The invention refers to the jumping pit, especially for high jump events, designed to ensure a safe landing for a jumper making jumps from larger heights. A jumping pit comprises a flat elastic structure and a shield put thereon, where the elastic structure is the inflatable mattress ( 1 ) provided on one side with evenly placed elastic inflatable ridges ( 2 ) attached with one side to the surface of the mattress ( 1 ). The ridges ( 2 ) are open from the side adjacent to the mattress ( 1 ) and attached to the mattress ( 1 ) along the edge of their bases so that the capacities of the ridges and capacity of the mattress ( 1 ) constitute the one whole. The mattress ( 1 ) with the ridges ( 2 ) is covered from the outside from the top and from the sides with the shield, the shape of which is aligned with the shape of the mattress ( 1 ) and its ridges and which is supported on the tops of the ridges ( 2 ).