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The '''[[high jump]] at the [[Summer Olympics]]''' is grouped among the four [[track and field]] jumping events held at the [[multi-sport event]]. The men's high jump has been present on the [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic athletics programme]] since the first [[Summer Olympics in 1896]]. The women's high jump was one of five events to feature on the first women's athletics programme in [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]], and it was the only jumping event available to women until 1948, when the [[long jump]] was permitted.
The '''[[high jump]] at the [[Summer Olympics]]''' is grouped among the four [[track and field]] jumping events held at the [[multi-sport event]]. The men's high jump has been present on the [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic athletics programme]] since the first [[Summer Olympics in 1896]]. The women's high jump was one of five events to feature on the first women's athletics programme in [[Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]], and it was the only jumping event available to women until 1948, when the [[long jump]] was permitted.


The [[List of Olympic records in athletics|Olympic records]] for the event are {{T&Fcalc|2.39}} for men, set by [[Charles Austin]] in 1996, and {{T&Fcalc|2.06}} for women, set by [[Yelena Slesarenko]] in 2004. [[Gerd Wessig]] is the only man to have set a [[Men's high jump world record progression|world record]] in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of {{T&Fcalc|2.36}}. The [[Women's high jump world record progression|women's world record]] has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972.<ref name=iaaf>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook Berlin 2009] (pgs. 554–55, 546, 644–5). IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2014-05-03.</ref>
The [[List of Olympic records in athletics|Olympic records]] for the event are {{T&Fcalc|2.39}} for men, set by [[Charles Austin]] in 1996, and {{T&Fcalc|2.06}} for women, set by [[Yelena Slesarenko]] in 2004. [[Gerd Wessig]] is the only man to have set a [[Men's high jump world record progression|world record]] in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of {{T&Fcalc|2.36}}. The [[Women's high jump world record progression|women's world record]] has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972.<ref name=iaaf>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook Berlin 2009] (pgs. 554–55, 546, 644–5). IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2014-05-03.</ref>


[[Ellery Clark]] was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and [[Ethel Catherwood]] became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later. [[Derek Drouin]] from Canada and [[Ruth Beitia]] from Spain are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016. Only two athletes have won two Olympic high jump titles, both women: [[Iolanda Balaş]] and [[Ulrike Meyfarth]]. The United States has been the most successful nation in this event, with an American topping the podium on seventeen occasions.
[[Ellery Clark]] was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and [[Ethel Catherwood]] became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later. [[Derek Drouin]] from Canada and [[Ruth Beitia]] from Spain are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016. Only two athletes have won two Olympic high jump titles, both women: [[Iolanda Balaş]] and [[Ulrike Meyfarth]]. The United States has been the most successful nation in this event, with an American topping the podium on seventeen occasions.
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From 1900 to 1912 a variation of the event was contested at the Olympics where athletes had to [[standing high jump|high jump from a standing position]]. This was one of three standing jumps to have featured on the Olympic programme, alongside the [[standing long jump]] (present for the same period) and the [[standing triple jump]] (1900 and 1904 only).<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-standing-long-jump.html Athletics Men's Standing Long Jump Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>
From 1900 to 1912 a variation of the event was contested at the Olympics where athletes had to [[standing high jump|high jump from a standing position]]. This was one of three standing jumps to have featured on the Olympic programme, alongside the [[standing long jump]] (present for the same period) and the [[standing triple jump]] (1900 and 1904 only).<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-standing-long-jump.html Athletics Men's Standing Long Jump Medalists] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804120855/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-standing-long-jump.html |date=2014-08-04 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>


