Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The men's high jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The high jump was held on 10 April. Five competitors took part in the event, three of them Americans. Ellery Clark, who had previously won the long jump, also won this event. Garrett and Connolly tied for second place.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ellery Clark United States	Robert Garrett United States James Connolly United States	None

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Height
1	Ellery Clark	United States	1.81 metres
2	Robert Garrett	United States	1.65 metres
2	James Connolly	United States	1.65 metres
4	Henrik Sjöberg	Sweden	1.60 metres
5	Fritz Hoffmann	Germany	1.55 metres

All five cleared the bar at 1.50 and 1.55 metres. Hoffmann was unable to clear 1.60 metres. Sjöberg made that jump, but could not clear 1.625 metres. All three Americans made that mark and the next, at 1.65 metres, but only Clark was able to clear 1.675 metres. He then cleared 1.70, 1.75, and 1.81 metres successively.

[edit] References

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at AAFLA.org)
Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at AAFLA.org)
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.