Javier Sotomayor - High Jump World Record - 2.45 m (8.046 ft)

Its been 3 decades already and the records still there, among oldest live recods in track n field

Omg. 😮

The Velocidad de Sotomayor😢😮😅😊

to this day he is outright the greatest jumper that was, is and will ever be.

so record el mundo....does it mean world record or championship gold?

Pasan los años y esta hazaña sigue presente.

For reference, the ceiling in your house is usually 8ft. Look at it and imagine jumping over it.

I remember his name from childhood! That tells u how big a star he was, transcended the High Jump! Literally! And became a global sports star.Legend.👍🙏

C'est la hauteur des buts de football

Atletone!

One of the oldest wr in athletics. The point is, no one has come remotely close to it in recent years.I can't remember who or when did anyone jumped 2.40 in the last 10 years

Bob beamon a fini par être battu sur la longueur.
Avec les nouvelles technologies ( chaussures), il sera battu lui aussi.
Il n'empêche, immense champion.

Super....

King!

The greatest

How the heck can a human being jump over 8 feet ??? I can't jump over my flower beds !!

I'm italian and i support our champion Gimbo Tamberi. However i think that this record is almost unbeatable...

Perfectly executed. 🎉

Shows you how poor the standard is when 30 years later most championships are won with sub 2.40 jumps and nobody beat this yet

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing.
Looking at his card he jumped 2.38 then chose to leave 2.41 and go straight to 2.45
How good was he feeling that day!
Amazing.

Cuando cuba y eeuu eran los q ganaban el.medallero olimpico. Cuba estaba entre los mejores de todos en el mundo en el deporte

In29 seconds . Eyes colsed . Is it with cocaine dopage...like maradona

Between Sotomayor and Juanterena Cuba gave us two of the most astounding athletes

Всем здравствовать!Уже более 30 лет держится мировой рекорд Хавьера Сотомайора и это не предел!

That is absolutely amazing. The perfect jump. Over 8 feet.

Si è mossa un po’ troppo quell’asta?!?!? 🤔🤔

Wow one of the highest jumps i have ever seen!!!

Untouchable! Forever!

Title says it all. Not using metric system is stupid

How wonderful is doping and Don't get caught 😍

EL REY... YO LO CONOCÍ EN HUELVA, CAMPEONATO IBEROAMERICANO, ÉL ESTABA DE INVITADO, Y ERA MUY AMABLE Y HUMILDE. EL REY DEL SALTO DE ALTURA.

That can only be described as AMAZING !

Increíble! Inolvidable! Unico

Roba da canguri, che meraviglia!

I just wish he hadn't had the drug issues

He is a legend!

Every time I watch it I think the bar is going to fall off this time. Amazing.

Eroe de tu patria lo mejor de todo el mundo imenso JAVIER 2.45

at the end of the day it boils down to genetics and his were 1 in a 100,000,000. perhaps one day we'll get a new freak.

Two years before, Sotomayor make world record in Salamanca (2.43m)
Two years later, Sotomayor mades another world record in Salamanca (2.45m)

Two years of hard training for 2 cm of glory, Sotomayor is the greatest of high jumping

A España venían para burlar el control antidoping

He used doping!

He did his best performances in Cuba. That's fishy.

Cuantos año hase que ese recor no lo anvatido . Por que ni serca le han llegado 😢

Pues ahí sigue, ni Barshim pudo igualarlo.

It’s insane a human can jump that high. Unbelievable 👏👏👏

pound for pound, stefan holm is still the greateast. 1.81cm , 2.40m jump, javier, 1.93 cm and 2.45m jump

Jeez. I'm old enough to remember when the pole vault record wasn't much higher than this!

He fairly rocked the bar, just to add a little extra drama. Wow!

3 decades and counting.Simple Unbelievable!