AAA and National Championships Medallists - High Jump

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		First		Second		Third
		AAC Championships
1866		John Roupell & Thomas Little	1.753 WR			Charles Green	1.676
1867		Charles Green & Thomas Little	1.727			Frederick Parsons & Sir Victor Brooke	1.676
1868		Robert Mitchell	1.727	Charles Pym	1.676	Frederick Parsons	1.575
1869		John Hoare	1.575	John Harwood	1.524	only 2 competitors
1870		Robert Mitchell	1.753 =WR	Edward Bergman & John Harwood	1.651
1871		Robert Mitchell	1.765 WR	John Harwood	1.676	Charles Mason	1.562
1872		Edward Prior	1.626	Francis Woods	1.600	James Bland IRE
1873		John Hurst	1.676	Edward Prior, Francis Woods, Yellowly Watson & John Harwood	1.626
1874		Marshall Brooks	1.803 WR	Thomas Davin IRE	1.778	Yellowly Watson	1.702
1875		Michael Glazebrook	1.803 =WR	only 1 competitor
1876		Marshall Brooks	1.829	only 1 competitor
1877		Gerard Blathwayt	1.676	Henry Kayll, Horace Strachan & John Alkin	1.607
1878		Thomas Tomlinson	1.784	Gerard Blathwayt	1.753
1879	AAC	Reginald Macauley	1.765	Thomas Tomlinson	1.689	only 2 competitors
1879	LAC	Robert Thomas & William Hall	1.753			Horace Strachan & Frank Wood	1.664
		AAA Championships
1880		John Parsons	1.772	Francis Bell	1.702	Robert Thomas	1.676
1881		Pat Davin IRE	1.842	John Parsons	1.765	only 2 competitors
1882		R.F. Houghton	1.708	Francis Wood	1.683	only 2 competitors
1883		John Parsons	1.835	R.F. Houghton	1.727	only 2 competitors
1884		Tom Ray	1.702	Arthur Watkinson	1.676	F.W. Cattle	1.676
1885		Patrick Kelly IRE	1.803	Tom Ray	1.778	Sidney Purves & Alfred Nuttall	1.702
1886		George Rowdon	1.816	Sidney Purves	1.759	Alfred Nuttall	1.734
1887		George Rowdon & William Page USA	1.829			Francis Fogg USA	1.753
1888		George Rowdon	1.727	Tom Ray	1.575	only 2 competitors
1889		Thomas Jennings	1.740	Cecil Haward	1.715	B.C. Green	1.600
1890		Cecil Haward	1.740	Thomas Jennings	1.676	Arthur Watkinson	1.600
1891		Thomas Jennings	1.765	Arthur Watkinson & Henry Hallock USA	1.740
1892		Arthur Watkinson	1.740	William Wylie & Hugh Le Fleming	1.689
1893		James Ryan IRE	1.892	Thomas Jennings	1.791	Arthur Andrews	1.664
1894		Reginald Williams	1.759	Eric Swanwick	1.734	only 2 competitors
1895		James Ryan IRE	1.816	Reginald Williams	1.791	Robert Perry	1.765
1896		Murty O'Brien IRE	1.803	Reginald Williams	1.651	only 2 competitors
1897		Claude Leggatt	1.753	Robert Perry	1.740	John MacFarlane & Charles Adams	1.702
1898		Patrick Leahy IRE	1.819	Robert Perry & Henry Adair	1.753
1899		Patrick Leahy IRE	1.784	Claude Leggatt	1.734	Robert Perry	1.683
1900		Irving Baxter USA	1.880	Peter O'Connor IRE, Walter Henderson & Walter Carroll USA	1.772
1901		Irving Baxter USA	1.803	Peter O'Connor IRE	1.753	only 2 competitors
1902		Samuel Jones USA	1.905	Peter O'Connor IRE	1.880	Con Leahy IRE	1.854
1903		Peter O'Connor IRE	1.727	only 1 competitor
1904		Peter O'Connor IRE, John Milne & R.G. Murray	1.765
1905		Con Leahy IRE	1.784	Edward Leader	1.733
1906		Con Leahy IRE	1.829	Oswald Groenings	1.753	Edward Leader & Cyril Dugmore	1.676
1907		Con Leahy IRE	1.829	Frederick Birkett	1.791	only 2 competitors
1908		Con Leahy IRE	1.803	Axel Hedenlund SWE	1.778	Oswald Groenings & Walter Henderson	1.753
1909		John Banks	1.753	Tim Ahearne IRE	1.740	Cyril Dugmore	1.702
1910		Howard Baker	1.753	Clive Taylor	1.727
1911		Robert Pasemann GER	1.829	Tom Leahy IRE	1.803	Howard Baker	1.753
1912		Howard Baker	1.829	Clive Taylor	1.727	H. Ward	1.702?
1913		Howard Baker	1.829	Anders Petterson SWE	1.778	Inge Lindholm SWE	1.727
1914		Wesley Oler USA	1.892	Howard Baker	1.880	John Simons USA	1.829
		1915-1918 Championships not held
1919		Howard Baker	1.803	Georg Högström SWE	1.778	Tim Carroll IRE	1.753
1920		Howard Baker	1.911 NR	Tim Carroll IRE & Samuel Thomson USA	1.753
1921		Howard Baker	1.897	Pierre Guilloux FRA	1.848	Bertil Jansson SWE	1.803
1922		Pierre Lewden FRA	1.803	Sverre Hansen NOR	1.753	Erik Manskow NOR	1.727
		(Best GB: 4. R.A. Nicholas 1.702)
1923		Pierre Lewden FRA	1.930	Jack Probert	1.778	Arthur Willis & Robert Dickinson	1.727
1924		Larry Stanley IRL	1.867	Arthur Willis	1.854	Crawford Kerr, Lawrence Roberts RSA & Edward Sutherland RSA	1.803
1925		Harold Osborn USA	1.930	Pierre Lewden FRA	1.905	Fred Nuttall	1.803
1926		Carl Van Geysel CEY	1.854	John Pendlebury	1.829	Ferenc Orbán HUN	1.803
1927		Herbert Adolfsson SWE	1.829	Con O'Connor IRL, Jack London & Thomas Tweed CEY	1.803
1928		Claude Menard FRA	1.905	Carl Van Geysel CEY	1.880	André Cherrier FRA & Harry Simmonds	1.854
1929		Kalman Kesmarki HUN	1.905	Einar Tommelstad NOR	1.854	Con O'Connor IRL & Alec James	1.803
1930		Colin Gordon GUY	1.854	Edward Bradbrooke & Geoffrey Turner	1.829 & 1.854 j.o.
1931		Arthur Gray	1.829	Colin Gordon GUY & Alec James	1.803
1932		William Land	1.854	Edward Bradbrooke & Stanley West	1.829
1933		Mihaly Bodosi HUN	1.905	Edward Bradbrooke & Angiolini Tommasi ITA	1.880
1934		Mihaly Bodosi HUN	1.905	John Michie	1.880	Arthur Gray & William Land	1.854
1935		Stanley West	1.905	Jean Moiroud FRA	1.829	Kornel Kesmarki HUN	1.778
1936		Jack Metcalfe AUS	1.854	Jan Brasser NED	1.829	Stanley West	1.778
1937		John Newman	1.880	Charles Walker	1.880	Arthur Gold & Richard O'Rafferty IRL	1.778
1938		Richard O'Rafferty IRL	1.854	Robert Kennedy	1.854	Hubert Stubbs	1.854
1939		John Newman	1.880	Hubert Stubbs	1.829 & 1.880 j.o.	Richard O'Rafferty IRL & Eric Pierre TRI	1.829
		1940-1945 Championships not held
1946		Alan Paterson	1.880	Ron Pavitt	1.854	John Newman	1.854
1947		Adegboyega Adedoyin NGR	1.930	Ron Pavitt	1.905	D.V. Nicholson	1.854
1948		John Winter AUS	1.930	Alan Paterson	1.880	Adegboyega Adedoyin NGR	1.880
1949		Alan Paterson	1.930	Ron Pavitt	1.930	Peter Wells	1.930
1950		Alan Paterson	1.930	Ron Pavitt	1.905	Charles Van Dyck GHA	1.854
1951		Ron Pavitt	1.956	Jacques Delelienne BEL	1.930	Walter Herssens BEL	1.930
1952		Ron Pavitt	1.930	Peter Wells	1.880	Nafiu Osagie NGR	1.880
1953		Derek Cox	1.905	Brendan O'Reilly IRL	1.880	Kinnaird Cunningham	1.854
1954		Brendan O'Reilly IRL	1.956	Patrick Etolu UGA	1.930	Jonathan Lenemuria KEN	1.905
		(Best UK: 7. Tony Orton 1.854)
1955		William Piper	1.905	Oladipo Okuwobi NGR	1.905	Charles Van Dyck GHA	1.854