The standing jump competitions were dominated by [[Ray Ewry]], who won the Olympic standing high jump titles in 1900, 1904 and 1908. His clearance of {{T&Fcalc|1.655}} at the 1900 Olympics remained as the [[List of Olympic records in athletics|Olympic record]] for the event until its discontinuation in 1912. Ewry took Olympic three gold medals in standing jumps in both 1900 and 1904, then won the standing high and long jumps at the 1908 Olympics, as well as the 1906 Intercalated Games.<ref name=RayE>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ew/ray-ewry-1.html Ray Ewry]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> After Ewry's retirement, [[Platt Adams]] became the winner of the final Olympic standing high jump competition in 1912.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-standing-high-jump.html Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Standing High Jump]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>
The standing jump competitions were dominated by [[Ray Ewry]], who won the Olympic standing high jump titles in 1900, 1904 and 1908. His clearance of {{T&Fcalc|1.655}} at the 1900 Olympics remained as the [[List of Olympic records in athletics|Olympic record]] for the event until its discontinuation in 1912. Ewry took Olympic three gold medals in standing jumps in both 1900 and 1904, then won the standing high and long jumps at the 1908 Olympics, as well as the 1906 Intercalated Games.<ref name=RayE>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ew/ray-ewry-1.html Ray Ewry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531024357/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ew/ray-ewry-1.html |date=2014-05-31 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> After Ewry's retirement, [[Platt Adams]] became the winner of the final Olympic standing high jump competition in 1912.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-standing-high-jump.html Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Standing High Jump] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025432/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-standing-high-jump.html |date=2014-05-08 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>


The standing high jump—and standing jump events in general—had been a relatively common type of [[list of athletics events|athletics event]] at the end of the 19th century, but became increasingly rare at top level national and international competitions as the 20th century progressed.<ref name=RayE/> The Olympic event remains the only major international competition to have featured the event, except for the 1919 and 1920 editions of the [[South American Championships in Athletics]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sac.htm South American Championships (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> The standing high jump retained some popularity as a championship event in Scandinavia in the second half of the century.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/nori.htm Norwegian Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/swei.htm Swedish Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>
The standing high jump—and standing jump events in general—had been a relatively common type of [[list of athletics events|athletics event]] at the end of the 19th century, but became increasingly rare at top level national and international competitions as the 20th century progressed.<ref name=RayE/> The Olympic event remains the only major international competition to have featured the event, except for the 1919 and 1920 editions of the [[South American Championships in Athletics]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sac.htm South American Championships (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref> The standing high jump retained some popularity as a championship event in Scandinavia in the second half of the century.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/nori.htm Norwegian Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/swei.htm Swedish Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>
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==Intercalated Games==
==Intercalated Games==
The [[1906 Intercalated Games]] were held in [[Athens]] and at the time were officially recognised as part of the [[Olympic Games]] series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ 1906 Athina Summer Games]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.</ref>
The [[1906 Intercalated Games]] were held in [[Athens]] and at the time were officially recognised as part of the [[Olympic Games]] series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ 1906 Athina Summer Games] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922074609/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ |date=2013-09-22 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.</ref>


Continuing its presence since the first Olympics, a men's high jump event was contested at the 1906 Games. The competition rules were exhausting for the athletes as the bar was incremented by one centimetre each time and all athletes had to attempt each height. This caused the event to be postponed when darkness fell and competition resumed the following morning. Irishman [[Con Leahy]] won the event for Great Britain with a mark of 1.775&nbsp;m. [[Lajos Gönczy]] of Hungary, a 1900 high jump medallist, returned to the Olympic podium with 1.75&nbsp;m for second. American [[Bert Kerrigan]], who also competed in the pole vault and standing long jump, took third place alongside [[Themistoklis Diakidis]] of Greece.<ref name=1906HJ>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-high-jump.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's High Jump]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.</ref>
Continuing its presence since the first Olympics, a men's high jump event was contested at the 1906 Games. The competition rules were exhausting for the athletes as the bar was incremented by one centimetre each time and all athletes had to attempt each height. This caused the event to be postponed when darkness fell and competition resumed the following morning. Irishman [[Con Leahy]] won the event for Great Britain with a mark of 1.775&nbsp;m. [[Lajos Gönczy]] of Hungary, a 1900 high jump medallist, returned to the Olympic podium with 1.75&nbsp;m for second. American [[Bert Kerrigan]], who also competed in the pole vault and standing long jump, took third place alongside [[Themistoklis Diakidis]] of Greece.<ref name=1906HJ>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-high-jump.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's High Jump] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213111011/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-high-jump.html |date=2013-12-13 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.</ref>


