List of high jump Paralympic medalists
# List of high jump Paralympic medalists

The high jump was first contested in the 1976 Summer Paralympics for men and women. However, the women's high jump is now discontinued with the last event being held in the 2000 Summer Paralympics.

## Men's medal summaries

### Amputee athletes

| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| A | 1976 | John Bowman United States | Doug Rupe Australia | T. Lewis United States |
| A | 1980 | Ernie Lambier Canada | Robert Wright United States | John Bowman United States |
| A (two foot take off) | 1976 | C. Gillfors Sweden | Martti Juntunen Finland | Jarle Johnsen Norway |
| A2 | 1984 | Arnold Boldt Canada | Bert Bottemanne Netherlands Anthony Willis Great Britain | No bronze medalist; tie for silver |
| A2/A9 | 1988 | Arnold Boldt Canada | Andreas Siegl Austria | Gunther Beltiz West Germany |
| A3 | 1984 | Ngwe Tin Burma | Ronan Tynan Ireland Gyi Aung Burma | No bronze medalist; tie for silver |
| A4 | 1984 | Ronnie Alsup United States | James Hoggan Australia Kazimierz Suchocki Poland | No bronze medalist; tie for silver |
| A4/A9 | 1988 | Ronnie Alsup United States | Michael Hackett Australia | Jurgen Johann West Germany |
| A5 | 1984 | Matthias Berg West Germany | Jerzy Szlezak Poland Jeff Tiessen Canada Ronald West Great Britain | No bronze medalist; tie for silver |
| A6 | 1984 | Michael Morley Australia | Brett Holcombe Australia Peter Lorencz Hungary | No bronze medalist; tie for silver |
| A6/A8-9/L6 | 1988 | Nigel Coultas Great Britain | Yang Shaomin China | Rodney Nugent Australia |
| C | 1976 | Jurgen Johann West Germany | Roni Fradkin Israel | Wong Shek Kau Hong Kong |
| C | 1980 | Jurgen Johann West Germany | Tony Wills Canada D. J. Eden New Zealand | No bronze medalist |
| D | 1976 | Arnold Boldt Canada | Konrad Reisner Austria | W. Hilzinger West Germany |
| D | 1980 | Arnold Boldt Canada | Anthony Willis Great Britain | Norbert Kolodzie West Germany |
| E | 1976 | A. Broeckhuysen Netherlands | Only one competitor | Only one competitor |
| E | 1980 | Jan Krauz Poland | Walter Kessler Switzerland | Andres Garcia Spain |
| F | 1976 | Nitzan Atzmon Israel | Heikki Miettinen Finland | Gerhard Kolm Austria |
| F | 1980 | Gerhard Kolm Austria | S. Ishii Japan | Nitzan Atzmon Israel |
| J1 | 1992 | Arnold Boldt Canada | Hans Santschi Switzerland | Andreas Siegl Austria |
| J2 | 1992 | Zhao Ti China | Alessandro Kuris Italy | Michael Hackett Australia |
| J4 | 1992 | Zhao Xue China | Shao Yang China | Dana Jaster United States |
| F42 | 2000 | Hou Bin China | Guo Wei Zhong China | Gunther Belitz Germany |
| F42 | 2004 | Hou Bin China | Guo Wei Zhong China | Dennis Wliszczak Austria |
| F42 | 2012 | Iliesa Delana Fiji | Girisha Nagarajegowda India | Lukasz Mamczarz Poland |
| F42-44 | 1996 | Hou Bin China | Alan Earle Great Britain | Juergen Kern Germany |
| F44/46 | 2004 | Wu Yancong China | Jeff Skiba United States | Qui Hong Wang China |
| F44/46 | 2008 | Jeff Skiba United States | Aaron Chatman Australia | Chen Hongjie China |
| F46 | 2000 | Wu Yancong China | Marlon Shirley United States | David Roos South Africa |
| F46 | 2012 | Maciej Lepiato Poland | Jeff Skiba United States | Chen Hongjie China |
| T42 | 2016 | Mariyappan Thangavelu India | Sam Grewe United States | Bhati Varun Singh India |
| T44 | 2016 | Maciej Lepiato Poland | Jonathan Broom-Edwards Great Britain | Rafael Uribe Venezuela |
| T47 | 2016 | Roderick Townsend-Roberts United States | Chen Hongjie China | Aaron Chatman Australia |
| T47 | 2020 | Roderick Townsend-Roberts United States | Nishad Kumar India Dallas Wise United States | No bronze medalist; tie for silver |
| T63 | 2020 | Sam Grewe United States | Mariyappan Thangavelu India | Sharad Kumar India |
| T64 | 2020 | Jonathan Broom-Edwards Great Britain | Praveen Kumar India | Maciej Lepiato Poland |

### Blind athletes

| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| B | 1976 | August Hofer Austria | Richard Barnhart United States | Martin Sallaert Belgium |
| B | 1980 | Hiromasa Matsui Japan | August Hofer Austria | W. Knorrs West Germany |
| B1 | 1984 | Italo Sacchetto Italy | Stefan Bidzinski Poland | Beat Camenzind Switzerland |
| B1 | 1988 | Italo Sacchetto Italy | Hadi Abdulaziz Indonesia | Yukio Minami Japan |
| B2 | 1984 | Stephane Saas France | Rudy de Meersman Belgium | Norbert Antlitz West Germany |
| B2 | 1988 | Vadim Kalmykov Soviet Union | Norbert Antlitz West Germany | Masanobi Horiuchi Japan |
| B2 | 1992 | Alejo Velez Spain | Juan Carlos Prieto Spain | Mohamad Khasseri Othman Malaysia Akihito Motohashi Japan |
| B3 | 1984 | Yosef Olah Hungary | Claudio Foresti Italy | George Morris United States Warren Lawton Australia |
| B3 | 1988 | Oleg Chepel Soviet Union | Hiroaki Nakamura Japan | Danny de Meersman Belgium |
| B3 | 1992 | Jonathan Orcutt United States | Enest Bliey United States | Olaf Mehlmann Germany |
| F10-11 | 1996 | Oleg Chepel Belarus | Alejo Velez Spain | Shigeo Yoshihara Japan |
| F12 | 2000 | Ruslan Sivitski Belarus | Leszek Reut Poland | Oleg Chepel Belarus |

### Intellectually impaired athletes

| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| F20 | 2000 | Wissam Ben Bahri Tunisia | Parashos Stogiannidis Greece | Hein Seyerling South Africa |

## Women's medal summaries

| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| A | 1976 | B. Stanger Canada | Only one competitor | Only one competitor |
| A | 1980 | Joke van Rijswijk Netherlands | Ilse Bohning West Germany | Cheryl Hurd Canada |
| Class A6 | 1984 | Petra Buddelmeyer West Germany | Julie Holley United States | No bronze medalist |
| B | 1976 | G. Bloomfield Canada | Only one competitor | Only one competitor |
| B | 1980 | Janet Rowley United States | Lynelle Brantner United States | Anna Ostapa Canada |
| B1 | 1984 | Catherine Welsby Great Britain | Vera Kroes Netherlands | Joke van Rijswijk Netherlands |
| B2 | 1984 | Janet Rowley United States | Margaret Murphy Australia | No bronze medalist |
| B3 | 1984 | Melba Houghton United States | Zhao Jihong China | No bronze medalist |
| C | 1980 | Charmaine Cree Australia | Only one competitor | Only one competitor |
| D | 1980 | Sue Grimstead Canada | Only one competitor | Only one competitor |
| F20 | 2000 | Lisa Llorens Australia | Kazumi Sakai Japan | Sirly Tiik Estonia |
