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

The men's 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 fourth and final appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.

Men's standing high jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Platt Adams on the way to win the gold medal.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 13
Competitors17 from 9 nations
Winning height1.63
Medalists
Platt Adams
 United States
Benjamin Adams
 United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece

Ray Ewry, who was the three-time defending champion in the event, did not compete in 1912. The silver medalist from 1908, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, took bronze. Platt Adams, the fifth-place finisher four years earlier, won the event. Benjamin Adams finished second. It was the second time in Olympic history that brothers had finished first and second in an event, after the Paine brothers in the 1896 military pistol shooting event.[1] Each of the three standing high jump medalists also medaled in the standing long jump, though in a different order.

Seventeen high jumpers from nine nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Background

This was the fourth and final appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. Three-time defending champion (four-time if the 1906 Intercalated Games are counted) Ray Ewry of the United States had retired, leaving the competition relatively open. Returning competitors from the 1908 Games were silver medalist Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece and fifth-place finishers Platt Adams of the United States and Géo André of France.[1]

Chile and Russia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fourth appearance, the only nation to have competed in each appearance of the event.

Competition format

For the first time, there were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds (the 1908 Games had featured a two-round event but the results from the qualifying round then carried over to the final). All jumpers clearing 1.50 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final.[1][3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World recordUnknown
Olympic record Ray Ewry (USA)1.655Paris, France16 July 1900

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Saturday, 13 July 19129:30
16:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation1.301.351.401.451.481.50HeightNotes
1Benjamin Adams United States ooooo1.50Q
Platt Adams United States oooooo1.50Q
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece ooooo1.50Q
Edvard Möller Sweden ooooo1.50Q
5Leo Goehring United States oooxxoxo1.50Q
6Richard Byrd United States ooooxxo1.50Q
7Forest Fletcher United States ooooxxx1.45
Rudolf Smedmark Sweden ooooxxx1.45
Frank Belote United States ooxxooxxx1.45
Géo André France oxoxoxxx1.45
Leif Ekman Sweden oooxxoxxx1.45
Karl Bergh Sweden oooxxoxxxN/A1.45
13Rodolfo Hammersley Chile oooxxxN/A1.40
Alfred Schwarz Russia oooxxxN/A1.40
Birger Brodtkorb Norway xoxoxoxxxN/A1.40
16Benjamin Howard Baker Great Britain xooxxxN/A1.35
17Andor Horvag Hungary xxxN/ANM
Platt Adams in action.
Bronze medalist Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.

Final

RankAthleteNation1.301.401.451.501.551.601.631.66Height
Platt Adams United States oooooxooxxx1.63
Benjamin Adams United States ooooooxxxN/A1.60
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece oooxoxoxxxN/A1.55
4Edvard Möller Sweden ooooxxxN/A1.50
Leo Goehring United States oxoooxxxN/A1.50
Richard Byrd United States oooxoxxxN/A1.50

References

  1. "Standing High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. Official report, p. 61.
  3. Official Report, p. 394.
  • sports-reference.com
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
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