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The standing high jump variant was also contested at the Intercalated Games. [[Ray Ewry]], who entered as the undefeated Olympic champion in the event, won a further gold medal with his mark of {{T&Fcalc|1.56}}. Second place was a tie between [[Martin Sheridan]], [[Léon Dupont]] and [[Lawson Robertson]], whose joint marks of {{T&Fcalc|1.40}} was some way behind the winner.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-standing-high-jump.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Standing High Jump]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>
The standing high jump variant was also contested at the Intercalated Games. [[Ray Ewry]], who entered as the undefeated Olympic champion in the event, won a further gold medal with his mark of {{T&Fcalc|1.56}}. Second place was a tie between [[Martin Sheridan]], [[Léon Dupont]] and [[Lawson Robertson]], whose joint marks of {{T&Fcalc|1.40}} was some way behind the winner.<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-standing-high-jump.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Standing High Jump] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042903/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-standing-high-jump.html |date=2014-05-08 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.</ref>


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==Non-canonical Olympic events==
==Non-canonical Olympic events==
In addition to the main [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|1900 Olympic men's high jump]], a [[Handicapping|handicap]] competition was held four days later. All of the podium finishers in the event had failed to medal in the main Olympic final. [[Tore Blom]] was first with 2.05&nbsp;m (35&nbsp;cm handicap), [[Gyula Strausz]] placed second in 2.00&nbsp;m (also 35&nbsp;cm), while third place went to [[Waldemar Steffen]] with 1.95&nbsp;m (30&nbsp;cm handicap).<ref name=GBROG>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ogm.htm Handicap Olympic Athletics Events]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.</ref><ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/ATH/mens-high-jump-handicap.html Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump, Handicap]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.</ref>
In addition to the main [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|1900 Olympic men's high jump]], a [[Handicapping|handicap]] competition was held four days later. All of the podium finishers in the event had failed to medal in the main Olympic final. [[Tore Blom]] was first with 2.05&nbsp;m (35&nbsp;cm handicap), [[Gyula Strausz]] placed second in 2.00&nbsp;m (also 35&nbsp;cm), while third place went to [[Waldemar Steffen]] with 1.95&nbsp;m (30&nbsp;cm handicap).<ref name=GBROG>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ogm.htm Handicap Olympic Athletics Events]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.</ref><ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/ATH/mens-high-jump-handicap.html Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump, Handicap] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505235841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/ATH/mens-high-jump-handicap.html |date=2014-05-05 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.</ref>


Two [[professional sports|professionals-only]] contests were held in 1900. Mike Sweeney of the United States won with 1.80&nbsp;m (the second best of the festival after [[Irv Baxter]] Olympic record in the amateur event). Another American, [[Otto Schoenfeld]], was second in 1.75&nbsp;m, while [[Noël Douet]] of France was third in 1.55&nbsp;m. A handicap professional contest was also held but the results have not been located.<ref name=GBROG/><ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/ATH/mens-high-jump-professionals.html Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump, Professionals]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.</ref>
Two [[professional sports|professionals-only]] contests were held in 1900. Mike Sweeney of the United States won with 1.80&nbsp;m (the second best of the festival after [[Irv Baxter]] Olympic record in the amateur event). Another American, [[Otto Schoenfeld]], was second in 1.75&nbsp;m, while [[Noël Douet]] of France was third in 1.55&nbsp;m. A handicap professional contest was also held but the results have not been located.<ref name=GBROG/><ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/ATH/mens-high-jump-professionals.html Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump, Professionals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505234907/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/ATH/mens-high-jump-professionals.html |date=2014-05-05 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.</ref>


The handicap event returned at the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] and the three Olympic finalists who failed to win medals comprised the top three. [[Ervin Barker]] won with 1.88&nbsp;m off a 4.5&nbsp;inch handicap, Lajos Gönczy was runner-up with a mark of 1.80&nbsp;m with a three-inch handicap, and [[Emil Freymark]] took third, recording 1.80&nbsp;m with a five-inch handicap.<ref name=GBROG/>
The handicap event returned at the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] and the three Olympic finalists who failed to win medals comprised the top three. [[Ervin Barker]] won with 1.88&nbsp;m off a 4.5&nbsp;inch handicap, Lajos Gönczy was runner-up with a mark of 1.80&nbsp;m with a three-inch handicap, and [[Emil Freymark]] took third, recording 1.80&nbsp;m with a five-inch handicap.<ref name=GBROG/>
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==References==
==References==
;Participation and athlete data
;Participation and athlete data
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-high-jump.html Athletics Men's High Jump Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150523045930/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-high-jump.html Athletics Men's High Jump Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/womens-high-jump.html Athletics Women's High Jump Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140212052953/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/womens-high-jump.html Athletics Women's High Jump Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
;Olympic record progressions
;Olympic record progressions
*Mallon, Bill (2012). [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/2012_athletics_stats5.pdf TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS]. ''[[Track and Field News]]''. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
*Mallon, Bill (2012). [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/2012_athletics_stats5.pdf TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS]. ''[[Track and Field News]]''. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/jumps/high-jump IAAF high jump homepage]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/jumps/high-jump IAAF high jump homepage]
*[http://www.olympic.org/ Official Olympics website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150705032224/http://www.olympic.org/ Official Olympics website]
*[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/formcharts/13-lists/1291-olympic-track-a-field-athletics-the-records Olympic athletics records] from ''Track & Field News''
*[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/formcharts/13-lists/1291-olympic-track-a-field-athletics-the-records Olympic athletics records] from ''Track & Field News''


