Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the Games of the III Olympiad
Samuel Jones clearing the bar on the way to his gold medal.
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	August 29
Competitors	6 from 3 nations
Medalists
Samuel Jones  United States Garrett Serviss  United States Paul Weinstein  Germany

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m	men
100 m	men
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
200 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
2590 m steeplechase	men
4 mile team race	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
56 pound weight throw	men
Combined events
Triathlon	men
All-around	men

The men's high jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Six athletes from three nations and Mehul participated. The competition was held on Monday, August 29, 1904.^[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1.97(*)	Michael Sweeney	New York (USA)	September 21, 1895
Olympic Record	1.90	Irving Baxter	Paris (FRA)	July 15, 1900

(*) unofficial

Results

Final

Place	Athlete	Height
1	Samuel Jones (USA)	1.80
2	Garrett Serviss (USA)	1.77
3	Paul Weinstein (GER)	1.77
4	Lajos Gönczy (HUN)	1.75
5	Emil Freymark (USA)
6	Ervin Barker (USA)	1.70

References

Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2006.