Tallest Olympic athletes

59 Olympic athletes on Codexery, ranked by height: David Rudisha leads at 1.90 m, and the list runs down to Naim Süleymanoğlu at 1.47 m. Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

59 entries from 6 codexes · Last updated 2026-09-26 · Click a column heading to sort

				Source
1	David Rudisha Olympic Track & Field	1.90 m	1988	source
2	Karsten Warholm Olympic Champions	1.87 m	1996	source
3	Sven Kramer Winter Sports Stars	1.87 m	1986	source
4	Jan Železný Track And Field Icons	1.85 m	1966	source
5	Daley Thompson Olympic Track & Field	1.84 m	1958	source
6	Armin Hary Olympic Track & Field	1.82 m	1937	source
7	Emil Zátopek Track And Field Icons	1.82 m	1922	source
8	Armand Duplantis Olympic Track & Field	1.81 m	1999	source
9	Heike Drechsler Olympic Track & Field	1.81 m	1964	source
10	Hermann Maier Winter Sports Stars	1.81 m	1972	source
11	Igor Cassina Gymnastics	1.80 m	1977	source
12	Lasse Virén Olympic Champions	1.80 m	1949	source
13	Scott Moir Winter Sports Stars	1.80 m	1987	source
14	Jean-Claude Killy Olympic Champions	1.78 m	1943	source
15	Abebe Bikila Olympic Track & Field	1.77 m	1932	source
16	Anita Włodarczyk Olympic Track & Field	1.76 m	1985	source
17	Gert Fredriksson Olympic Track & Field	1.76 m	1919	source
18	Hicham El Guerrouj Olympic Track & Field	1.76 m	1974	source
19	Fanny Blankers-Koen Olympic Track & Field	1.75 m	1918	source
20	Jin Jong-oh Olympic Champions	1.75 m	1979	source
21	Merlene Ottey Track And Field Icons	1.75 m	1960	source
22	Krisztina Egerszegi Olympic Champions	1.74 m	1974	source
23	Alexei Nemov Gymnastics	1.73 m	1976	source
24	Epke Zonderland Gymnastics	1.73 m	1986	source
25	Kipchoge Keino Olympic Champions	1.73 m	1940	source
26	Georg Hackl Winter Sports Stars	1.72 m	1966	source
27	Boris Shakhlin Gymnastics	1.71 m	1932	source
28	Michal Martikán Olympic Champions	1.70 m	1979	source
29	Galina Chistyakova Track And Field Icons	1.69 m	1962	source
30	Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics	1.69 m	1972	source
31	Elaine Thompson-Herah Olympic Track & Field	1.68 m	1992	source
32	Galina Zybina Olympic Track & Field	1.68 m	1931	source
33	Genzebe Dibaba Track And Field Icons	1.68 m	1991	source
34	Marit Bjørgen Olympic Champions	1.68 m	1980	source
35	Mary Decker Track And Field Icons	1.68 m	1958	source
36	Max Whitlock Gymnastics	1.67 m	1993	source
37	Almaz Ayana Olympic Track & Field	1.66 m	1991	source
38	Kaori Icho Olympic Champions	1.66 m	1984	source
39	Nikolai Andrianov Gymnastics	1.66 m	1952	source
40	Haile Gebrselassie Olympic Track & Field	1.65 m	1973	source
41	Jessica Ennis-Hill Olympic Champions	1.65 m	1986	source
42	Katarina Witt Winter Sports Stars	1.65 m	1965	source
43	Paul Hamm Gymnastics	1.65 m	1982	source
44	Tessa Virtue Winter Sports Stars	1.65 m	1989	source
45	Cathy Freeman Olympic Track & Field	1.64 m	1973	source
46	Li Ning Olympic Champions	1.64 m	1963	source
47	Sawao Katō Gymnastics	1.63 m	1946	source
48	Aliya Mustafina Gymnastics	1.62 m	1994	source
49	Kohei Uchimura Gymnastics	1.62 m	1989	source
50	Larisa Latynina Gymnastics Stars	1.61 m	1934	source
51	Ludmilla Tourischeva Gymnastics Stars	1.60 m	1952	source
52	Takashi Ono (gymnast) Gymnastics	1.60 m	1931	source
53	Sasha Cohen Gymnastics	1.58 m	1984	source
54	Elena Zamolodchikova Gymnastics	1.54 m	1982	source
55	Cecilia Colledge Gymnastics	1.52 m	1920	source
56	Nellie Kim Gymnastics	1.52 m	1957	source
57	Lilia Podkopayeva Olympic Champions	1.49 m	1978	source
58	He Kexin Gymnastics Stars	1.47 m	1992	source
59	Naim Süleymanoğlu Olympic Champions	1.47 m	1967	source

How this list is made

Includes Olympic athletes from Codexery codexes where at least 70% of entries are sourced and carry this field; an entry is listed only when the value shown appears in its own cited source article. Entries without a verifiable height are left out rather than estimated. Values are copied from structured data already on each Codexery page and re-checked against the linked source; nothing on this page is estimated or written by a model. Spot an error? Use “Suggest an edit” on the entry’s page.

Tallest Olympic athletes

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