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High jump
at the Olympic Games
The 1904 high jump competition
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1896 – 2016
Women: 1928 – 2016
Olympic record
Men2.39 m Charles Austin (1996)
Women2.06 m Yelena Slesarenko (2004)
Reigning champion
Men Derek Drouin (CAN)
Women Ruth Beitia (ESP)

The high jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's high jump was one of five events to feature on the first women's athletics programme in 1928, and it was the only jumping event available to women until 1948, when the long jump was permitted.

The Olympic records for the event are 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) for men, set by Charles Austin in 1996, and 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) for women, set by Yelena Slesarenko in 2004. Gerd Wessig is the only man to have set a world record in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of 2.36 m (7 ft 8+3⁄4 in). The women's world record has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972.[1]

Ellery Clark was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Ethel Catherwood became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later. Derek Drouin from Canada and Ruth Beitia from Spain are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016. Only two athletes have won two Olympic high jump titles, both women: Iolanda Balaş and Ulrike Meyfarth. The United States has been the most successful nation in this event, with an American topping the podium on seventeen occasions.

A standing high jump variant of the event was contested from 1900 to 1912 and standing jumps specialist Ray Ewry won all but one of the gold medals in its brief history.

Medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1896 Athens
details 		Ellery Harding Clark
 United States 		James Brendan Connolly
 United States 		none awarded
Robert Garrett
 United States
1900 Paris
details 		Irving Baxter
 United States 		Patrick Leahy
 Great Britain 		Lajos Gönczy
 Hungary
1904 St. Louis
details 		Samuel Jones
 United States 		Garrett Serviss
 United States 		Paul Weinstein
 Germany
1908 London
details 		Harry Porter
 United States 		Géo André
 France
 none awarded
Con Leahy
 Great Britain
István Somodi
 Hungary
1912 Stockholm
details 		Alma Richards
 United States 		Hans Liesche
 Germany 		George Horine
 United States
1920 Antwerp
details 		Richmond Landon
 United States 		Harold Muller
 United States 		Bo Ekelund
 Sweden
1924 Paris
details 		Harold Osborn
 United States 		Leroy Brown
 United States 		Pierre Lewden
 France
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Bob King
 United States 		Benjamin Hedges
 United States 		Claude Ménard
 France
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Duncan McNaughton
 Canada 		Bob Van Osdel
 United States 		Simeon Toribio
 Philippines
1936 Berlin
details 		Cornelius Johnson
 United States 		Dave Albritton
 United States 		Delos Thurber
 United States
1948 London
details 		John Winter
 Australia 		Bjørn Paulson
 Norway 		George Stanich
 United States
1952 Helsinki
details 		Walt Davis
 United States 		Ken Wiesner
 United States 		José da Conceição
 Brazil
1956 Melbourne
details 		Charles Dumas
 United States 		Chilla Porter
 Australia 		Igor Kashkarov
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
details 		Robert Shavlakadze
 Soviet Union 		Valeriy Brumel
 Soviet Union 		John Thomas
 United States
1964 Tokyo
details 		Valeriy Brumel
 Soviet Union 		John Thomas
 United States 		John Rambo
 United States
1968 Mexico City
details 		Dick Fosbury
 United States 		Ed Caruthers
 United States 		Valentin Gavrilov
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
details 		Jüri Tarmak
 Soviet Union 		Stefan Junge
 East Germany 		Dwight Stones
 United States
1976 Montreal
details 		Jacek Wszoła
 Poland 		Greg Joy
 Canada 		Dwight Stones
 United States
1980 Moscow
details 		Gerd Wessig
 East Germany 		Jacek Wszoła
 Poland 		Jörg Freimuth
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Dietmar Mögenburg
 West Germany 		Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden 		Zhu Jianhua
 China
1988 Seoul
details 		Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
 Soviet Union 		Hollis Conway
 United States 		Rudolf Povarnitsyn
 Soviet Union
Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden
1992 Barcelona
details 		Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba 		Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden 		Hollis Conway
 United States
Tim Forsyth
 Australia
Artur Partyka
 Poland
1996 Atlanta
details 		Charles Austin
 United States 		Artur Partyka
 Poland 		Steve Smith
 Great Britain
2000 Sydney
details 		Sergey Klyugin
 Russia 		Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba 		Abderahmane Hammad
 Algeria
2004 Athens
details 		Stefan Holm
 Sweden 		Matt Hemingway
 United States 		Jaroslav Bába
 Czech Republic
2008 Beijing
details 		Andrey Silnov
 Russia 		Germaine Mason
 Great Britain 		Yaroslav Rybakov
 Russia
2012 London
details 		Erik Kynard
 United States 		Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Qatar 		none awarded
Derek Drouin
 Canada
Robbie Grabarz
 Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Derek Drouin
 Canada 		Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Qatar 		Bohdan Bondarenko
 Ukraine
2020 Tokyo
details 		Gianmarco Tamberi
 Italy 		none awarded Maksim Nedasekau
 Belarus
Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Qatar
2024 Paris
details 		Hamish Kerr
 New Zealand 		Shelby McEwen
 United States 		Mutaz Essa Barshim
 Qatar

