| Men's high jump at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 15–17 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 9 nations | |||||||||
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| «1912 | 1924» | |||||||||
| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 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 | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 56 lb weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday, August 15, 1920 to Tuesday, August 17, 1920.
22 high jumpers from nine nations competed.
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2.01 | Edward Besson | Berkeley (USA) | May 2, 1914 |
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| Olympic Record | 1.93 | Alma Richards | Stockholm (SWE) | July 8, 1912 |
Richmond Landon set a new Olympic record with 1.936 metres.
The best six high jumpers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final |
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| 1 | Richmond Landon (USA) | 1.80 | 1.936 OR |
| 2 | Harold Muller (USA) | 1.80 | 1.90 |
| 3 | Bo Ekelund (SWE) | 1.80 | 1.90 |
| 4 | Walter Whalen (USA) | 1.80 | 1.85 |
| 5 | John Murphy (USA) | 1.80 | 1.85 |
| 6 | Benjamin Howard Baker (GBR) | 1.80 | 1.85 |
| 7 | Einar Thulin (SWE) | 1.80 | 1.80 |
| Pierre Lewden (FRA) | 1.80 | 1.80 | |
| 9 | René Labat (FRA) | 1.80 | 1.75 |
| Timothy Carroll (GBR) | 1.80 | 1.75 | |
| Hans Jagenburg (SWE) | 1.80 | 1.75 | |
| Thorvig Svahn (SWE) | 1.80 | 1.75 | |
| 13 | Pierre Guilloux (FRA) | 1.75 | — |
| 14 | Georges Henrion (BEL) | 1.70 | — |
| Eric Dunbar (GBR) | 1.70 | — | |
| 16 | Jean Mahy (BEL) | 1.65 | — |
| Jean Hénault (BEL) | 1.65 | — | |
| Dimitrios Andronidas (GRE) | 1.65 | — | |
| František Stejskal (TCH) | 1.65 | — | |
| 20 | Henri Pleger (LUX) | 1.60 | — |
| 21 | William Kennedy (CAN) | NM | — |
| William Hunter (GBR) | NM | — |
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