Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15–17 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 400 m hurdles | men |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 3 km walk | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 56 lb weight throw | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday 15 to Tuesday 17 August 1920.
22 high jumpers from nine nations competed.
Records
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2.01 |  Edward Besson
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Berkeley (USA) | 2 May 1914 |
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| Olympic Record | 1.93 | Alma Richards
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Stockholm (SWE) | 8 July 1912 |
Richmond Landon set a new Olympic record with 1.936 metres.
Results
The best six high jumpers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final |
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| 1 |  Richmond Landon (USA) |
1.80 | 1.936 OR |
| 2 | Harold Muller (USA) |
1.80 | 1.90 |
| 3 |  Bo Ekelund (SWE) |
1.80 | 1.90 |
| 4 | Walter Whalen (USA) |
1.80 | 1.85 |
| 5 | John Murphy (USA) |
1.80 | 1.85 |
| 6 |  Benjamin Howard Baker (GBR) |
1.80 | 1.85 |
| 7 | Einar Thulin (SWE) |
1.80 | 1.80 |
 Pierre Lewden (FRA) |
1.80 | 1.80 | |
| 9 | René Labat (FRA) |
1.80 | 1.75 |
| Timothy Carroll (GBR) |
1.80 | 1.75 | |
| Hans Jagenburg (SWE) |
1.80 | 1.75 | |
| Thorvig Svahn (SWE) |
1.80 | 1.75 | |
| 13 | Pierre Guilloux (FRA) |
1.75 | — |
| 14 |  Georges Henrion (BEL) |
1.70 | — |
| Eric Dunbar (GBR) |
1.70 | — | |
| 16 | Jean Mahy (BEL) |
1.65 | — |
| Jean Hénault (BEL) |
1.65 | — | |
 Dimitrios Andronidas (GRE) |
1.65 | — | |
 František Stejskal (TCH) |
1.65 | — | |
| 20 |  Henri Pleger (LUX) |
1.60 | — |
| 21 |  William Kennedy (CAN) |
NM | — |
| William Hunter (GBR) |
NM | — |
References
- Athletics at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's High Jump. sports-reference.com
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 23 August 2007.