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union (URS) 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
Jacek Wszoła  Poland (POL) 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Javier Sotomayor  Cuba (CUB) 1992–2000 1 1 0 2
4 Derek Drouin  Canada (CAN) 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
5 Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden (SWE) 1984–1992 0 2 1 3
6 John Thomas  United States (USA) 1960–1964 0 1 1 2
Hollis Conway  United States (USA) 1988–1992 0 1 1 2
Artur Partyka  Poland (POL) 1992–1996 0 1 1 2
9 Dwight Stones  United States (USA) 1972–1976 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 13 14 8 35
2  Soviet Union (URS) 4 1 3 8
3  Russia (RUS) 3 0 1 4
4  Canada (CAN) 2 1 1 4
5  Sweden (SWE) 1 2 2 5
6  Poland (POL) 1 2 1 4
7  Australia (AUS) 1 1 1 3
 East Germany (GDR) 1 1 1 3
9  Cuba (CUB) 1 1 0 2
10  West Germany (FRG) 1 0 0 1
11  Great Britain (GBR) 0 3 2 5
12  France (FRA) 0 1 2 3
13  Germany (GER) 0 1 1 2
 Hungary (HUN) 0 1 1 2
 Qatar (QAT) 0 1 1 2
16  Norway (NOR) 0 1 0 1
17  Algeria (ALG) 0 0 1 1
 Brazil (BRA) 0 0 1 1
 China (CHN) 0 0 1 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1
 Philippines (PHI) 0 0 1 1

