1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - High Jump (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	high jump
gender	Men
place	Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 11 countries
Competition phase	April 30 / May 1, 1906

The men's high jump at the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens was decided on May 1, 1906. The competition started on April 30th, but had to be interrupted in the evening due to darkness. Two factors were responsible for the long duration: On the one hand, you started at a height of 1.375 meters and only increased by one centimeter. On the other hand, the regulations stipulated that all remaining participants had to compete at every level.

Records

World record	1.97 m	United States	Michael Sweeney	1895
Olympic record	1.90 m	United States	Irving Baxter	1900

Results

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Con Leahy	Great Britain	1.775
2	Lajos Gönczy	Hungary	1.75
3	Herbert Kerrigan	United States	1.725
	Themistoklis Diakidis	Greece	1.725
5	Gunnar Roenström	Sweden	1.70
6th	Bruno Söderström	Sweden	1.675
	Halfdan Bjølgerud	Norway	1.675
8th	Paul Weinstein	Germany	1.65
	Gustav Krojer	Austria	k. A.
	Theodor Scheidl	Austria	k. A.
	Léon Dupont	Belgium	k. A.
	Aage Petersen	Denmark	k. A.
	Niels Løw	Denmark	k. A.
	Otto Bock	Denmark	k. A.
	Henri Molinié	France	k. A.
	Jean Papot	France	k. A.
	Josef Kramer	Germany	k. A.
	Peter O'Connor	Great Britain	k. A.
	Nikolaos Andreadakis	Greece	k. A.
	Nikolaos Drosinos	Greece	k. A.
	Nikolaos Mourmouris	Greece	k. A.
	Géza Szegedy	Hungary	k. A.
	István Somodi	Hungary	k. A.
	Pál Vargha	Hungary	k. A.

The competition dragged on for many hours due to the unfortunate requirements (increase by one centimeter and prohibition to skip a height). After eight jumpers had crossed 1.65 m, it was decided to raise the bar by 2.5 centimeters each. With five remaining participants, the high jump was interrupted in the evening due to darkness. The next day the Olympic and medalists were determined. Leahy finally tried his hand at 1.85 m, but failed twice and skipped the third attempt.

Web links

• Sports Reference

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970