Highest jump above own head (male)

Highest jump above own head (male)
Who
Franklin Jacobs
What
59 centimetre(s)
Where
United States (New York,)
When
27 January 1978
The greatest height cleared above a male athlete's own head is 59 cm (1 ft 11.75 in) by Franklin Jacobs (USA, b. 31 December 1957) who was 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall and who jumped 2.32 m (7 ft 7.25 in) at New York, USA, on 27 January 1978.