Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday, July 6, 1924 and Monday, July 7, 1924. Twenty-six high jumpers from 16 nations competed.[1]

Men's high jump
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DatesJuly 6 (qualification)
July 7 (final)
Competitors26 from 16 nations
Medalists
Harold Osborn
 United States
Leroy Brown
 United States
Pierre Lewden
 France
Athletics at the
1924 Summer Olympics
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Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 2.03 Harold Osborn Urbana (USA) May 27, 1924
Olympic Record 1.936 Austin Saunders Antwerp (BEL) August 17, 1920

At first Spencer Martin set a new Olympic record with 1.95 metres. This height was equaled by Leroy Brown, but finally Harold Osborn again improved the Olympic record with 1.98 metres.

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on Sunday, August 6, 1924. Jumpers had to pass 1.83 metres to qualify for the final. Nine high jumpers were able to clear this height and qualified for the final. Five competitors were not able to clear any height.

Group 1

PlaceAthleteHeightOverall RankQual.
1 Tom Poor (USA)1.831Q
2 Valter Ever (EST)1.7515
3 Bror Kraemer (FIN)1.7019
– Édouard Dupiré (FRA)NM-
 Mikuláš Kucsera (TCH)NM-
 Arthur Willis (GBR)NM-

Group 2

PlaceAthleteHeightOverall RankQual.
1 Lawrence Roberts (RSA)1.831Q
 Harold Osborn (USA)1.831Q
 Pierre Guilloux (FRA)1.831Q
4 Mikio Oda (JPN)1.8010
 Larry Stanley (IRL)1.8010
6 Josef Machaň (TCH)1.7515
7 Giuseppe Palmieri (ITA)1.7018
8 Jack Miller (CAN)1.6521

Group 3

PlaceAthleteHeightOverall RankQual.
1 Pierre Lewden (FRA)1.831Q
 Jenő Gáspár (HUN)1.831Q
 Sverre Helgesen (NOR)1.831Q
 Helge Jansson (SWE)1.831Q
– Crawford Kerr (GBR)NM-
 Robert Juday (USA)NM-

Group 4

PlaceAthleteHeightOverall RankQual.
1 Leroy Brown (USA)1.831Q
2 Jean Hénault (BEL)1.8010
 Édouard Barbazan (FRA)1.8010
 Ivar Sahlin (SWE)1.8010
5 Robert Dickinson (GBR)1.7515
 Silvio Cator (HAI)1.7515
7 Antonios Karyofyllis (GRE)1.7018

Final

The final was held on Monday, August 7, 1924.

PlaceAthleteHeight
1 Harold Osborn (USA)1.98 OR
2 Leroy Brown (USA)1.95
3 Pierre Lewden (FRA)1.92
4 Tom Poor (USA)1.88
5 Jenő Gáspár (HUN)1.88
6 Helge Jansson (SWE)1.85
7 Pierre Guilloux (FRA)1.85
8 Lawrence Roberts (RSA)1.83
 Sverre Helgesen (NOR)1.83

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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