Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump

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The men's high jump was one of six jumping events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Harry Porter United States of America	Georges André France István Somodi Hungary Con Leahy Great Britain	None

[edit] Results

Place	Name	Nation	Height
1	Harry Porter	United States of America	1.90 metres
2	Georges André	France	1.88 metres
	István Somodi	Hungary	1.88 metres
	Con Leahy	Great Britain	1.88 metres
5	Herbert Gidney	United States of America	1.85 metres
	Thomas Moffitt	United States of America	1.85 metres
7	Norman Patterson	United States of America	1.83 metres
8	Axel Hedenlund	Sweden	1.80 metres
9	Patrick Leahy	Great Britain	1.78 metres
10	George Barber	Canada	1.77 metres
	Edward Leader	Great Britain	1.77 metres
	George Wilson	Great Britain	1.77 metres
13	József Haluszinsky	Hungary	1.72 metres
	J. Garfield MacDonald	Canada	1.72 metres
	Henry Olsen	Norway	1.72 metres
16	Léon Dupont	Belgium	1.67 metres
	Folke Hellstedt	Sweden	1.67 metres
	Lauri Pihkala	Finland	1.67 metres
19	Herman Van Leeuwen	Netherlands	1.65 metres
20	Alfred Bellerby	Great Britain	1.59 metres
21	Otto Monsen	Norway	DNF
22	Lauri Wilskman	Finland	DNF

[edit] Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 31 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3200 m steeplechase | medley relay | 3 mile team race | 5 miles | marathon | 3500 m walk | 10 mile walk high jump | long jump | triple jump | pole vault | standing high jump | standing long jump shot put | discus | hammer | javelin | Greek discus | freestyle javelin