1906 Olympic Intermediate Games / Athletics - Standing Vault (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Standing vault
gender	Men
place	Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees	11 athletes from 6 countries
Competition phase	May 1, 1906

The men's standing vault at the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens was decided on May 1, 1906.

Records

World record and Olympic record	1.65 m	United States	Ray Ewry	1900

Results

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ray Ewry	United States	1.65
2	Lawson Robertson	United States	1.40
	Martin Sheridan	United States	1.40
	Léon Dupont	Belgium	1.40
5	Lajos Gönczy	Hungary	1.35
6th	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	Greece	1.30
7th	Themistoklis Diakidis	Greece	1.25
	Paul Weinstein	Germany	1.25
9	Gustav Krojer	Austria	1.125
	Géza Szegedy	Hungary	1.125
	Theodor Scheidl	Austria	DSQ

After the outstanding standing jumper was confirmed as the winner, Ewry tried in vain to set the new world record of 1.66 m. Sheridan completed this competition in parallel to the discus throw taking place at the same time. No information is available about the reasons for Scheidl's disqualification.

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

Web links

• Sports Reference