Standing high jump the world record. The Norwegian record is 1.82 by Sturle Kalstad in 1983. Standing high jump The standing high jump is an athletics event that was featured in the Olympics from 1900 to 1912. It is performed in the same way as high jump, with the difference being that the athlete has no run-up and must stand still and jump with both feet together. Ray Ewry was the best of the Olympic era, setting world records for the standing high jump (1.65 m on July 16, 1900). He was also highly successful in the standing long jump and the standing
Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle over the mile was 24:33.0, beating the standing record of 24:42.6 set by David Billington in 1905. Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle The men's 1500 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the longest of the 3 individual freestyle event distances. The competition was held from Tuesday July 21, 1908, to Saturday July 25, 1908. Nineteen swimmers from eight nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics. "(*)" one mile (1609.34