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Track events
- High jump, in which athletes jump over horizontal bars.
- Hurdling, a foot race in which runners leap over hurdles.
- Long jump, where the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible.
- Pole vault, in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to jump over a bar.
- Triple jump, the objective is to leap horizontally as far as possible, in a series of three jumps.
Sports
Animal sports
Early motion picture of a horse jumping
- Dog agility, in which a dog traverses various obstacles, including jumps.
- Show jumping and Eventing, competitions where a horse jumps over fences.
- Fox hunting, in which horses and fox hounds jump over fences and other obstacles.
