Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 7, 1912 and on July 8, 1912. Thirty-seven high jumpers from ten nations competed.[1]
| Men's high jump at the Games of the V Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Richards on the way to win the gold medal. | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 7–8 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 4×100 m relay | men |
| 4×400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | 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 |
| 2-hand shot put | men |
| 2-hand discus | men |
| 2-hand javelin | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
Silver medalist Hans Liesche.
And the bronze medalist George Horine in action.
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2.00 |  |
Palo Alto (USA) | May 28, 1912 |
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| Olympic Record | 1.90 | |
Paris (FRA) | July 15, 1900 |
| 1.90 | |
London (GBR) | July 21, 1908 |
At first Hans Liesche set a new Olympic record with 1.91 metres. But Alma Richards was able to equalize this mark, when he also jumped 1.91 metres. Finally Alma Richards set a new Olympic record with 1.93 metres.
Results
| Place | Athlete | Preliminary | Final | Mark | ||||||||||||||
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| 1.60 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.83 | Qual. | 1.60 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | |||
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O | O | O | XO | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | XXO | O | XXO | XXO | XXO | O | 1.93 |
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O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | 1.91 |
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O | O | O | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | O | XO | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | 1.89 |
| 4 | |
O | O | O | XO | O | QF | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.87 |
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O | O | XO | O | XXO | QF | XO | O | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | 1.87 | |
| 6 | |
O | O | XO | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | O | XXO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 1.85 |
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--- | O | O | XO | XO | QF | O | O | O | O | XXO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 1.85 | |
| 8 |  |
O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.83 |
| 9 |  |
XO | O | XXO | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.80 |
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O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.80 | |
| 11 | |
XO | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.75 |
| 12 | |
O | O | O | XO | XXX | 1.80 | |||||||||||
| 13 | |
O | O | O | XXX | --- | 1.75 | |||||||||||
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O | O | O | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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O | XO | O | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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O | O | XO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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X-- | O | XO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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--- | XO | XO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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--- | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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O | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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O | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
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O | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | |
--- | O | --- | --- | --- | 1.70 | |||||||||||
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O | O | --- | --- | --- | 1.70 | ||||||||||||
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X-- | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.70 | ||||||||||||
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X-- | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.70 | ||||||||||||
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XO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.70 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | |
O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 | |||||||||||
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O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 | ||||||||||||
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O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 | ||||||||||||
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O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 | ||||||||||||
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O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 | ||||||||||||
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O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | |
--- | X-- | --- | --- | --- | None | |||||||||||
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--- | X-- | --- | --- | --- | None | ||||||||||||
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--- | XXX | --- | --- | --- | None | ||||||||||||
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X-- | XXX | --- | --- | --- | None | ||||||||||||
References
- "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
Sources
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
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