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I think it was around 7'6" at the time. Dwight Stones broke the record a couple months after my last year.
He was 6'6" tall so a foot over his height.
Even more incredible, is Javier Sotomayor. He's only 6'4" tall but cleared 8 feet and gas held the record for nearly 35 years.
Of course, he was from Cuba & the late 80s was the peak of Soviet sponsored nations doping with steroids. Things that make me go "Hmmm".
Every guy that held the record between him and Stones were 6'6" to 6'8".
It's so technique and timing driven that reps and refinement are key.
Some of us had no way to do that. Not that would have ever been world class. Just better than I was.