1956		Ion Soeter ROU	1.930	Oladipo Okuwobi NGR	1.905	Brendan O'Reilly IRL	1.880
		(Best UK: 4= Michael Ludlow & Paul Stableforth 1.880)
1957		Oladipo Okuwobi NGR	1.956	David Wilson	1.880	Peter Hogben	1.880
1958		Patrick Etolu UGA	2.032	Ernest Haisley JAM	2.007	Joseph Leresae KEN	2.007
		(Best UK: 4. Gordon Miller 1.956)
1959		Crawford Fairbrother	2.007	Gordon Miller	1.981	Robert Kotei GHA	1.956
1960		Robert Kotei GHA	2.083	Gordon Miller	2.051 NR	Crawford Fairbrother	1.956
1961		Crawford Fairbrother	2.060 NR	Colin Ridgway AUS	2.007	Patrick Mackenzie	1.981
1962		Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN	2.096	Colin Ridgway AUS	2.032	Crawford Fairbrother	2.007
1963		Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN	2.032	Crawford Fairbrother	1.981	Joseph Kadiri NGR	1.956
1964		Crawford Fairbrother	2.032	Gordon Miller	2.007	Sandy Kilpatrick	1.981
1965		Kjell-Ake Nilsson SWE	2.032	Stig Pettersson SWE	2.032	Joseph Kadiri NGR	1.981
		(Best UK: 4. Crawford Fairbrother 1.930)
1966		Joseph Kadiri NGR	1.981	Gordon Miller	1.956	Crawford Fairbrother	1.956
1967		Eldridge Lansdell RSA	2.007	Ioannis Koussoulas GRE	1.981	Gordon Miller	1.981
1968		Dan Mendenhall USA	2.083	Ed Hanks USA	2.057	Marco Schivo ITA	2.032
		(Best UK: 4. Michael Campbell 1.981)
1969		Kenneth Lundmark SWE	2.10	Crawford Fairbrother	1.96	Michael Campbell	1.96
1970		Hidehiko Tomizawa JPN	2.08	Kuniyoshi Sugioka JPN	2.08	John Dobroth USA	2.05
1971		Michael Campbell	2.04	David Livesey	2.02	Colin Boreham	2.00
1972		Milan Jamrich FRG	2.08	Colin Boreham	2.01	James Fanning IRL & Michael Campbell	2.01
1973		Chris Dunn USA	2.06	Tony Sneazwell AUS	2.06	James Fanning IRL	2.06
		(Best UK: 4. Michael Campbell 2.03)
1974		Dwight Stones USA	2.14	Pat Matzdorf USA	2.14	Eckart Eitel FRG	2.11
		(Best UK: 5. Richard Gyles 1.95)
1975		Reinhard Schiel RSA	2.10	Angus McKenzie	2.10	Eckart Eitel FRG	2.10
1976		Milton Palmer	2.06	Mike Butterfield	2.06	Angus McKenzie	2.06
1977		Alan Dainton	2.14	Mark Naylor	2.10	Milton Palmer	2.05
1978		Franklin Jacobs USA	2.20	Gail Olson USA	2.20	Brian Burgess	2.15
1979		Takao Sakamoto JPN	2.15	Ossie Cham & Tim Foulger	2.15
1980		Carlo Thränhardt FRG	2.23	Mark Naylor	2.20	Rupert Charles	2.14
1981		James Frazier USA	2.23	Mark Naylor	2.20	Benn Fields USA	2.20
1982		Takao Sakamoto JPN	2.24	Takashi Katamine JPN	2.24	Geoff Parsons	2.18
1983		Leo Williams USA	2.29	James Howard USA	2.29	Takao Sakamoto JPN	2.26
		(Best UK: 5. Geoff Parsons 2.20)
1984		Francisco Centelles CUB	2.30	Javier Sotomayor CUB	2.30	Jorge Alfaro CUB	2.26
		(Best UK: 4. Geoff Parsons 2.22)
1985		Milt Ottey CAN	2.28	Brian Stanton USA	2.28	Jorge Alfaro CUB	2.28
		(Best UK: 4= Dalton Grant 2.20)
1986		Geoff Parsons	2.23	Floyd Manderson	2.20	Fayyaz Ahmed	2.15
1987		Geoff Parsons	2.24	Hollis Conway USA	2.24	Dalton Grant	2.20
1988		Geoff Parsons	2.28	Dalton Grant	2.28	John Holman	2.20
1989		Dalton Grant	2.33 NR	John Holman	2.20	Steve Chapman	2.15
1990		Dalton Grant	2.28	Tim Forsyth AUS	2.21	Roger Te Puni NZL	2.18
1991		Hollis Conway USA	2.31	Geoff Parsons	2.28	Dalton Grant	2.25