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1928 Amsterdam
details 		Ethel Catherwood
 Canada 		Lien Gisolf
 Netherlands 		Mildred Wiley
 United States
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Jean Shiley
 United States 		Babe Didrikson
 United States 		Eva Dawes
 Canada
1936 Berlin
details 		Ibolya Csák
 Hungary 		Dorothy Odam
 Great Britain 		Elfriede Kaun
 Germany
1948 London
details 		Alice Coachman
 United States 		Dorothy Tyler
 Great Britain 		Micheline Ostermeyer
 France
1952 Helsinki
details 		Esther Brand
 South Africa 		Sheila Lerwill
 Great Britain 		Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne
details 		Mildred McDaniel
 United States 		Thelma Hopkins
 Great Britain 		none awarded
Mariya Pisareva
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
details 		Iolanda Balaș
 Romania 		Jarosława Jóźwiakowska
 Poland 		none awarded
Dorothy Shirley
 Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
details 		Iolanda Balaș
 Romania 		Michele Brown
 Australia 		Taisia Chenchik
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
details 		Miloslava Rezková
 Czechoslovakia 		Antonina Okorokova
 Soviet Union 		Valentina Kozyr
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
details 		Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany 		Yordanka Blagoeva
 Bulgaria 		Ilona Gusenbauer
 Austria
1976 Montreal
details 		Rosemarie Ackermann
 East Germany 		Sara Simeoni
 Italy 		Yordanka Blagoeva
 Bulgaria
1980 Moscow
details 		Sara Simeoni
 Italy 		Urszula Kielan
 Poland 		Jutta Kirst
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany 		Sara Simeoni
 Italy 		Joni Huntley
 United States
1988 Seoul
details 		Louise Ritter
 United States 		Stefka Kostadinova
 Bulgaria 		Tamara Bykova
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details 		Heike Henkel
 Germany 		Alina Astafei
 Romania 		Ioamnet Quintero
 Cuba
1996 Atlanta
details 		Stefka Kostadinova
 Bulgaria 		Niki Bakoyianni
 Greece 		Inha Babakova
 Ukraine
2000 Sydney
details 		Yelena Yelesina
 Russia 		Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa 		Kajsa Bergqvist
 Sweden
Oana Pantelimon
 Romania
2004 Athens
details 		Yelena Slesarenko
 Russia 		Hestrie Cloete
 South Africa 		Vita Styopina
 Ukraine
2008 Beijing
details 		Tia Hellebaut
 Belgium 		Blanka Vlašić
 Croatia 		Chaunté Howard
 United States
2012 London
details 		Anna Chicherova
 Russia 		Brigetta Barrett
 United States 		Ruth Beitia
 Spain
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Ruth Beitia
 Spain 		Mirela Demireva
 Bulgaria 		Blanka Vlašić
 Croatia
2020 Tokyo
details 		Mariya Lasitskene
 ROC 		Nicola McDermott
 Australia 		Yaroslava Mahuchikh
 Ukraine
2024 Paris
details 		Yaroslava Mahuchikh
 Ukraine 		Nicola Olyslagers
 Australia 		Iryna Herashchenko
 Ukraine
Eleanor Patterson
 Australia

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Iolanda Balaş  Romania (ROU) 1960–1964 2 0 0 2
Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany (FRG) 1972–1984 2 0 0 2
3 Sara Simeoni  Italy (ITA) 1976–1984 1 2 0 3
4 Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria (BUL) 1988–1996 1 1 0 2
5 Anna Chicherova  Russia (RUS) 2008–2012 1 0 1 2
6 Dorothy Tyler-Odam  Great Britain (GBR) 1936–1948 0 2 0 2
Hestrie Cloete  South Africa (RSA) 2000–2004 0 2 0 2
8 Yordanka Blagoeva  Bulgaria (BUL) 1972–1976 0 1 1 2
Blanka Vlašić  Croatia (CRO) 2008-2016 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 4 2 2 8
2  Russia (RUS) 3 0 2 5
3  Romania (ROU) 2 1 1 4
4  West Germany (FRG) 2 0 0 2
5  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 3 1 5
6  Italy (ITA) 1 2 0 3
 South Africa (RSA) 1 2 0 3
8  Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
 East Germany (GDR) 1 0 1 2
 Germany (GER) 1 0 1 2
11  Belgium (BEL) 1 0 0 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 0 1
 Hungary (HUN) 1 0 0 1
 Spain (ESP) 1 0 0 1
15  Great Britain (GBR) 0 5 0 5
16  Soviet Union (URS) 0 2 4 6
17  Poland (POL) 0 2 0 2
18  Croatia (CRO) 0 1 1 2
19  Australia (AUS) 0 1 0 1
 Greece (GRE) 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands (NED) 0 1 0 1
22  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 2 2
23  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
 Cuba (CUB) 0 0 1 1
 France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1

Standing high jump

Standing high jump
at the Olympic Games
Ray Ewry in the 1904 standing high jump competition
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen
Years heldMen: 1900 – 1912
Olympic record
Men1.655 m Ray Ewry (1900)

From 1900 to 1912 a variation of the event was contested at the Olympics where athletes had to high jump from a standing position. This was one of three standing jumps to have featured on the Olympic programme, alongside the standing long jump (present for the same period) and the standing triple jump (1900 and 1904 only).[2]

