Men's high jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Richards on the way to win the gold medal.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 7–8
Competitors36 from 10 nations
Winning time1.93 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alma Richards
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hans Liesche
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) George Horine
 United States
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.[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 record George Horine (USA)2.00 Palo Alto, United States28 May 1912
Olympic record Irving Baxter (USA)1.90 Paris, France15 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

Date Time Round
Sunday, 7 July 19129:00Qualifying
Monday, 8 July 1912Final

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

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]

RankAthleteNation 1.601.701.751.801.83HeightNotes
1Karl-Axel Kullerstrand Sweden ooooo1.83Q
Hans Liesche Germany ooooo1.83Q
Iván Wardener Hungary ooooo1.83Q
Benjamin Howard Baker Great Britain xooooo1.83Q
Harry Grumpelt United States ooxooo1.83Q
Egon Erickson United States oooxoo1.83Q
Alma Richards United States oooxoo1.83Q
George Horine United States ooooxo1.83Q
Timothy Carroll Great Britain xooxxooxo1.83Q
John Johnstone United States –ooxoxo1.83Q
Jim Thorpe United States ooxooxxo1.83Q
12Jervis Burdick United States oooxoxxx1.80
13Wesley Oler United States oooxxx—1.75
Richard Sjöberg Sweden oooxxx—1.75
Arvo Laine Finland oxooxxx—1.75
Harold Enright United States ooxoxxx—1.75
Gösta Hallberg Sweden xoxoxxx—1.75
Otto Monsen Norway –xoxoxxx—1.75
Gerhard Olsen Norway –xoxxoxxx—1.75
Ole Aarnæs Norway oxoxxoxxx—1.75
André Labat France oxoxxoxxx—1.75
Otto Röhr Germany oxoxxoxxx—1.75
23Thomas O'Donahue Great Britain –o–—1.70
Platt Adams United States oo–—1.70
Géo André France xoxoxxx—1.70
Paulus af Uhr Sweden xxoxxx—1.70
Ragnar Mattson Sweden xxoxxx—1.70
28Rodolfo Hammersley Chile ox—1.60
Gustaf Holmér Sweden ox—1.60
Lajos Ludinszky Hungary ox—1.60
Michel Meerz France ox—1.60
Alfredo Pagani Italy oxxx—1.60
33Marius Delaby France –x—No mark
Armand Estang France –x—No mark
John Nicholson United States –xxx—No mark
Angelo Tonini Italy xxxx—No mark
—Tage Brauer Sweden DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation 1.601.701.751.801.831.851.871.891.911.93HeightNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Alma Richards United States oooxoxxoxoxxoxxoxxoo1.93OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Hans Liesche Germany oooooooxoxoxxx1.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)George Horine United States ooooxoooxoxxx—1.89
4Jim Thorpe United States xoooooooxxx—1.87
Egon Erickson United States oooooxoxoxxx—1.87
6John Johnstone United States ooooxxoxoxxx—1.85
Harry Grumpelt United States oooxooxxoxxx—1.85
8Karl-Axel Kullerstrand Sweden oooxooxxx—1.83
9Timothy Carroll Great Britain oooxoxxx—1.80
Iván Wardener Hungary oooxoxxx—1.80
11Benjamin Howard Baker Great Britain oooxxx—1.75

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. ↑ Paweł Wudarsky. "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. ↑ Todor Krastev. "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.

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
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