This is the progression of world record improvements of the high jump of Masters athletics.
Key
IAAF includes indoor marks in the record list since 2000, but WMA does not follow that practice.
Men 35 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate 1.98 iHarold Osborn13.04.1899New York City16.03.19352.035Dave Albritton13.04.1913Berea26.06.19482.16Viktor Bolshov23.05.1939Moscow21.06.19742.16Viktor Bolshov23.05.1939Moscow24.07.19742.17Dimitrios Kattis07.02.1956Athens06.09.19912.20Brian Stanton19.02.1961Long Beach16.03.1996Doug Nordquist20.12.1958Long Beach08.06.19962.26 iCarlo Thränhardt05.07.1957Otterberg13.02.19932.25Carlo Thränhardt05.07.1957Rehlingen31.05.19932.26 iCarlo Thränhardt05.07.1957Otterberg19.02.19942.27 iCristian Popescu12.08.1962Pireas22.02.19982.25Igor Paklin15.06.1963Bishkek10.07.19992.26Dalton Grant08.04.1966Bangor21.07.20022.27 iCharles Austin19.12.1967New York City07.02.20032.30 iCharles Austin19.12.1967Boston02.03.20032.27Charles Austin19.12.1967Austin05.04.20032.27Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Sofia07.07.20072.30 iDragutin Topić12.03.1971Novi Sad07.02.20082.31Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Kragujevac28.07.20092.31James Nieto02.11.1976New York09.06.2012
Men 40 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDateVideo1.87Wolfgang Boneder20.10.1894Regensburg13.07.19352.05Egon Nilsson07.08.1926Ljungby25.09.19662.06AJohn Hartfield01.11.1944Fort Collins01.09.19852.07Istvan Major20.05.1949Budapest02.07.19902.10 iDwight Stones06.12.1953Fairfax06.02.19942.10 iDwight Stones06.12.1953Indianapolis25.03.19942.08Dwight Stones19.07.1995Buffalo19.07.19952.11Jim Barrineau25.06.1955Buffalo19.07.19952.15Glen Conley09.01.1957Albany02.08.19972.15Dalton Grant08.04.1966Albertville10.07.20082.21Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Kragujevac25.06.20112.22Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Kragujevac14.07.20112.23Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Belgrade02.08.20112.24Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Kragujevac06.08.20112.25Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Bar01.05.20122.28Dragutin Topić12.03.1971Belgrade20.05.2012
Men 45 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate1.70Wolfgang Boneder 20.10.1894 . .19401.76Wolfgang Boneder 20.10.1894 Poznań 04.07.19431.80Wolfgang Boneder 20.10.1894 Poznań . .19441.57 Jonathan Sharp 25.01.1921 Randall's Island09.08.19691.625 Richmond "Boo" Morcom 01.05.1921 Los Angeles20.06.19701.625 Richmond "Boo" Morcom 01.05.1921 San Diego04.07.19701.625 Richmond "Boo" Morcom 01.05.1921 Raleigh03.04.19711.67 Salvator Martinez 06.05.1926Bilbao27.06.19711.68iEd Austin22.10.1929Anaheim25.01.19751.68Ed Austin22.10.1929Orange04.05.19751.78Ed Austin22.10.1929Fullerton07.06.19751.78 Herm Wyatt 13.09.1931 Los Gatos17.06.19781.83 Richard "Dick" Richardson 15.05.1933 Atlanta, Georgia07.08.19781.83 Herm Wyatt 13.09.1931 Santa Ana23.06.19791.83 Richard "Dick" Richardson 15.05.1933 Gresham06.07.19791.90 Herm Wyatt 13.09.1931 Los Angeles19.04.19802.00 Asko Pesonen 15.04.1943 Iisalmi 03.09.19882.04 i Dennis Lewis 20.03.1959 Ypsilanti11.02.20062.00 Bruce McBarnette 07.10.1957 Durham06.05.20062.01 Marco Segatel 23.03.1962 Novara 21.04.20072.02 Marco Segatel 23.03.1962 Bovisio Masciago 28.04.20072.04 Marco Segatel 23.03.1962 Cernusco sul Naviglio 19.07.20072.05 Charles Austin 19.12.1967 San Marcos 21.06.2013