The standing jump competitions were dominated by Ray Ewry, who won the Olympic standing high jump titles in 1900, 1904 and 1908. His clearance of 1.655 m (5 ft 5 in) at the 1900 Olympics remained as the Olympic record for the event until its discontinuation in 1912. Ewry took Olympic three gold medals in standing jumps in both 1900 and 1904, then won the standing high and long jumps at the 1908 Olympics, as well as the 1906 Intercalated Games.[3] After Ewry's retirement, Platt Adams became the winner of the final Olympic standing high jump competition in 1912.[4]

The standing high jump—and standing jump events in general—had been a relatively common type of athletics event at the end of the 19th century, but became increasingly rare at top level national and international competitions as the 20th century progressed.[3] The Olympic event remains the only major international competition to have featured the event, except for the 1919 and 1920 editions of the South American Championships in Athletics.[5] The standing high jump retained some popularity as a championship event in Scandinavia in the second half of the century.[6][7]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details 		Ray Ewry
 United States 		Irving Baxter
 United States 		Lewis Sheldon
 United States
1904 St. Louis
details 		Ray Ewry
 United States 		Joseph Stadler
 United States 		Lawson Robertson
 United States
1908 London
details 		Ray Ewry
 United States 		John Biller
 United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece 		None awarded
1912 Stockholm
details 		Platt Adams
 United States 		Benjamin Adams
 United States 		Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[8]

Continuing its presence since the first Olympics, a men's high jump event was contested at the 1906 Games. The competition rules were exhausting for the athletes as the bar was incremented by one centimetre each time and all athletes had to attempt each height. This caused the event to be postponed when darkness fell and competition resumed the following morning. Irishman Con Leahy won the event for Great Britain with a mark of 1.775 m. Lajos Gönczy of Hungary, a 1900 high jump medallist, returned to the Olympic podium with 1.75 m for second. American Bert Kerrigan, who also competed in the pole vault and standing long jump, took third place alongside Themistoklis Diakidis of Greece.[9]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
details 		 Con Leahy (GBR)  Lajos Gönczy (HUN)  Themistoklis Diakidis (GRE)
 Bert Kerrigan (USA)

The standing high jump variant was also contested at the Intercalated Games. Ray Ewry, who entered as the undefeated Olympic champion in the event, won a further gold medal with his mark of 1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄4 in). Second place was a tie between Martin Sheridan, Léon Dupont and Lawson Robertson, whose joint marks of 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) was some way behind the winner.[10]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
details 		 Ray Ewry (USA)  Martin Sheridan (USA)
 Léon Dupont (BEL)
 Lawson Robertson (USA)

Non-canonical Olympic events

In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's high jump, a handicap competition was held four days later. All of the podium finishers in the event had failed to medal in the main Olympic final. Tore Blom was first with 2.05 m (35 cm handicap), Gyula Strausz placed second in 2.00 m (also 35 cm), while third place went to Waldemar Steffen with 1.95 m (30 cm handicap).[11][12]

Two professionals-only contests were held in 1900. Mike Sweeney of the United States won with 1.80 m (the second best of the festival after Irv Baxter Olympic record in the amateur event). Another American, Otto Schoenfeld, was second in 1.75 m, while Noël Douet of France was third in 1.55 m. A handicap professional contest was also held but the results have not been located.[11][13]

The handicap event returned at the 1904 Summer Olympics and the three Olympic finalists who failed to win medals comprised the top three. Ervin Barker won with 1.88 m off a 4.5 inch handicap, Lajos Gönczy was runner-up with a mark of 1.80 m with a three-inch handicap, and Emil Freymark took third, recording 1.80 m with a five-inch handicap.[11]

These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the high jump or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these competitions have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables.[11]

References

Participation and athlete data
Olympic record progressions
Specific
  1. ^ 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook Berlin 2009 (pgs. 554–55, 546, 644–5). IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
  2. ^ Athletics Men's Standing Long Jump Medalists Archived 2014-08-04 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  3. ^ a b Ray Ewry Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  4. ^ Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Standing High Jump Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  5. ^ South American Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  6. ^ Norwegian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  7. ^ Swedish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  8. ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.
  9. ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's High Jump Archived 2013-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.
  10. ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Standing High Jump Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
  11. ^ a b c d Handicap Olympic Athletics Events. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.
  12. ^ Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump, Handicap Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
  13. ^ Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's High Jump, Professionals Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-05.
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