Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
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| Men's high jump at the Games of the IV Olympiad
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5 miles | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3200 m steeplechase | men | |
| Medley relay | men | |
| 3 mile team race | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 3500 m walk | men | |
| 10 mile walk | 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 | |
| Greek discus | men | |
| Freestyle javelin | men | |
The men's high jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 21, 1908.
Twenty-two high jumpers from ten nations competed.
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1.97(*) |  Michael Sweeney |
New York (USA) | September 21, 1895 |
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| Olympic Record | 1.90 | Irving Baxter |
Paris (FRA) | July 15, 1900 |
(*) unofficial
Harry Porter equalized the standing Olympic record with 1.90 metres.
Results
| Place | Name | Nation | Height |
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| 1 | Harry Porter |  United States |
1.90 metres |
| 2 | Géo André |  France |
1.88 metres |
| István Somodi |  Hungary |
1.88 metres | |
| Con Leahy |  Great Britain |
1.88 metres | |
| 5 | Herbert Gidney | United States |
1.85 metres |
| Tom Moffitt | United States |
1.85 metres | |
| 7 | Neil Patterson | United States |
1.83 metres |
| 8 | Axel Hedenlund |  Sweden |
1.80 metres |
| 9 | Patrick Leahy | Great Britain |
1.78 metres |
| 10 | George Barber | 23x15px Canada | 1.77 metres |
| Edward Leader | Great Britain |
1.77 metres | |
| Haswell Wilson | Great Britain |
1.77 metres | |
| 13 | József Haluzsinsky | Hungary |
1.72 metres |
| Garfield MacDonald | 23x15px Canada | 1.72 metres | |
| Henry Olsen |  Norway |
1.72 metres | |
| 16 | Léon Dupont |  Belgium |
1.67 metres |
| Folke Hellstedt | Sweden |
1.67 metres | |
| Lauri Pihkala |  Finland |
1.67 metres | |
| 19 | Herman van Leeuwen |  Netherlands |
1.65 metres |
| 20 | Al Bellerby | Great Britain |
1.59 metres |
| - | Otto Monsen | Norway |
NM |
| - | Lauri Wilskman | Finland |
NM |
Sources
- sports-reference.com
- Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 31 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
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