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

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Robert Wade King.jpg
Bob King
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 29
Competitors35 from 17 nations
Winning height1.94
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bob King
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Benjamin Hedges
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Claude Ménard
Flag of France.svg  France
  1924
1932  
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The men's high jump event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place July 29. Thirty-five athletes from 17 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. [2] Bob King won the final with a jump of 1.94 metres. Four other competitors cleared 1.91 metres, and their placement was decided via a jump-off. [3] King's victory was the United States' eighth consecutive victory in the men's high jump; Benjamin Hedges's silver made it the third straight Games in which Americans went 1–2. Claude Ménard earned France's second consecutive bronze medal in the event.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1924 Games were gold medalist Harold Osborn of the United States and bronze medalist (and 1920 finalist) Pierre Lewden of France. While Osborn was defending champion and world record holder, his countryman Bob King was undefeated in 1928. [1]

Argentina, Lithuania, the Philippines, Romania, and Turkey each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the eighth time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. The qualifying round had the bar set at 1.60 metres, 1.70 metres, 1.77 metres, and 1.83 metres. All jumpers clearing 1.83 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. In the final, the bar was set at 1.70 metres, 1.80 metres, 1.84 metres, 1.88 metres, and then increased by .03 metres at a time. There were jump-offs in the final to resolve ties through sixth place. [1] [4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Harold Osborn  (USA)2.03 Urbana, United States 27 May 1924
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  Harold Osborn  (USA)1.98 Paris, France 7 July 1924

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

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 29 July 192816:00Qualifying
Final

Results

Key

Qualifying

All jumpers clearing 1.83 meters advanced to the final round. Jump sequences are not known.

RankAthleteNation1.601.701.771.83HeightNotes
1 Herbert Adolfsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooo1.83Q
Wolf Boneder Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany oooo1.83Q
André Cherrier Flag of France.svg  France oooo1.83Q
Colin Gordon Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooo1.83Q
Benjamin Hedges US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooo1.83Q
Fritz Huhn Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany oooo1.83Q
Kornél Késmárki Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary oooo1.83Q
Kazuo Kimura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooo1.83Q
Bob King US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooo1.83Q
Fritz Köpke Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany oooo1.83Q
Pierre Lewden Flag of France.svg  France oooo1.83Q
Charles McGinnis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooo1.83Q
Claude Ménard Flag of France.svg  France oooo1.83Q
Mikio Oda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooo1.83Q
Harold Osborn US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooo1.83Q
Harry Simmons Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooo1.83Q
Einar Tommelstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway oooo1.83Q
Simeon Toribio Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Philippines oooo1.83Q
19 Carl van Geyzel Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooox1.77
Antonios Karyofyllis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece ooox1.77
Ioannis Karyofyllis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece ooox1.77
Oscar Midtlyng Flag of Norway.svg  Norway ooox1.77
Ferenc Orbán Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary ooox1.77
Henri Thesingh Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands ooox1.77
Geoffrey Turner Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooox1.77
Valerio Vallania Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina ooox1.77
Paavo Yrjölä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ooox1.77
28 Haydar Aşan Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Turkey oox1.70
Frits Bührman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands oox1.70
Joop Kamstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands oox1.70
Tiberiu Rusu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania oox1.70
Otto Schöpp Flag of Romania.svg  Romania oox1.70
33 Adolfas Akelaitis Flag of Lithuania (1918-1940).svg  Lithuania ox1.60
Alex Munroe Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada oooxDSQ
Armas Wahlstedt Flag of Finland.svg  Finland xNo mark

Final

Jump sequences are not known. Jump-offs were conducted for 2nd through 5th place and for 6th place.

RankAthleteNation1.701.801.841.881.911.94Height
Gold medal icon.svg Bob King US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooooo1.94
Silver medal icon.svg Benjamin Hedges US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooox1.91
Bronze medal icon.svg Claude Ménard Flag of France.svg  France ooooox1.91
4 Simeon Toribio Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg  Philippines ooooox1.91
5 Harold Osborn US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooox1.91
6 Kazuo Kimura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooox1.88
7 André Cherrier Flag of France.svg  France oooox1.88
Pierre Lewden Flag of France.svg  France oooox1.88
Charles McGinnis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooox1.88
Mikio Oda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooox1.88
11 Herbert Adolfsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooox1.84
Kornél Késmárki Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary ooox1.84
Fritz Köpke Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany ooox1.84
Harry Simmons Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooox1.84
Einar Tommelstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway ooox1.84
16 Wolf Boneder Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany oox1.80
17 Colin Gordon Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ox1.70
Fritz Huhn Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany ox1.70

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