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

Men's high jump at the Games of the V Olympiad
Richards on the way to win the gold medal.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 7–8
Competitors	37 from 10 nations
Medalists
Alma Richards   United States   Hans Liesche   Germany   George Horine   United States

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
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
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

Silver medalist Hans Liesche.

And the bronze medalist George Horine in action.

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. The competition was held on July 7, 1912 and on July 8, 1912.

Thirty-seven high jumpers from ten nations competed.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.00	George Horine	Palo Alto (USA)	May 28, 1912
Olympic Record	1.90	Irving Baxter	Paris (FRA)	July 15, 1900
	1.90	Harry Porter	London (GBR)	July 21, 1908

At first Hans Liesche set a new Olympic record with 1.91 metres. But Alma Richards was able to equalize this mark, when he also jumped 1.91 metres. Finally Alma Richards set a new Olympic record with 1.93 metres.

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 Howard 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 Aarnæs (NOR)	O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
	André Labat (FRA)	O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
	Otto 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 Uhr (SWE)	X--	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
	Ragnar Mattson (SWE)	X--	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
	Géo 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

References

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