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Introduced to the world by American jumper Dick Fosbury at the 1968 Olympics, the "Fosbury Flop" revolutionized the high jump and made greater heights suddenly attainable.
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WHO TO WATCH

MEN
Stefan Holm - SWE
Jacques Frietag - RSA
Yaroslav Rybakov - RUS
Mark Boswell - CAN

WOMEN
Yelena Slesarenko - RUS
Kajsa Bergqvist - SWE
Hestrie Cloete - RSA

High Jump CBC Sports Online | Last updated: Aug. 4, 2005

RESULTS

MEN'S
	ATHLETE	TIME
	ATHLETE	TIME
	ATHLETE	TIME
	ATHLETE	TIME
	ATHLETE	TIME
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WOMEN
	ATHLETE	RESULT
	Kajsa Bergqvist - SWE	2.02 m
	Chaunte Howard - USA	2.00 m
	Emma Green - SWE	1.96 m
	n/a	n/a
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RECORDS

MEN
	ATHLETE	HEIGHT	VENUE/YEAR
World	Javier Sotomayor - CUB	2.45	Salamanca, Spain - 1993
Canadian	Mark Boswell	2.35 (3 times)	Seville - 1999, Rome - 2000, 2002
Season	Jacques Freitag - RSA; Andriy Sokolovskyy - UKR	2.38	Frietag - Oudtshoorn, RSA; Sokolovskyy - Rome
WOMEN
	ATHLETE	HEIGHT	VENUE/YEAR
World	Stefka Kostadinova - BUL	2:09	Rome - 1987
Canadian	Debbie Brill	1.98	Rieti, Italy - 1984
Season	Kajsa Bergqvist - SWE	2.01	Gavle, Sweden