Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5 miles | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 400 m hurdles | men |
| 3200 m steeplechase | men |
| Medley relay | men |
| 3 mile team race | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| 3500 m walk | men |
| 10 mile walk | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Standing long jump | men |
| Standing high jump | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| Greek discus | men |
| Freestyle javelin | men |
The men's high jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 21, 1908. Twenty-two high jumpers from ten nations competed.[1]
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1.97(*) |  |
New York (USA) | September 21, 1895 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 1.90 | |
Paris (FRA) | July 15, 1900 |
(*) unofficial
Harry Porter equalized the standing Olympic record with 1.90 metres.
Results
| Place | Name | Nation | Height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Porter | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.90 metres |
| 2 | Géo André |  | 1.88 metres |
| István Somodi | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.88 metres | |
| Con Leahy |  | 1.88 metres | |
| 5 | Herbert Gidney | | 1.85 metres |
| Tom Moffitt | | 1.85 metres | |
| 7 | Neil Patterson | | 1.83 metres |
| 8 | Axel Hedenlund |  | 1.80 metres |
| 9 | Patrick Leahy | | 1.78 metres |
| 10 | George Barber | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.77 metres |
| Edward Leader | | 1.77 metres | |
| Haswell Wilson | | 1.77 metres | |
| 13 | József Haluzsinsky | | 1.72 metres |
| Garfield MacDonald | | 1.72 metres | |
| Henry Olsen |  | 1.72 metres | |
| 16 | Léon Dupont | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.67 metres |
| Folke Hellstedt | | 1.67 metres | |
| Lauri Pihkala |  | 1.67 metres | |
| 19 | Herman van Leeuwen |  | 1.65 metres |
| 20 | Al Bellerby | | 1.59 metres |
| - | Otto Monsen | | NM |
| - | Lauri Wilskman | | NM |
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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