Men 50 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate1.76Wolfgang Boneder 20.10.1894 Neustadt 20.07.19471.675Orvald Gillett02.06.1919San Diego04.07.19691.73Orvald Gillett02.06.1919Glendale11.12.19711.73Richmond "Boo" Morcom01.05.1921Randall's Island22.07.19721.75John C. Brown04.12.1929Philadelphia05.07.19801.75John C. Brown04.12.1929Christchurch12.01.19811.78 iJohn C. Brown04.12.1929Liberty15.02.19811.79John C. Brown04.12.1929Dallas25.07.19811.79Herm Wyatt13.09.1931Los Gatos12.06.19821.81Herm Wyatt13.09.1931Eugene27.06.19821.85Herm Wyatt13.09.1931Los Gatos21.05.19831.87Herm Wyatt13.09.1931Los Gatos03.07.19831.88Herm Wyatt13.09.1931Los Gatos20.08.19831.88 Horst Mandl08.01.1936Verona27.06.19881.88Dieter Wille06.07.1943Miyazaki10.10.19931.89Mark Chelnov15.03.1944Athens11.06.19941.90Asko Pesonen15.04.1943Leppavirta24.09.19952.00 iThomas Zacharias02.01.1947Birmingham02.03.19971.98Thomas Zacharias02.01.1947Baunatal17.05.1997
Men 55 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate1.56Wolfgang Boneder 20.10.1894 Regensburg 06.05.19501.47 Bill Morales 16.10.1916 Van Nuys08.04.19721.57Robert Ogle20.08.191801.06.19741.575Orvald Gillett 02.06.1919Vancouver30.06.19741.68 Burl Gist 01.02.1920 Fullerton07.06.19751.69 Richmond "Boo" Morcom 01.05.1921 Brockton27.07.19761.69 i John C. Brown 04.12.1929 Lincoln10.03.19851.71 i John C. Brown04.12.1929 Lincoln11.01.19861.71 John C. Brown 04.12.1929 Palm Beach26.04.19861.73John C. Brown 04.12.1929 Lincoln13.07.19861.74 John C. Brown 04.12.1929 Uniondale18.07.19861.75 Herm Wyatt 13.09.1931 Goleta04.10.19861.79 Herm Wyatt 13.09.1931 Eugene23.05.19871.80 Asko Pesonen 15.04.1943 Kiuruvesi11.06.19981.81 Asko Pesonen 15.04.1943 Leppävirta03.08.19981.82 Asko Pesonen 15.04.1943 Viitasaari25.08.19981.83 Jaroslav Hanuš 16.04.1943 Cesenatico13.09.19981.84 Thomas Zacharias 02.01.1947 Arrecife25.01.20061.85 i Vladimir Kuntsevich06.08.1952 Moscow05.04.20081.85 Jaroslav Lorenç 22.09.1953 Humpolec27.09.20081.87 Carlo Thränhardt 05.07.1957 Eberstadt17.08.20121.88 i Bruce McBarnette07.10.1957 Landover 22.03.20131.89 Carlo Thränhardt 05.07.1957 Bühll21.06.20131.90 Carlo Thränhardt 05.07.1957 Eberstadt23.08.20131.91 Marco Segatel 23.03.1962 Orvieto08.07.2017
Men 60 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate1.60Wolfgang Boneder 20.10.1894 Fürth 01.06.19561.445Virgil McIntyre 20.01.1911 Orange02.05.19711.445Stan Thompson 09.10.1910 Honolulu08.07.19721.46 Stan Thompson 09.10.1910 Hawaii26.10.19721.48Ian Hume 20.08.1914White Plains 09.08.19751.49Ian Hume 20.08.1914 20.09.19751.52Cornelius Warnerdam 22.06.1915Glendale06.12.19751.53Ian Hume 20.08.1914Manchester 07.08.19761.54Ian Hume 20.08.1914Gothenburg 08.08.19771.57Erik Stai 01.02.1920 Gothenburg 08.08.19771.59 Burl Gist 01.02.1920 Philadelphia 05.07.19801.59 