The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump

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

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....

, was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

 programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 7, 1912 and on July 8, 1912.

Thirty-seven high jumpers from ten nations competed.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.00	George Horine George Horine George Leslie Horine was an American athlete who mainly competed in the high jump.He was born in Escondido, California and died in Modesto, California....	Palo Alto (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	May 28, 1912
Olympic Record	1.90	Irving Baxter Irving Baxter Irving Knot Baxter was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France....	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	July 15, 1900
	1.90	Harry Porter Harry Porter For the Fictional character, see Harry Potter.Harry Franklin Porter was a high jumper from the United States of America. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and won gold in the High Jump in the 1908 Summer Olympics at a mark of 6'3"...	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...  (GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it.... )	July 21, 1908

At first Hans Liesche

Hans Liesche

Hans Liesche was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the high jump.he was born in Hamburg and died in Berlin....

 set a new Olympic record with 1.91 metres. But Alma Richards

Alma Richards

Alma Wilford Richards was a high jumper and was famous for being the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, in 1912, in the running high jump event.-Jumping:...

 was able to equalize this mark, when he also jumped 1.91 metres. Finally Alma Richards

Alma Richards

Alma Wilford Richards was a high jumper and was famous for being the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, in 1912, in the running high jump event.-Jumping:...

set a new Olympic record with 1.93 metres.

Results

Place	Athlete	Preliminary						Final										Mark
		1.60	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.83	Qual.	1.60	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.83	1.85	1.87	1.89	1.91	1.93
		O	O	O	XO	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXO	O	XXO	XXO	XXO	O	1.93
		O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX	1.91
		O	O	O	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	O	XO	O	O	XO	XXX	---	1.89
4		O	O	O	XO	O	QF	O	O	O	O	O	XO	XO	XXX	---	---	1.87
		O	O	XO	O	XXO	QF	XO	O	O	O	O	O	O	XXX	---	---	1.87
6		O	O	XO	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	O	XXO	XXX	---	---	---	1.85
		---	O	O	XO	XO	QF	O	O	O	O	XXO	XO	XXX	---	---	---	1.85
8		O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	O	XXX	---	---	---	---	1.83
9		XO	O	XXO	O	XO	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	1.80
		O	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XO	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	1.80
11		XO	O	O	O	O	QF	O	O	O	XXX	---	---	---	---	---	---	1.75
12		O	O	O	XO	XXX												1.80
13		O	O	O	XXX	---												1.75
		O	O	O	XXX	---												1.75
		O	XO	O	XXX	---												1.75
		O	O	XO	XXX	---												1.75
		X--	O	XO	XXX	---												1.75
		---	XO	XO	XXX	---												1.75
		---	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
		O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
		O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
		O	XO	XXO	XXX	---												1.75
23		---	O	---	---	---												1.70
		O	O	---	---	---												1.70
		X--	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
		X--	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
		XO	XO	XXX	---	---												1.70
28		O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
		O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
		O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
		O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
		O	X--	---	---	---												1.60
		O	XXX	---	---	---												1.60
34		---	X--	---	---	---												None
		---	X--	---	---	---												None
		---	XXX	---	---	---												None
		X--	XXX	---	---	---												None