Editing High jump (section)

==Rules==
[[File:Yelena Slesarenko failing 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Yelena Slesarenko]] hitting the bar while using the Fosbury Flop technique]]

The rules set for the high jump by [[World Athletics]] (previously named the IAAF<ref name="rules2009"/>) are Technical Rules TR26 and TR27<ref>{{cite web |title=C2.1: Technical Rulesv (In force from 1 November 2019 and amended on 31 January 2020*) |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=8728ad5a-61ee-4b04-9156-af26378d17e2.pdf&urlslug=C2.1%20-%20Technical%20Rules%20(amended%20on%2031%20January%202020)#page=61 |website=Book of Rules |publisher=World Athletics |pages=59–65}}</ref> (previously Rules 181 and 182<ref name="rules2009"/>). Jumpers must take off from one foot. A jump is considered a failure if the jumper dislodges the bar or touches the ground or any object behind the bar before clearance.

Competitors may begin jumping at any height announced by the chief judge, or may pass at their own discretion. Most competitions state that three consecutive missed jumps, at any height or combination of heights, will eliminate the jumper from contention. The victory goes to the jumper who clears the greatest height during the final.

===Tie breaking===
If two or more jumpers tie for any place, the tie-breakers are: 1) the fewest misses at the height at which the tie occurred; and 2) the fewest misses throughout the competition. If the event remains tied for first place (or a limited-advancement position to a subsequent meet), the jumpers have a jump-off, beginning at the next height above their highest success. Jumpers have one attempt at each height. If only one succeeds, he or she wins; if more than one does, these try with the bar raised; if none does, all try with the bar lowered. This process was followed at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|2015 World Championship men's event]] and at the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|2024 Summer Olympics]].

Example:
{|class="wikitable"
|+Example jump-off
!rowspan=2| Competitor !!colspan=7| Main competition !!colspan=3| Jump-off !!rowspan=2| Place
|-
! 1.75m !! 1.80m !! 1.84m !! 1.88m !! 1.91m !! 1.94m !! 1.97m !! 1.91m !! 1.89m !! 1.91m
|-
| A || o || xo || o || xo || x || – || xx || x || o || x || 2
|-
| B || – || xo || – || xo || – || – || xxx  || x || o || o || 1
|-
| C || – || o || xo || xo || – || xxx || || x || x || || 3
|-
| D || – || xo|| xo || xo || xxx || ||  ||colspan=3| || 4
|}

In the example jump-off, the final cleared height is 1.88m, at which A B C and D each have one failure. D has two failures at lower heights compared to one each for the other three, who proceed to a jump-off at the next height above the final cleared height. C is eliminated in the second round of the jump-off 1.89m, then B wins in the third round.

A 2009 rule-change makes the jump-off optional, so that first place can be shared by agreement among tied athletes.<ref name="rules2009">{{cite web |title=Competition Rules 2010-2011; In Force as from 1st November 2009 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/05/47/81/20091027115916_httppostedfile_CompRules2010_web_26Oct09_17166.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011023632/http://iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/05/47/81/20091027115916_httppostedfile_CompRules2010_web_26Oct09_17166.pdf |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |page=168; Rule 181 §§ 8, 9 [note marginal change lines]}}; {{cite web |last1=Locteau |first1=Sebastien |title=IAAF Technical Rule Changes 2009/2010. |url=https://www.runireland.com/iaaf-technical-rule-changes-20092010-aai-website/ |website=RunIreland.com |access-date=2 August 2021 |date=4 December 2009}}</ref> This rule led to shared gold in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|2020 Olympic men's event]] held in 2021.