Burl Gist 01.02.1920 Los Angeles 28.04.19841.60 Hans Overland 03.08.1924 Brighton 22.08.19841.61James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 Sarasota 21.05.19891.62James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 Miami 11.06.19891.64 James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 San Diego 21.07.19891.66 James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 Eugene 05.08.19891.66 James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 Lake Worth21.04.19901.67 James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 Orlando 18.05.19911.68 James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 unk.19911.68 James Gillcrist 28.10.1927 19.09.19921.68 Milton Newton 06.11.1933 unk unk.19941.69 Milton Newton 06.11.1933 unk 20.07.19941.69 Milton Newton 06.11.1933 Los Angeles 10.06.19951.70 Horst Mandl 08.01.1936 Malmö 21.07.19961.72 Phil Fehlen 03.07.1935 Saskatoon 04.07.19981.74 Asko Pesonen 15.04.1943 Pyhäntä 03.06.20031.76 Asko Pesonen 15.04.1943 Leppavirta 14.09.20031.77 Thomas Zacharias 02.01.1947 Arrecife24.03.20071.78 Thomas Zacharias 02.01.1947 Arrecife02.04.20071.79 Thomas Zacharias 02.01.1947 Arrecife15.04.20071.80 Thomas Zacharias 02.01.1947 Arrecife27.04.20071.81 Vladimir Kuntsevich 06.08.1952Zittau16.08.20121.81 Rüdiger Weber 13.06.1963Dortmund03.03.20241.82Rüdiger Weber 13.06.1963Erding16.06.2024
Men 65 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateAgeLocationDateRef1.50 mWolfgang Boneder 20 October 189419631.36 mVirgil McIntyre20 January 1911Gresham3 July 19761.37 mStan Thompson9 October 1910Honolulu3 July 19761.37 mStan Thompson9 October 1910Honolulu27 March 19771.37 mBud Deacon28 April 1911Gresham19 June 19771.46 mIvar Sand17 July 1912Gothenburg8 August 19771.47 Richard O'Rafferty10.11.1913 Hanover28.07.19791.49 Ian Hume 20.08.1914 Syracuse29.03.19801.50 Ian Hume 20.08.1914 Philadelphia05.07.19801.50 Erik Stai 29.01.1915 Larvik08.08.19811.51 Ian Hume 20.08.1914 Richmond22.08.19811.52 Burl Gist 01.02.1920 Sterling31.03.19851.52 Burl Gist01.02.1920 Visalia04.05.19851.55 Hans Bittner22.02.1920 Rome23.06.19851.55 Burl Gist01.02.1920 San Diego29.08.19871.56 Nils-Bertil Nevrup29.11.1926 Kristiansand28.06.19921.62James Gillcrist28.10.1927 31.10.19921.62 James Gillcrist28.10.1927 Providence16.01.19931.62 James Gillcrist28.10.1927 Bozeman19.03.19931.63 James Gillcrist28.10.1927 Naples17.04.19931.64 James Gillcrist28.10.1927 Gainesville25.09.19931.65 Phil Fehlen03.07.1935 Norwalk08.07.20001.66Phil Fehlen03.07.1935 Eugene12.08.20001.67Dušan Prezelj25.01.1949 İzmir26.08.20141.68 Dušan Prezelj25.01.1949 Istanbul22.02.20151.70 Oleg Fedorko31.10.1954 Kyiv22.12.20191.73 Oleg Fedorko31.10.1954 Kyiv09.02.20201.68 mBruce McBarnette7 October 1957Columbia6 August 2023Manfred Ziegler19 December 1959Vohenstrauss31 May 2025
Men 70 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate1.47Winfield McFadden12.03.1905Santa Ana18.06.1977 1.48Ian Hume20.08.1914Etobicoke08.11.19841.49 iNils-Bertil Nevrup29.11.1926Malmö12.01.19971.50Nils-Bertil Nevrup29.11.1926Olofström11.06.19971.52Bud Held25.10.1927Phoenix08.11.19971.51Gordon Seifert18.07.1928Murfreesboro24.06.20001.59Carl-Erik Särndal17.07.1937Värnamo07.08.20071.60Dušan Prezelj 25.01.1949Ptuj22.07.2020
