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

Men's high jump
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date July 29
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    France
«1924 1932»
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

The men's high jump event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place July 29.

Contents

Results

Qualifying round

All jumpers clearing 1.83 meters advanced to the Final Round.

Rank Athlete Country Height
1 Colin Gordon Great Britain 1.83
1 Harold Osborn United States 1.83
1 Kornél Késmárki Hungary 1.83
1 Pierre Lewden France 1.83
1 Simeon Toribio Philippines 1.83
1 André Cherrier France 1.83
1 Ben Hedges United States 1.83
1 Wolf Boneder Germany 1.83
1 Charles McGinnis United States 1.83
1 Claude Ménard France 1.83
1 Einar Tommelstad Norway 1.83
1 Fritz Huhn Germany 1.83
1 Harry Simmons Great Britain 1.83
1 Kazuo Kimura Japan 1.83
1 Fritz Köpke Germany 1.83
1 Herbert Adolfsson Sweden 1.83
1 Mikio Oda Japan 1.83
1 Bob King United States 1.83
19 Antonios Karyofyllis Greece 1.77
19 Valerio Vallania Argentina 1.77
19 Carl van Geyzel Great Britain 1.77
19 Ioannis Karyofyllis Greece 1.77
19 Oscar Midtlyng Norway 1.77
19 Henri Thesingh Netherlands 1.77
19 Ferenc Orbán Hungary 1.77
19 Geoffrey Turner Great Britain 1.77
19 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 1.77
28 Joop Kamstra Netherlands 1.70
28 Otto Schop Romania 1.70
28 Tiberiu Rusu Romania 1.70
28 Haydar Aşan Turkey 1.70
28 Frits Bührman Netherlands 1.70
33 Adolfas Akelaitis Lithuania 1.60
- Alex Munroe Canada DQ
- Armas Wahlstedt Finland No height

Final

Rank Athlete Country Height Notes
Bob King United States 1.94
Benjamin Hedges United States 1.91
Claude Ménard France 1.91
4 Simeon Toribio Philippines 1.91
5 Harold Osborn United States 1.91
6 Kazuo Kimura Japan 1.88
7 André Cherrier France 1.88
7 Pierre Lewden France 1.88
7 Charles McGinnis United States 1.88
7 Mikio Oda Japan 1.88
11 Herbert Adolfsson Sweden 1.84
11 Kornél Késmárki Hungary 1.84
11 Einar Tommelstad Norway 1.84
11 Harry Simmons Great Britain 1.84
11 Fritz Köpke Germany 1.84
16 Wolf Boneder Germany 1.80
17 Colin Gordon Great Britain 1.70
17 Fritz Huhn Germany 1.70

References