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

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
1912 Alma Richards.JPG
Richards on the way to win the gold medal.
Venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 7–8, 1912
Competitors36 from 10 nations
Winning time1.93 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alma Richards
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Liesche
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg George Horine
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1908
1920  
Silver medalist Hans Liesche. 1912 Hans Liesche.JPG
Silver medalist Hans Liesche.
And the bronze medalist George Horine in action. 1912 George Horine.JPG
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. [1] [2] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. [3] The event was won by Alma Richards of the United States, the nation's fifth consecutive victory in the men's high jump. Germany won its second silver medal in the event, after 1904.

Background

This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning jumpers from the 1908 Games were silver medalist Géo André of France and Otto Monsen of Norway, who had refused to participate in a re-jump after a successful protest and therefore had no mark in 1908. The Americans were favored, with recent world record breaker George Horine atop a strong (and, as allowed at the time, large) team. Egon Erickson and Alma Richards were also strong contenders; the three men had each won one of the three regional Olympic trials. Jim Thorpe was among the Americans; he won the pentathlon (which did not include a high jump) on the same day as the qualifying round and the decathlon (which did) a week later. [4]

Chile and Italy each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the fifth time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

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 1.83 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. [4] [5]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  George Horine  (USA)2.00 Palo Alto, United States 28 May 1912
Olympic recordUS flag 45 stars.svg  Irving Baxter  (USA)1.90 Paris, France 15 July 1900

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.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 7 July 19129:00Qualifying
Monday, 8 July 1912Final

Results

Key

Qualifying

Brauer is listed in some sources as having competed and having cleared 1.60 metres (which would put him in the tie for 28th), [6] [7] [8] but other sources make clear he did not start. [9] [10]

RankAthleteNation1.601.701.751.801.83HeightNotes
1 Karl-Axel Kullerstrand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooooo1.83Q
Hans Liesche Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany ooooo1.83Q
Iván Wardener Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary ooooo1.83Q
Benjamin Howard Baker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xooooo1.83Q
Harry Grumpelt US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooxooo1.83Q
Egon Erickson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxoo1.83Q
Alma Richards US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxoo1.83Q
George Horine US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxo1.83Q
Timothy Carroll Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xooxxooxo1.83Q
John Johnstone US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooxoxo1.83Q
Jim Thorpe US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooxooxxo1.83Q
12 Jervis Burdick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxoxxx1.80
13 Wesley Oler US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxxx1.75
Richard Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxxx1.75
Arvo LaineFlag of Russia.svg  Finland oxooxxx1.75
Harold Enright US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooxoxxx1.75
Gösta Hallberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xoxoxxx1.75
Otto Monsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway xoxoxxx1.75
Gerhard Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway xoxxoxxx1.75
Ole Aarnæs Flag of Norway.svg  Norway oxoxxoxxx1.75
André LabatFlag of France.svg  France oxoxxoxxx1.75
Otto Röhr Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany oxoxxoxxx1.75
23 Thomas O'Donahue Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain o1.70
Platt Adams US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oo1.70
Géo André Flag of France.svg  France xoxoxxx1.70
Paulus af Uhr Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xxoxxx1.70
Ragnar Mattson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xxoxxx1.70
28 Rodolfo Hammersley Flag of Chile.svg  Chile ox1.60
Gustaf Holmér Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ox1.60
Lajos LudinszkyFlag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary ox1.60
Michel MeerzFlag of France.svg  France ox1.60
Alfredo Pagani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy oxxx1.60
33Marius DelabyFlag of France.svg  France xNo mark
Armand Estang Flag of France.svg  France xNo mark
John Nicholson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States xxxNo mark
Angelo Tonini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy xxxxNo mark
Tage BrauerFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation1.601.701.751.801.831.851.871.891.911.93HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Alma Richards US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxoxxoxoxxoxxoxxoo1.93 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Liesche Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany oooooooxoxoxxx1.91
Bronze medal icon.svg George Horine US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxoooxoxxx1.89
4 Jim Thorpe US flag 48 stars.svg  United States xoooooooxxx1.87
Egon Erickson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooooxoxoxxx1.87
6 John Johnstone US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxxoxoxxx1.85
Harry Grumpelt US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxooxxoxxx1.85
8 Karl-Axel Kullerstrand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxooxxx1.83
9 Timothy Carroll Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooxoxxx1.80
Iván Wardener Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary oooxoxxx1.80
11 Benjamin Howard Baker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooxxx1.75

References

  1. Per Wudarski. Other sources omit Tage Brauer, for 36 athletes.
  2. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. Official report, p. 61.
  4. 1 2 "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. Official Report, p. 392.
  6. Wudarsky, Paweł. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2004.
  7. Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (2002). The 1912 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. History of the Early Olympics Series. McFarland. p. 97. ISBN   978-0-7864-1047-7 . Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. Krastev, Todor. "Men High Jump Athletics V Olympic Games" . Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  9. "(Interview)". Kronobergaren . Växsjö, Sweden. 10 May 1973 via the official historian of the Swedish Olympic Committee.
  10. "Olympedia – Tage Breuer". olympedia.org. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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