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

Men's high jump; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	July 29
Competitors	35 from 17 nations
Winning height	1.94 m
Medalists

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]

Official Video Highlights

Results

All jumpers clearing 1.83 meters advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qual.	Final
	Bob King	United States	1.83	1.94
	Benjamin Hedges	United States	1.83	1.91
	Claude Ménard	France	1.83	1.91
4	Simeon Toribio	Philippines	1.83	1.91
5	Harold Osborn	United States	1.83	1.91
6	Kazuo Kimura	Japan	1.83	1.88
7	André Cherrier	France	1.83	1.88
7	Pierre Lewden	France	1.83	1.88
7	Charles McGinnis	United States	1.83	1.88
7	Mikio Oda	Japan	1.83	1.88
11	Herbert Adolfsson	Sweden	1.83	1.84
11	Kornél Késmárki	Hungary	1.83	1.84
11	Einar Tommelstad	Norway	1.83	1.84
11	Harry Simmons	Great Britain	1.83	1.84
11	Fritz Köpke	Germany	1.83	1.84
16	Wolf Boneder	Germany	1.83	1.80
17	Colin Gordon	Great Britain	1.83	1.70
17	Fritz Huhn	Germany	1.83	1.70
19	Antonios Karyofyllis	Greece	1.77	Did not advance
19	Valerio Vallania	Argentina	1.77	Did not advance
19	Carl van Geyzel	Great Britain	1.77	Did not advance
19	Ioannis Karyofyllis	Greece	1.77	Did not advance
19	Oscar Midtlyng	Norway	1.77	Did not advance
19	Henri Thesingh	Netherlands	1.77	Did not advance
19	Ferenc Orbán	Hungary	1.77	Did not advance
19	Geoffrey Turner	Great Britain	1.77	Did not advance
19	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland	1.77	Did not advance
28	Joop Kamstra	Netherlands	1.70	Did not advance
28	Otto Schop	Romania	1.70	Did not advance
28	Tiberiu Rusu	Romania	1.70	Did not advance
28	Haydar Aşan	Turkey	1.70	Did not advance
28	Frits Bührman	Netherlands	1.70	Did not advance
33	Adolfas Akelaitis	Lithuania	1.60	Did not advance
–	Alex Munroe	Canada	DQ	Did not advance
–	Armas Wahlstedt	Finland	No height	Did not advance

References

"Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam 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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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

High jump at the Olympic Games
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