James Allen Howard (born September 11, 1959) is an American retired

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He finished second at the

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, tenth at the 1987 World Indoor Championships and at the

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. He won the US national title in 1984. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved in June 1987 in

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.World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
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* 1959 births Living people American male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub