Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump

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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
4x100 m relay		men
4x400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
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
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Decathlon		men
Individual x-country		men
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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.

[edit] Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's high jump	Alma Richards United States (USA)	Hans Liesche Germany (GER)	George Horine United States (USA)

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Preliminary						Final										Mark
		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
	Alma Richards (USA)	O	O	O	XO	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXO	O	XXO	XXO	XXO	O	1.93
	Hans Liesche (GER)	O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX	1.91
	George Horine (USA)	O	O	O	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	O	XO	O	O	XO	XXX	---	1.89
4	Egon Erickson (USA)	O	O	O	XO	O	QF	O	O	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX	---	---	1.87
	Jim Thorpe (USA)	O	O	XO	O	XXO	QF	XO	O	O	O	O	O	O	XXX	---	---	1.87
6	Harry Grumpelt (USA)	O	O	XO	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	O	XXO	XXX	---	---	---	1.85
	John Johnstone (USA)	---	O	O	XO	XO	QF	O	O	O	O	XXO	XO	XXX	---	---	---	1.85
8	Karl-Axel Kullerstrand (SWE)	O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	O	XXX	---	---	---	---	1.83
9	Timothy Carroll (GBR)	XO	O	XXO	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	1.80
	Iván Wardener (HUN)	O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	1.80
11	Benjamin Baker (GBR)	XO	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	---	1.75
12	Jervis Burdick (USA)	O	O	O	XO	XXX												1.80
13	Wesley Oler (USA)	O	O	O	XXX	---												1.75
	Richard Sjöberg (SWE)	O	O	O	XXX	---												1.75
	Arvo Laine (FIN)	O	XO	O	XXX	---												1.75
	Harold Enright (USA)	O	O	XO	XXX	---												1.75
	Gösta Hallberg (SWE)	X--	O	XO	XXX	---												1.75
	Otto Monsen (NOR)	---	XO	XO	XXX	---												1.75
	Gerhard Meling (NOR)	---	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
	Ole Aarnaes (NOR)	O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
	André Labat (FRA)	O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
	Franz Röhr (GER)	O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
23	Thomas O'Donahue (GBR)	---	O	---	---	---												1.70
	Platt Adams (USA)	O	O	---	---	---												1.70
	Paulus af Hur (SWE)	X--	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
	Ragnar Mattson (SWE)	X--	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
	Georges André (FRA)	XO	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
28	Thage Brauer (SWE)	O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
	Rodolfo Hammersley (CHI)	O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
	Gustaf Holmér (SWE)	O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
	Lajos Ludinszky (HUN)	O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
	Michel Meerz (FRA)	O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
	Alfredo Pagani (ITA)	O	XXX	---	---	---												1.60
34	Marius Delaby (FRA)	---	X--	---	---	---												None
	Armand Estang (FRA)	---	X--	---	---	---												None
	John Nicholson (USA)	---	XXX	---	---	---												None
	Angelo Tonini (ITA)	X--	XXX	---	---	---												None

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 4 January 2007. (Polish)