| SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES |
| OLYMPIC
GAMES. HISTORY
MEN'S High Jump |
| 1896
1. Ellery Clark (US) ........................ 5-11 1/4 ...... 1.81 =2. James Connolly (US) ................ 5-5 ............. 1.65 =2. Robert Garrett (US) ................... 5-5 ............. 1.65 1900 1. Irving Baxter (US) ....................... 6-2 3/4 ........ 1.90 2. Patrick Leahy (GB-Ire) ................ 5-10 ............ 1.78 3. Lajos Gonczy (Hun) ................... 5-8 3/4 ......... 1.75 1904 1. Samuel Jones (US) .................... 5-11 ............. 1.80 2. Garrett Serviss (US) ................... 5-9 3/4 ......... 1.77 3. Paul Weinstein (Ger) .................. 5-9 3/4 ......... 1.77 1908 1. Harry Porter (US) ........................ 6-2 3/4 ........ 1.90 =2. Con Leahy (GB-Ire) ................... 6-2 .............. 1.88 =2. Istvan Somodi (Hun) .................. 6-2 ............. 1.88 =2. Geo Andre (Fra) ........................ 6-2 ............. 1.88 1912 1. Alma Richards (US) .................... 6-4 .............. 1.93 2. Hans Liesche (Ger) ..................... 6-3 1/4 ......... 1.91 3. George Horine (US) ..................... 6-2 1/4 ......... 1.89 1920 1. Dick Landon (US) ........................ 6-4 ............... 1.93 2. Harold Muller (US) ....................... 6-2 3/4 ......... 1.90 3. Bo Ekelund (Swe) ........................ 6-2 3/4 ......... 1.90 1924 1. Harold Osborn (US) ..................... 6-6 ............... 1.98 2. Leroy Brown (US) ........................ 6-4 3/4 .......... 1.95 3. Pierre Lewden (Fra) ..................... 6-3 1/2 .......... 1.92 1928 1. Bob King (US) ............................. 6-4 1/4 ......... 1.94 2. Ben Hedges (US) ......................... 6-3 1/4 ......... 1.91 3. Claude Menard (Fr) ...................... 6-3 1/4 .......... 1.91 1932 1. Duncan McNaughton (Can) .......... 6-5 1/2 .......... 1.97 2. Robert Van Osdel (US) ................ 6-5 1/2 .......... 1.97 3. Simeon Toribio (Phi) .................... 6-5 1/2 .......... 1.97 1936 1. Cornelius Johnson (US) ............... 6-8 .............. 2.03 2. Dave Albritton (US) ..................... 6-6 3/4 ......... 2.00 3. Delos Thurber (US) ..................... 6-6 3/4 ......... 2.00 1948 1. John Winter (Aus) ....................... 6-6 ............... 1.98 2. Bjorn Paulson (Nor) ..................... 6-4 3/4 ......... 1.95 3. George Stanich (US) ................... 6-4 3/4 ......... 1.95 1952 1. Buddy Davis (US) ....................... 6-8 1/4 ........ 2.04 2. Ken Wiesner (US) ....................... 6-7 ............. 2.01 3. Jose Telles da Conceicao (Bra) .... 6-6 ............. 1.98 1956 1. Charley Dumas (US) ................... 6-11 1/2 ....... 2.12 2. Chilla Porter (Aus) ...................... 6-10 3/4 ....... 2.10 3. Igor Kashkarov (SU) .................... 6-9 3/4 ......... 2.08 1960 1. Robert Shavlakadze (SU) ............. 7-1 ............. 2.16 2. Valeriy Brumel (SU) .................... 7-1 .............. 2.16 3. John Thomas (US) ...................... 7-1/4 ........... 2.14 1964 1. Valeriy Brumel (SU) .................... 7-1 3/4 ......... 2.18 2. John Thomas (US) ...................... 7-1 3/4 ......... 2.18 3. John Rambo (US) ....................... 7-1 ............... 2.16 1968 1. Dick Fosbury (US) ....................... 7-4 1/4 ......... 2.24(A) 2. Ed Caruthers (US) ....................... 7-3 1/4 ......... 2.22 3. Valentin Gavrilov (SU) .................. 7-2 1/2 .......... 2.20 1972 1. Juri Tarmak (SU) ........................ 7-3 3/4 ......... 2.23 2. Stefan Junge (EG) ...................... 7-3 .............. 2.21 3. Dwight Stones (US) .................... 7-3 .............. 2.21 1976 1. Jacek Wszola (Pol) ..................... 7-4 1/2 ......... 2.25 2. Greg Joy (Can) ........................... 7-3 3/4 ......... 2.23 3. Dwight Stones (US) ..................... 7-3 .............. 2.21 1980 1. Gerd Wessig (EG) ....................... 7-8 3/4 ........ 2.36 WR 2. Jacek Wszola (Pol) ..................... 7-7 .............. 2.31 3. Jorg Freimuth (EG) ..................... 7-7 ............... 2.31 1984 1. Dietmar Mogenburg (WG) ............ 7-8 1/2 ......... 2.35 2. Patrik Sjoberg (Swe) ................... 7-7 3/4 ......... 2.33 3. Zhu Jianhua (Chn) ....................... 7-7 .............. 2.31 1988 1. Gennadiy Avdeyenko (SU) ........... 7-9 3/4 ......... 2.38 2. Hollis Conway (US) ..................... 7-8 3/4 ......... 2.36 =3. Rudolf Povarnitsin (SU) .............. 7-8 3/4 ......... 2.36 =3. Patrik Sjoberg (Swe) ................. 7-8 3/4 .......... 2.36 1992 1. Javier Sotomayor (Cub) ............... 7-8 ............ 2.34 2. Patrik Sjoberg (Swe) ................... 7-8 ............ 2.34 =3. Hollis Conway (US) ................... 7-8 ............ 2.34 =3. Tim Forsyth (Aus) ..................... 7-8 ............ 2.34 =3. Artur Partyka (Pol) .................... 7-8 ............ 2.34 1996 1. Charles Austin (US) .................... 7-10 ........... 2.39 2. Artur Partyka (Pol) ...................... 7-9 1/4 ....... 2.37 3. Steve Smith (GB) ........................ 7-8 1/2 ....... 2.35 2000 1. Sergey Klyugin (RUS) .................................... 2.35 2. Javier Sotomayor (CUB) .................................. 2.32 3. Abderahmane Hammad (ALG) ......................... 2.32 Medals
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