Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date	July 29
Medalists
Bob King  United States Benjamin Hedges  United States Claude Ménard  France

Official Video Highlights

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's high jump event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place July 29. Bob King won the final with a jump of 1.94 m. Four other competitors cleared 1.91 m, and their placement was decided via a jump-off.^[1]

Results

Qualifying round

All jumpers clearing 1.83 meters advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height
1	Colin Gordon	Great Britain	1.83
1	Harold Osborn	United States	1.83
1	Kornél Késmárki	Hungary	1.83
1	Pierre Lewden	France	1.83
1	Simeon Toribio	Philippines	1.83
1	André Cherrier	France	1.83
1	Ben Hedges	United States	1.83
1	Wolf Boneder	Germany	1.83
1	Charles McGinnis	United States	1.83
1	Claude Ménard	France	1.83
1	Einar Tommelstad	Norway	1.83
1	Fritz Huhn	Germany	1.83
1	Harry Simmons	Great Britain	1.83
1	Kazuo Kimura	Japan	1.83
1	Fritz Köpke	Germany	1.83
1	Herbert Adolfsson	Sweden	1.83
1	Mikio Oda	Japan	1.83
1	Bob King	United States	1.83
19	Antonios Karyofyllis	Greece	1.77
19	Valerio Vallania	Argentina	1.77
19	Carl van Geyzel	Great Britain	1.77
19	Ioannis Karyofyllis	Greece	1.77
19	Oscar Midtlyng	Norway	1.77
19	Henri Thesingh	Netherlands	1.77
19	Ferenc Orbán	Hungary	1.77
19	Geoffrey Turner	Great Britain	1.77
19	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	1.77
28	Joop Kamstra	Netherlands	1.70
28	Otto Schop	Romania	1.70
28	Tiberiu Rusu	Romania	1.70
28	Haydar Aşan	Turkey	1.70
28	Frits Bührman	Netherlands	1.70
33	Adolfas Akelaitis	Lithuania	1.60
-	Alex Munroe	Canada	DQ
-	Armas Wahlstedt	Finland	No height

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height	Notes
	Bob King	United States	1.94
	Benjamin Hedges	United States	1.91
	Claude Ménard	France	1.91
4	Simeon Toribio	Philippines	1.91
5	Harold Osborn	United States	1.91
6	Kazuo Kimura	Japan	1.88
7	André Cherrier	France	1.88
7	Pierre Lewden	France	1.88
7	Charles McGinnis	United States	1.88
7	Mikio Oda	Japan	1.88
11	Herbert Adolfsson	Sweden	1.84
11	Kornél Késmárki	Hungary	1.84
11	Einar Tommelstad	Norway	1.84
11	Harry Simmons	Great Britain	1.84
11	Fritz Köpke	Germany	1.84
16	Wolf Boneder	Germany	1.80
17	Colin Gordon	Great Britain	1.70
17	Fritz Huhn	Germany	1.70

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