Men 75 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateAgeLocationDate1.40Kizo Kimura11 July 1911Akita30 July 19881.40 Esko Kolhonen3 March 1914Turku1 April 19891.44Esko Kolhonen3 March 1914Eugene4 August 19891.45Richard Lowery6 April 1931Clermont8 April 20061.47Carl Erik Särndal17 July 1937Zittau16 August 20121.49Carl Erik Särndal17 July 1937Lund17 September 20131.51 Carl Erik Särndal17 July 1937Jönköping13 January 20131.52 Carl Erik Särndal17 July 1937Malmö20 January 20131.53 Dušan Prezelj25 January 1949Zagreb2 March 2024
Men 80 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate1.20 Herbert Anderson 15.07.1902 San Diego29.08.19821.21 Gulab Singh 13.10.1905 Eugene04.08.19891.22Virgil McIntyre 20.01.1911 Syracuse28.06.19911.22 iWesley Ward 08.02.1910 West Lafayette15.02.19921.22Virgil McIntyre 20.01.1911 20.06.19921.26 i Esko Kolhonen 03.03.1914 Turku19.03.19941.27 Esko Kolhonen 03.03.1914 Athens11.06.19941.31 Esko Kolhonen 03.03.1914 Kuusankoski16.07.19941.34 Emmerich Zensch 20.12.1919 Traun20.05.20001.35 Samuli Korpi 19.08.1929 Tampere02.07.20101.35 Richard Lowery 06.04.1931 Clermont, Florida21.05.20111.37 Richard Lowery 06.04.1931 Houston17.06.20111.38 Carl Erik Särndal 17.07.1937 Karlskrona20.08.20171.40 i Carl Erik Särndal 17.07.1937 Malmö02.03.2019
Men 85 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateAgeLocationDate1.13Buell Crane18 March 1900Gresham26 July 19851.15Kizo Kimura11 July 1911Wakayama18 August 19961.18Kizo Kimura11 July 1911Toyama14 September 19961.20Kizo Kimura11 July 1911Kofu22 June 19971.20Esko Kolhonen3 March 1914Gateshead8 August 19991.21Donald Pellmann12 August 1915Hot Springs21 September 20021.22Emmerich Zensch20 December 1919Edmonton26 July 20051.25Samuli Korpi19 August 1929Inkeroinen17 May 20151.28Carl Erik Särndal17 July 1937Ystad24 July 2022
Men 90 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateAgeLocationDateRef1.04Buell Crane18 March 1900Gresham27 July 19901.05Kizo Kimura11 July 1911Maebashi26 October 20011.10Kizo Kimura11 July 1911Matsue19 May 20021.10Vic Younger5 January 1912Melbourne8 October 20021.15Donald Pellmann12 August 1915Fort Collins4 September 20051.11Donald Pellmann12 August 1915St. George4 October 20051.12Brian Greaves 90Adelaide18 April 2025
Men 95 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateLocationDate0.86 iEverett Hosack28.02.1902Birmingham 02.03.19970.96 iLeland McPhie31.03.1914Landover22.03.20090.98Leland McPhie31.03.1914Oshkosh11.07.20090.99Donald Pellmann12.08.1915Palo Alto27.03.20111.00Emmerich Zensch20.12.1919Lyon 14.08.2015
Men 100 HeightAthleteNationalityBirthdateAgeLocationDateRef0.90Donald Pellmann12 August 1915San Diego20 September 2015
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References
External links World Masters Rankings up to 2012 World Masters Athletic Rankings from 2013 Absolute Age Records Open Class Absolute Age Records Actual Masters World Records (outdoor) Actual Masters World Records (indoor)