The high jump consist of clearing a horizontal bar without knocking it down, using only the strength of one's body. The Celts held high jump competitions hundred of years ago, and it became an official event in 1840, in Great Britain.

After the rules were written, in 1865, the high jump became part of the Olympics in 1896 Athens. The first women's competition took place in 1895 in the United States and women competed in the Olympics for the first time in 1928 in Amsterdam.