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.