Puissance - wikipedia Puissance For information about the band of the same name, see Puissance ( band ). For the show horse of this name, see Puissance ( stallion ). Accenture puissance at 2008 Olympia - The London Horse Show Puissance is the high - jump competition in the equestrian sport of show jumping. Contents 1 Description 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Description The competition involves a maximum of five rounds - opening round followed by four jump - offs, not against the clock. The first round consists of four to six large single obstacles including the puissance wall, the starting height of which may vary from 1.70 to 1.80 m ( 5 ft 7 in to 5 ft 11 in ) in height. For the jump - offs, in which the fences are raised for each round, there are only two obstacles -- a spread fence and the wall -- although an optional practice fence is included. In the event of equality after the fifth round, riders share first prize. The puissance wall often has become taller than 2 metres ( 6 ft 7 in ). The current indoor record for puissance is held by German rider Franke Sloothaak, who in June 1991 jumped 2.40 m ( 7 ft 10 in ) in Chaudfontaine, Belgium on Optiebeurs Golo, breaking his previous record set on Leonardo. The puissance is similar to, but not the same as, the equestrian high jump competition, which consists of a single, slightly sloping fence made from a hedge topped with timber rails. The record for the high jump stands at 2.47 m ( 8 ft 1 in ), and was achieved by Captain Alberto Larraguibel Morales riding Huaso ex-Faithfull, at the Official International Event at Viña del Mar, Chile, on 5 February 1949. Puissance, ( from Anglo - French puissance ), is also a word meaning `` power ''. The event has been contested once at the Olympic Games, in 1900. See also Show jumping References Jump up ^ Masters of Foxhounds Association of America ( 1991 ) Chronicle of the horse Chronicle of the horse Inc. Volume 54, Issues 14 - 26, p. 52 Jump up ^ Word - puissance External links Look up puissance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puissance ( show jumping ). Video of Ben Maher jumping 7'3 '' High Jump and Long Jump Records Equestrian activities Main articles : Equestrianism Equitation FEI disciplines, Olympic Dressage Eventing Show jumping FEI disciplines, non-Olympic Combined driving Endurance Horseball Reining Tent pegging Vaulting Para-equestrian Horse racing Flat racing Harness racing Point - to - point Steeplechase Thoroughbred horse racing Team sports Buzkashi Cowboy polo Equestrian drill team Jereed ( cirit ) Pato Polo Polocrosse Team chasing Games with horses Barrel racing Carrera de cintas Corrida de sortija Dzhigitovka Equine agility Er Enish Gymkhana ( equestrian ) Keyhole race Kyz kuu Mounted games O - Mok - See Pole bending Sinjska alka Skijoring Driving sports Ban'ei racing Carriage driving Chuckwagon racing Draft horse showing Fine harness Horse pulling Pleasure driving Roadster Scurry driving Working stock sports Acoso y derribo Australian rodeo Breakaway roping Calf roping Campdrafting Charreada Chilean rodeo Coleo Cutting Deporte de lazo Goat tying Jineteada gaucha Ranch sorting Rodeo Saddle bronc and bareback riding Steer wrestling Team penning Team roping Working cow horse Weaponry Cowboy mounted shooting Jousting Mounted archery Yabusame Pig sticking Horse show and exhibition disciplines Classical dressage English pleasure Halter ( horse show ) Horse showmanship Hunt seat Saddle seat Show hack Show hunter Show hunter ( British ) Sidesaddle Stunt riding Trail ( horse show ) Western dressage Western pleasure Western riding ( horse show ) Regional and breed - specific disciplines Camargue equitation Doma menorquina Doma vaquera Icelandic equitation Working equitation Field sports Competitive trail riding Cross-country Field hunter Fox hunting Hunter pacing Mounted orienteering Pleasure riding Trail riding TREC Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puissance&oldid=752510309 '' Categories : Show jumping Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Edit links This page was last edited on 1 December 2016, at 17 : 49 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: the height franke sloothaak jumped to achieve the world puissance record in 1991
Answer: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)