Richmond Landon - United States
 Harold Muller - United States
 Bo Ekelund - Sweden
1924
 Harold Osborn - United States
 Leroy Brown - United States
 Pierre Lewden - France
1928
 Bob King - United States
 Benjamin Hedges - United States
 Claude Menard - France
1932
 Duncan McNaughton - Canada
 Bob Van Osdel - United States
 Simeon Toribio - Philippines
1936
 Cornelius Johnson - United States
 Dave Albritton - United States
 Delos Thurber - United States
1948
 John Winter - Australia
 Bjorn Paulson - Norway
 George Stanich - United States
1952
 Walt Davis - United States
 Ken Wiesner - United States
 Jose da Conceicao - Brazil
1956
 Charles Dumas - United States
 Chilla Porter - Australia
 Igor Kashkarov - Soviet Union
1960
 Robert Shavlakadze - Soviet Union
 Valeriy Brumel - Soviet Union
 John Thomas - United States
1964
 Valeriy Brumel - Soviet Union
 John Thomas - United States
 John Rambo - United States
1968
 Dick Fosbury - United States
 Ed Caruthers - United States
 Valentin Gavrilov - Soviet Union
1972
 Juri Tarmak - Soviet Union
 Stefan Junge - East Germany
 Dwight Stones - United States
1976
 Jacek Wszola - Poland
 Greg Joy - Canada
 Dwight Stones - United States
1980
 Gerd Wessig - East Germany
 Jacek Wszola - Poland
 Jorg Freimuth - East Germany
1984
 Dietmar Mogenburg - West Germany
 Patrik Sjoberg - Sweden
 Jianhua Zhu - China
1988
 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko - Soviet Union
 Hollis Conway - United States
 Rudolf Povarnitsyn - Soviet Union
Patrik Sjoberg - Sweden
1992
 Javier Sotomayor - Cuba
 Patrik Sjoberg - Sweden
 Hollis Conway - United States
Tim Forsyth - Australia
Artur Partyka - Poland
1996
 Charles Austin - United States
 Artur Partyka - Poland
 Steve Smith - Great Britain
2000
 Sergey Klyugin - Russia
 Javier Sotomayor - Cuba
 Abderrahmane Hammad - Algeria
2004
 Stefan Holm - Sweden
 Matt Hemingway - United States
 Jaroslav Baba - Czech Republic
2008
 Andrey Silnov - Russia
 Germaine Mason - Great Britain
 Yaroslav Rybakov - Russia
2012
 Erik Kynard - United States Derek Drouin - Canada
Robbie Grabarz - Great Britain
Mutaz Essa Barshim - Qatar 		None Awarded
2016
 Derek Droulin - Canada
 Mutaz Essa Barshim - Qatar
 Bohdan Bondarenko - Ukraine
2020
 Gianmarco Tamberi - Italy
Mutaz Essa Barshim - Qatar		 None Awarded
 Maksim Nadasekau - Belarus

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1928
 Ethel Catherwood - Canada
 Lien Gisolf - Netherlands
 Mildred Wiley - United States
1932
 Jean Shiley - United States
 Babe Didrikson - United States
 Eva Dawes - Canada
1936
 Ibolya Csak - Hungary
 Dorothy Odam - Great Britain
 Elfriede Kaun - Germany
1948
 Alice Coachman - United States
 Dorothy Tyler - Great Britain
 Micheline Ostermeyer - France
1952
 Esther Brand - South Africa
 Sheila Lerwill - Great Britain
 Aleksandra Chudina - Soviet Union
1956
 Mildred McDaniel - United States
 Thelma Hopkins - Great Britain
Mariya Pisareva - Soviet Union
 None Awarded
1960
 Iolanda Balas - Romania
 Jaroslawa Jozwiakowska - Poland
Dorothy Shirley - Great Britain
 None Awarded
1964
 Iolanda Balas - Romania
 Michele Brown - Australia
 Taisia Schelkanova - Soviet Union
1968
 Miloslava Rezkova - Czechoslovakia
 Antonina Okorokova - Soviet Union
 Valentina Kozyr - Soviet Union
1972
 Ulrike Meyfarth - West Germany
 Yordanka Blagoeva - Bulgaria
 Ilona Gusenbauer - Austria
1976
 Rosemarie Ackermann - East Germany
 Sara Simeoni - Italy
 Yordanka Blagoeva - Bulgaria
1980
 Sara Simeoni - Italy
 Urszula Kielan - Poland
 Jutta Kirst - East Germany
1984
 Ulrike Meyfarth - West Germany
 Sara Simeoni - Italy
 Joni Huntley - United States
1988
 Louise Ritter - United States
 Stefka Kostadinova - Bulgaria
 Tamara Bykova - Soviet Union
1992
 Heike Henkel - Germany
 Alina Astafei - Romania
 Joanet Quintero - Cuba
1996
 Stefka Kostadinova - Bulgaria
 Niki Bakoyianni - Greece
 Inha Babakova - Ukraine
2000
 Yelena Yelesina - Russia
 Hestrie Cloete - South Africa
 Kajsa Bergqvist - Sweden
Oana Pantelimon - Romania
2004
 Yelena Slesarenko - Russia
 Hestrie Cloete - South Africa
 Viktoriya Styopina - Ukraine
2008
 Tia Hellebaut - Belgium
 Blanca Vlasic - Croatia
 Chaunté Howard - United States
2012
 Anna Chicherova - Russia
 Brigetta Barrett - United States
 Ruth Beitia - Spain
2016
 Ruth Beitia - Spain
 Mirela Demireva - Bulgaria
 Blanka Vlašić - Croatia
2020
 Mariya Lasistskene - Russian Olympic Committee Nicola McDermott - Australia Yaroslava Mahuchikh - Ukraine

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 18
 15
 11
 44
2
 Soviet Union
 4
 3
 7
 14
3
 Great Britain
 0
 9
 1
 10
4
 Russia
 5
 0
 2
 7
5
 Canada
 3
 2
 1
 6
6
 Poland
 1
 4
 1
 6
7
 Sweden
 1
 2
 3
 6
8
 East Germany
 2
 1
 2
 5
9
 Bulgaria
 1
 3
 1
 5
10
 Australia 1
 3
 1
 5
11
 Italy 2
 2
 0
 4
12
 Romania
 2
 1
 1
 4
13
 Germany
 1
 1
 2
 4
14
 France
 0
 1
 3
 4
15
 Ukraine 0
 0
 4
 4
16
 West Germany
 3
 0
 0
 3
17
 South Africa
 1
 2
 0
 3
18
 Qatar 1
 2
 0
 3
19
 Hungary
 1
 1
 1
 3
20
 Cuba
 1
 1
 1
 3
21
 Spain 1
 0
 1
 2
22
 Croatia
 0
 1
 1
 2
23
 Belgium
 1
 0
 0
 1
24
 Czechoslovakia
 1
 0
 0
 1
25
 Russian Olympic Committee
 1
 0
 0
 1
26
 Netherlands
 0
 1
 0
 1
27
 Norway
 0
 1
 0
 1
28
 Greece
 0
 1
 0
 1
29
 Philippines
 0
 0
 1
 1
30
 Brazil
 0
 0
 1
 1
31
 Austria
 0
 0
 1
 1
32
 China
 0
 0
 1
 1
33
 Algeria
 0
 0
 1
 1
34
 Czech Republic
 0
 0
 1
 1
35
 Belarus
 0
 0
 1
 1