1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - High Jump (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	high jump
gender	Men
Attendees	37 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 7, 1912 (qualification) July 8, 1912 (final)
Medalist Alma Richards ( USA )   Hans Liesche ( DEU )   George Horine ( USA )

The men's high jump at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held on July 7th and 8th, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 37 athletes took part.

The US athlete Alma Richards became the Olympic champion . The German Hans Liesche won the silver medal, bronze went to George Horine from the USA.

Existing records

World record	George Horine ( USA )	2.007 m	Palo Alto	May 28, 1912
Olympic record	Irving Baxter ( USA )	1.90 m	Paris	July 15, 1900

After the founding of the World Athletics Federation IAAF in 1912, Horine's world record was even later recognized with 2.01 m.

Conducting the competition

All 37 jumpers had to jump a qualifying round on July 7th. The qualification level to be skipped was 1.83 meters. The final for the qualified jumpers took place on July 8th.

Note: o = skipped height; x = failed attempt. The qualified jumpers are highlighted in light blue.

Preliminary round

space	Surname	nation	result	1.60	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.83
1	Alma Richards	United States	1.83 m	O	O	O	xo	O
	Hans Liesche	German Empire		O	O	O	O	O
	Egon Erickson	United States		O	O	O	xo	O
	Harry grumbles	United States		O	O	xo	O	O
	Karl-Axel Kullerstrand	Sweden		O	O	O	O	O
	Iván Wardener	Hungary		O	O	O	O	O
	Benjamin Howard Baker	Great Britain		xo	O	O	O	O
	George Horine	United States		O	O	O	O	xo
	John Johnstone	United States		-	O	O	xo	xo
	Timothy Carroll	Great Britain		xo	O	xxo	O	xo
	Jim Thorpe	United States		O	O	xo	O	xxo
12	Jervis Burdick	United States	1.80 m	O	O	O	xo	xxx
13	Wesley Oler	United States	1.75 m	O	O	O	xxx	-
	Richard Sjöberg	Sweden		O	O	O	xxx	-
	Arvo Laine	Grand Duchy of Finland		O	xo	O	xxx	-
	Harold Enright	United States		O	O	xo	xxx	-
	Gosta Hallberg	Sweden		x-	O	xo	xxx	-
	Otto Monsen	Norway		-	xo	xo	xxx	-
	Gerhard Meling	Norway		-	xo	xxo	xxx	-
	Ole Aarnæs	Norway		O	xo	xxo	xxx	-
	André Labat	France		O	xo	xxo	xxx	-
	Otto Röhr	German Empire		O	xo	xxo	xxx	-
23	Thomas O'Donahue	Great Britain	1.70 m	-	O	-	-	-
	Platt Adams	United States		O	O	-	-	-
	Paul af o'clock	Sweden		x-	xo	xxx	-	-
	Ragnar Mattson	Sweden		x-	xo	xxx	-	-
	Géo André	France		xo	xo	xxx	-	-
28	Thage brewer	Sweden	1.60 m	O	x-	-	-	-
	Rodolfo Hammersley	Chile		O	x-	-	-	-
	Gösta Holmér	Sweden		O	x-	-	-	-
	Lajos Ludinszky	Hungary		O	x-	-	-	-
	Michel Meerz	France		O	x-	-	-	-
	Alfredo Pagani	Italy		O	xxx	-	-	-
ogV	Marius Delaby	France	-	-	x-	-	-	-
	Armand Estang	France	-	-	x-	-	-	-
	John Nicholson	United States	-	-	xxx	-	-	-
	Angelo Tonini	Italy	-	x-	xxx	-	-	-

Date: July 7, 2012

final

space	Surname	nation	result	1.60	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.83	1.85	1.87	1.89	1.91	1.93
1	Alma Richards	United States	1.93 m OR	O	O	O	xo	xxo	O	xxo	xxo	xxo	O
2	Hans Liesche	German Empire	1.91 m	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	xo	xo	xxx
3	George Horine	United States	1.89 m	O	O	O	O	xo	O	O	xo	xxx	-
4th	Egon Erickson	United States	1.87 m	O	O	O	O	O	xo	xo	xxx	-	-
	Jim Thorpe	United States		xo	O	O	O	O	O	O	xxx	-	-
6th	Harry grumbles	United States	1.85 m	O	O	O	xo	O	xxo	xxx	-	-	-
	John Johnstone	United States		O	O	O	O	xxo	xo	xxx	-	-	-
8th	Karl-Axel Kullerstrand	Sweden	1.83 m	O	O	O	xo	O	xxx	-	-	-	-
9	Iván Wardener	Hungary	1.80 m	O	O	O	xo	xxx	-	-	-	-	-
	Timothy Carroll	Great Britain		O	O	O	xo	xxx	-	-	-	-	-
11	Benjamin Howard Baker	Great Britain	1.75 m	O	O	O	xxx	-	-	-	-	-	-

Date: July 7, 2012

The real favorite in this competition was George Horine, who was the first jumper ever to break the 2-meter mark in May and who set up a world record here. He had his own jumping style, in contrast to everyone else, he didn't run from the front, but from the left side and then curled himself over the bar in the so-called western roll , while the 'shear jump' was otherwise common. But Horine didn't get past six feet, with which he won the bronze medal. Up front there was a duel between Hans Liesche and Alma Richards. Liesche had crossed 1.91 m in the second attempt, which Richards only succeeded in the third attempt. But the American mastered 1.93 m, at which Liesche failed three times, and thus became Olympic champion.

Richards' gold medal was the fifth US victory in the fifth Olympic high jump competition.

Jim Thorpe, who placed fifth in the high jump, was disqualified by the IOC as in the 1913 decathlon for violating amateur rules at a baseball game. This disqualification was voided by the IOC in 1982 and Thorpe's results were recognized.

Picture gallery

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  Olympic Champion Alma Richards (USA)

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  Hans Liesche (DEU), winner of the silver medal

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  George Horine (USA), the world record holder, wins bronze

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  Jim Thorpe (USA) finished fourth

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  Platt Adams (USA), in 23rd place, wins the standing vault five days later

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  Géo André (FRA), 23rd place

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp 113-117

Videos

• Olympics 1912 High jump on YouTube , accessed February 18, 2019.

Web links

• SportsReference high jump , accessed August 27, 2017
• Official report , engl. (PDF), accessed on August 27, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 116
2. ↑ Description of the finals in the official report, page 393 (Engl.) ( Memento of the original on February 7, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.