SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
 
OLYMPIC GAMES. HISTORY 
MEN'S High Jump
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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
12 - 12 - 9  USA
  4 - 1 - 3    Soviet Union
  1 - 2 - 1    Poland
  1 - 1 - 1    Australia
  1 - 1 - 1    East Germany
  1 - 1 - 0    Canada
  1 - 1 - 0    Cuba
  1 - 0 - 0    West Germany
  1 - 0 - 0    Russia
  0 - 2 - 2    Sweden
  0 - 2 - 1    Great Britain
  0 - 1 - 1    Hungary
  0 - 1 - 1    Germany
  0 - 1 - 2    France
  0 - 0 - 1    Philippines
  0 - 0 - 1    Norway
  0 - 0 - 1    Brazil
  0 - 0 - 1    China
  0 - 0 - 1    Algeria

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