1992		Steve Smith	2.31	Tim Forsyth AUS	2.31	David Anderson AUS	2.28
1993		Tim Forsyth AUS	2.32	Steve Smith	2.30	Dalton Grant & Geoff Parsons	2.20
1994		Brendan Reilly	2.24	Geoff Parsons	2.20	Antoine Burke IRL	2.15
1995		Steve Smith	2.35	Chris Anderson AUS	2.22	Dalton Grant	2.17
1996		Steve Smith	2.31	Dalton Grant	2.27	Colin Bent	2.20
1997	BAF	Brendan Reilly	2.28	Dalton Grant	2.20	David Barnetson	2.17
1997	AAA	Mark Mandy IRL	2.20	Brendan Reilly	2.15	David Barnetson	2.15
1998		Dalton Grant	2.20	Brendan Reilly, Stuart Ohrland & Stanley Osuide	2.15
1999		Steve Smith	2.28	Tyron Peacock RSA, Stuart Ohrland & Tony Gilhooly	2.17
2000		Ben Challenger	2.22	Brendan Reilly IRL	2.22	Stuart Ohrland	2.17
2001		Ben Challenger	2.17	Dalton Grant	2.12	Ian Holliday	2.07
2002		Dalton Grant	2.20	Ben Challenger	2.20	Mark Mandy IRL	2.10
2003		Ben Challenger	2.24	Ian Holliday	2.17	Dalton Grant	2.12
2004		Ben Challenger	2.23	Dalton Grant	2.15	Samson Oni	2.15
2005		Ben Challenger	2.27	Samson Oni	2.20	Darryl Stone	2.20
2006		Martyn Bernard	2.25	Germaine Mason	2.22	Tom Parsons & Nick Stanisavljevic	2.19
		National Championships
2007		Martyn Bernard	2.24	Germaine Mason	2.18	Tom Parsons	2.18
2008		Tom Parsons	2.30	Germaine Mason	2.27	Martyn Bernard	2.23
2009		Germaine Mason	2.24	Samson Oni	2.24	Tom Parsons	2.24
2010		Martyn Bernard	2.28	Tom Parsons	2.28	Robbie Grabarz	2.25
2011		Tom Parsons	2.28	Martyn Bernard	2.28	Robbie Grabarz	2.28
2012		Robbie Grabarz	2.28	Samson Oni	2.24	Tom Parsons	2.24
2013		Robbie Grabarz	2.28	Tom Parsons	2.25	David Smith	2.19
2014		Allan Smith	2.24	Chris Baker	2.24	Matthew Roberts	2.20
2015		Robbie Grabarz	2.28	Mike Edwards, Chris Kandu & David Smith	2.20
2016		Robbie Grabarz	2.26	Chris Baker	2.26	Allan Smith	2.23
2017		Robbie Grabarz	2.26	Chris Baker, Mike Edwards & David Smith	2.20
2018		Chris Baker	2.26	David Smith	2.26	Allan Smith	2.23
2019		Allan Smith	2.25	Chris Baker	2.22	Tom Gale	2.22
2020		Joel Clarke-Khan	2.18	William Grimsey	2.15	Sam Brereton	2.15
2021		Tom Gale	2.24	Joel Clarke-Khan	2.21	David Smith	2.17
2022		Joel Clarke-Khan	2.21	David Smith	2.18	Kelechi Agoucha	2.18
2023		Joel Clarke-Khan	2.18	William Grimsey	2.15	Luke Ball	2.09
2024		William Grimsey	2.15	Akin Coward	2.11	Divine Duruaku	2.11

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Dalton Grant	4	5	5	14	1987-2004	17
Howard Baker	6	1	1	8	1910-1921	11
Crawford Fairbrother	3	2	3	8	1959-1969	10
Tom Parsons	2	2	4	8	2006-2013	7
Robbie Grabarz	5		2	7	2010-2017	7
Geoff Parsons	3	2	2	7	1982-1994	12
Ben Challenger	5	1		6	2000-2005	5
Ron Pavitt	2	4		6	1946-1952	6
David Smith		4	2	6	2013-2022	9
Steve Smith	4	1		5	1992-1999	7
Con Leahy IRE	4		1	5	1902-1908	6
Martyn Bernard	3	1	1	5	2006-2011	5
Peter O'Connor IRE	2	3		5	1900-1904	4
Chris Baker	1	4		5	2014-2019	5
Gordon Miller		4	1	5	1959-1967	8
Other top winners and long spans
Alan Paterson	3	1		4	1946-1950	4
Robert Mitchell	3			3	1868-1871	3
Joel Clarke-Khan	3	1		4	2020-2023	3
George Rowdon	3			3	1886-1888	2
John Newman	2		1	3	1937-1946	9
Francis Woods		3		3	1872-1882	10

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