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

This was the fourth and final appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. Three-time defending champion (four-time if the 1906 Intercalated Games are counted) Ray Ewry of the United States had retired, leaving the competition relatively open. Returning competitors from the 1908 Games were silver medalist Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece and fifth-place finishers Platt Adams of the United States and Géo André of France.[1]

Chile and Russia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fourth appearance, the only nation to have competed in each appearance of the event.

For the first time, there were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds (the 1908 Games had featured a two-round event but the results from the qualifying round then carried over to the final). All jumpers clearing 1.50 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final.[1][3]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World record		Unknown
Olympic record	Ray Ewry (USA)	1.655	Paris, France	16 July 1900

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Key

Qualifying

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1.30	1.35	1.40	1.45	1.48	1.50	Height	Notes
1	Benjamin Adams	United States	o	o	o	o	—	o	1.50	Q
	Platt Adams	United States	o	o	o	o	o	o	1.50	Q
	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	Greece	o	o	o	o	—	o	1.50	Q
	Edvard Möller	Sweden	o	o	o	o	—	o	1.50	Q
5	Leo Goehring	United States	o	o	o	xxo	—	xo	1.50	Q
6	Richard Byrd	United States	o	o	o	o	—	xxo	1.50	Q
7	Forest Fletcher	United States	o	o	o	o	—	xxx	1.45
	Rudolf Smedmark	Sweden	o	o	o	o	—	xxx	1.45
	Frank Belote	United States	o	o	xxo	o	—	xxx	1.45
	Géo André	France	—	o	xo	xo	—	xxx	1.45
	Leif Ekman	Sweden	o	o	o	xxo	—	xxx	1.45
	Karl Bergh	Sweden	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	N/A	1.45
13	Rodolfo Hammersley	Chile	o	o	o	xxx	N/A		1.40
	Alfred Schwarz	Russia	o	o	o	xxx	N/A		1.40
	Birger Brodtkorb	Norway	xo	xo	xo	xxx	N/A		1.40
16	Benjamin Howard Baker	Great Britain	xo	o	xxx	N/A			1.35
17	Andor Horvag	Hungary	—	xxx	N/A				NM

Platt Adams in action.

Bronze medalist Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	1.30	1.40	1.45	1.50	1.55	1.60	1.63	1.66	Height
	Platt Adams	United States	o	o	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx	1.63
	Benjamin Adams	United States	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	N/A	1.60
	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	Greece	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	N/A		1.55
4	Edvard Möller	Sweden	o	o	o	o	xxx	N/A			1.50
	Leo Goehring	United States	o	xo	o	o	xxx	N/A			1.50
	Richard Byrd	United States	o	o	o	xo	xxx	N/A			1.50

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