Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump

Men's standing high jump at the Games of the V Olympiad
Adams on the way to win the gold medal.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 13
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Medalists
Platt Adams  United States Benjamin Adams  United States Konstantinos Tsiklitiras  Greece

The men's standing high jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth and final appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.

Ray Ewry, who was the three-time defending champion in the event, did not compete in 1912. The silver medalist from 1908, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, took bronze. Platt Adams, the fifth-place finisher four years earlier, won the event. Benjamin Adams finished second. Each of the three standing high jump medalists also medaled in the standing long jump, though in a different order.

Eighteen high jumpers from nine nations competed.

Results

Place	Athlete	Preliminary							Final								Mark
		1.30	1.35	1.40	1.45	1.48	1.50	Qual.	1.30	1.40	1.45	1.50	1.55	1.60	1.63	1.66
	Platt Adams (USA)	O	O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	O	O	XO	O	XXX	1.63
	Benjamin Adams (USA)	O	O	O	O	---	O	QF	O	O	O	O	O	O	XXX	---	1.60
	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (GRE)	O	O	O	O	---	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX	---	---	1.55
4	Edvard Möller (SWE)	O	O	O	O	---	O	QF	O	O	O	O	XXX	---	---	---	1.50
	Leo Goehring (USA)	O	O	O	XXO	---	XO	QF	O	XO	O	O	XXX	---	---	---	1.50
	Richard Byrd (USA)	O	O	O	O	---	XXO	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXX	---	---	---	1.50
7	Forest Fletcher (USA)	O	O	O	O	---	XXX										1.45
	Rudolf Smedmark (SWE)	O	O	O	O	---	XXX										1.45
	Frank Belote (USA)	O	O	XXO	O	---	XXX										1.45
	Géo André (FRA)	---	O	XO	XO	---	XXX										1.45
	Leif Ekman (SWE)	O	O	O	XXO	---	XXX										1.45
	Karl Bergh (SWE)	O	O	O	XXO	XXX	---										1.45
13	Rodolfo Hammersley (CHI)	O	O	O	XXX	---	---										1.40
	Alfred Schwarz (RUS)	O	O	O	XXX	---	---										1.40
	Birger Brodtkorb (NOR)	XO	XO	XO	XXX	---	---										1.40
16	Benjamin Howard Baker (GBR)	XO	O	XXX	---	---	---										1.35
17	Helmer Måhl (SWE)	O	---	---	---	---	---										1.30
18	Andor Horvag (HUN)	---	XXX	---	---	---	---										None

Platt Adams in action.

Bronze medalist Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.

References

• sports-reference.com
• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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