<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Athletics High jump </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Yelena Slesarenko using the Fosbury Flop technique during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Men 's records </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World </Th> <Td> Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) ( 1993 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> Charles Austin 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) ( 1996 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Women 's records </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World </Th> <Td> Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) ( 1987 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) ( 2004 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Athletics High jump </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Yelena Slesarenko using the Fosbury Flop technique during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Men 's records </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World </Th> <Td> Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m ( 8 ft 0 ​ ⁄ in ) ( 1993 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> Charles Austin 2.39 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) ( 1996 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Women 's records </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World </Th> <Td> Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m ( 6 ft 10 ​ ⁄ in ) ( 1987 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m ( 6 ft 9 in ) ( 2004 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who holds the record for the high jump
who holds the record for the high jump
Javier Sotomayor
Javier Sotomayor