Editing Track and field (section)

====High jump====
{{Main|High jump}}
[[File:High School Track and Field Athlete in the High Jump.jpg|thumb|A high school student attempting to [[high jump]] while using the [[Fosbury Flop]] technique]]
The first recorded instances of high jumping competitions were in [[Scotland]] in the 19th century.<ref>[http://www.spikesmag.com/disciplines/jumping/highjump.aspx High Jump] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113022016/http://www.spikesmag.com/disciplines/jumping/highjump.aspx |date=13 November 2010 }}. ''[[Spikes Magazine]]''. Retrieved on 10 May 2010.</ref> Further competitions were organised in 1840 in England and in 1865 the basic rules of the modern event were standardised there.<ref name=IAAFHJ>[http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9458.html High Jump – Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809105433/http://www.iaaf.org/community/athletics/trackfield/newsid=9458.html |date=9 August 2010 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 10 May 2010.</ref> Athletes have a short run up and then take off from one foot to jump over a horizontal bar and fall back onto a cushioned landing area.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Mike |url=http://trackandfield.about.com/od/highjump/a/highjumpbasics.htm |title=Introduction to the High Jump |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106033918/http://trackandfield.about.com/od/highjump/a/highjumpbasics.htm |archive-date=6 January 2010 |url-status=usurped |website=About |access-date=10 May 2010}}</ref> The men's high jump was included in the 1896 Olympics and a women's competition followed in 1928.

Jumping technique has played a significant part in the history of the event. High jumpers typically cleared the bar feet first in the late 19th century, using either the [[Scissors-Jump|Scissors]], [[Eastern cut-off]] or [[Western roll]] technique. The [[straddle technique]] became prominent in the mid-20th century, but [[Dick Fosbury]] overturned tradition by pioneering a backwards and head-first technique in the late 1960s – the [[Fosbury Flop]] – which won him the gold at the [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]]. This technique has become the overwhelming standard for the sport from the 1980s onwards.<ref name=IAAFHJ /><ref>Gillon, Doug (15 May 2009). [http://www.heraldscotland.com/how-a-flop-turned-fosbury-into-a-legend-1.910158 How a flop turned Fosbury into a legend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418234526/http://www.heraldscotland.com/how-a-flop-turned-fosbury-into-a-legend-1.910158 |date=18 April 2012 }}. ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]''. Retrieved on 10 May 2010.</ref> The [[standing high jump]] was contested at the Olympics from 1900 to 1912, but is now relatively uncommon outside of its use as an exercise drill.