High Jump Question

[1.97hjsteve]

Does Yashchenko still hold the "straddle" record

at 2.34/7' 8 1/4" ( plus a 2.35/7' 8 1/2" i ) ?

Does anyone know ? Does anyone care ? Will anyone ever go higher ?

[gh]

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Yes, Yashchenko holds the non-flop record, and yes, he certainly (99.9%?) will forever. When Brumel died I was curious as to how he stood on the all-time straddle list.

The following list is by no means complete, as there are several late-'70s Soviets in the 2.30 range for whom I have no data one way or another, but in terms of people I could confirm who straddled 2.28 or better, this is all I (with some help from Dwight Stones) could come up with:

2.35 Vladimir Yashchenko '78
2.32 Gennadiy Byelkov '82
2.31 Rolf Beilschmidt '77
2.29 Chichin Ni '70
Pat Matzdorf '71
Cai Shu '82
2.28 Valeriy Brumel '63
Sergey Senyukov '77

gh

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im puzled wasnt brummel and then zhiqin last straddle true world record holders? you suggest yaschenko and maybe beilschmidt matched stones/wszola circa seventies?

[gh]

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Be puzled no longer: Ignoring the fact that Ni was never "officially" the WR holder, here's how the post-Brumel progression went:

7-5 3/4 (2.28) Brumel '63 (straddle)
7-6 (2.29) Ni '70 (straddle)
7-6 1/4 (2.29) Matzdorf ("bent-leg straddle") '71
7-6 1/2 (2.30) Stones (flop) '73
7-7 (2.31) Stones '76
7-7 1/4 (2.32) Stones '76
7-7 3/4 (2.33) Yashchenko (straddle) '77
7-8 (2.34) Yashcehnko '78
7-8 1/2 (2.35) Wszola (flop) '80..... and then all floppers thereafter.

Yashchenko's 7-8 1/2 in '78 was indoors, so not part of the outdoor record progression.

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thanx!

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Gary Hill AND T&FN are so amazing.

[runforlife]

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Gary Hill AND T&FN are so amazing.

I gotta agree with that. And we're glad that they are!

[guru]

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Gary Hill AND T&FN are so amazing.

I gotta agree with that. And we're glad that they are!

You dug up a 3 year old(!!) thread just to give gh an attaboy??

:wink:

[marknhj]

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Gary Hill AND T&FN are so amazing.

I gotta agree with that. And we're glad that they are!

:shock:

While I'm at it I think Yashchenko is the best HJ-er I've ever seen...

[gh]

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Gary Hill AND T&FN are so amazing.

Thanks mum!

[bad hammy]

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You dug up a 3 year old(!!) thread just to give gh an attaboy??

:wink:

Coulda just started a new thread with 'Garry and T&FN are so amazing' as the title. In fact, I'll help you out.