Hochsprung mit Musik
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The Hochsprung mit Musik is an annual indoor high jump
meeting which takes place in February in Arnstadt
, Germany
. First held in 1977, the meeting began as a competition between mainly East German athletes. Following the Re-unification of Germany in 1990, the competition became international and attracted athletes such as Olympic and World champion Charles Austin
and Olympic silver medallist Alina Astafei
. Both the world record holders (Javier Sotomayor
and Stefka Kostadinova
) have taken part in, and won, the meeting.
The Hochsprung mit Musik gets its name from the fact that music is played in the Sporthalle am Jahn-sportpark while athletes take their jump. It is used as a way of both building suspense and mirroring the steady rhythm needed by athletes to achieve a high jump.
The competition received greater exposure from the 2000s onwards as the winning athletes' jumps were of a significant height. This was exemplified by Kajsa Bergqvist
's winning jump in 2006 of 2.08 metres – an indoor world record for the event and second only to Kostadinova's current world record of 2.09 m. Blanka Vlašić
's win in 2010 with 2.06 m was the joint third highest indoor jump. A number of other indoor jumps by female athletes remain within the top 30 highest of all time, and jumps by male athletes frequently make the year's indoor best lists.
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
meeting which takes place in February in Arnstadt
Arnstadt
Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, situated on the Gera River. It is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia and is nicknamed Das Tor zum Thüringer Wald, The Gate to the Thuringian Forest....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. First held in 1977, the meeting began as a competition between mainly East German athletes. Following the Re-unification of Germany in 1990, the competition became international and attracted athletes such as Olympic and World champion Charles Austin
Charles Austin
Charles Austin is an American athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the owner of So High Sports and Fitness a sports performance and personal training company. He opened his So High Sports and Fitness Studio in 2002 and his...
and Olympic silver medallist Alina Astafei
Alina Astafei
Alina Astafei is a German and formerly Romanian track and field athlete. In the 1990s she was one of the world's best high jumpers.-Career:...
. Both the world record holders (Javier Sotomayor
Javier Sotomayor
Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...
and Stefka Kostadinova
Stefka Kostadinova
Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:...
) have taken part in, and won, the meeting.
The Hochsprung mit Musik gets its name from the fact that music is played in the Sporthalle am Jahn-sportpark while athletes take their jump. It is used as a way of both building suspense and mirroring the steady rhythm needed by athletes to achieve a high jump.
The competition received greater exposure from the 2000s onwards as the winning athletes' jumps were of a significant height. This was exemplified by Kajsa Bergqvist
Kajsa Bergqvist
Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,...
's winning jump in 2006 of 2.08 metres – an indoor world record for the event and second only to Kostadinova's current world record of 2.09 m. Blanka Vlašić
Blanka Vlašic
Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...
's win in 2010 with 2.06 m was the joint third highest indoor jump. A number of other indoor jumps by female athletes remain within the top 30 highest of all time, and jumps by male athletes frequently make the year's indoor best lists.
Past winners
Key:| Year | Men's winner | Mark (m) | Women's winner | Mark (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2.15 | 1.70 | ||
| 1978 | 2.18 | 1.75 | ||
| 1979 | 2.26 | 1.86 | ||
| 1980 | 2.23 | 1.94 | ||
| 1981 | 2.24 | 1.87 | ||
| 1982 | 2.20 | 1.90 | ||
| 1983 | 2.20 | 1.87 | ||
| 1984 | 2.27 | 1.88 | ||
| 1985 | 2.22 | 1.95 | ||
| 1986 | 2.28 | 1.97 | ||
| 1987 | 2.24 | 2.00 | ||
| 1988 | 2.28 | 1.86 | ||
| 1989 | 2.24 | 1.84 | ||
| 1990 | 2.30 | 1.85 | ||
| 1991 | 2.30 | 1.99 | ||
| 1992 | 2.34 | 1.98 | ||
| 1993 | 2.35 | 2.00 | ||
| 1994 | 2.31 | 1.97 | ||
| 1995 | 2.31 | 1.95 | ||
| 1996 | 2.36 | 2.02 | ||
| 1997 | 2.30 | 1.96 | ||
| 1998 | 2.30 | 1.93 | ||
| 1999 | 2.31 | 1.96 | ||
| 2000 | 2.34 | 1.94 | ||
| 2001 | 2.35 | 1.96 | ||
| 2002 | 2.31 | 2.00 | ||
| 2003 | 2.36 | 2.02 | ||
| 2004 | 2.36 | 2.04 | ||
| 2005 | 2.37 | 2.00 | ||
| 2006 | 2.37 | 2.08 WR | ||
| 2007 | 2.38 | 1.98 | ||
| 2008 | 2.37 | 2.03 | ||
| 2009 | 2.36 | 2.02 | ||
| 2010 | 2.35 | 2.06 | ||
| 2011 | 2.34 | 1.95 |
See also
- Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting EberstadtInternationales Hochsprung-Meeting EberstadtThe Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting is an annual high jumping competition which takes place in Eberstadt, Germany. Established as a men's competition in 1979, it quickly became an important meeting in the high jump calendar, with Jacek Wszoła setting a world record in 1980, and Zhu Jianhua...
- Women's high jump world record progression