Track and field onto a cushioned landing area. 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, 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 1968 Olympics. This technique has
2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics The 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics ("Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo"), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress ("Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo"). A running track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition. No championship records were set at