Men High Jump Athletics IV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Tuesday, 21st July - Gold Medal: Harry Porter, United States
Final RankingHeight
1. Harry PorterUSA United States1.905m OR
2. Géo AndréFRA France1.88m
2. István SomodiHUN Hungary1.88m
2. Con LeahyGBR Great Britain1.88m
5. Herbert GidneyUSA United States1.853m
5. Tom MoffittUSA United States1.853m
7. Neil PattersonUSA United States1.83m
8. Axel HedenlundSWE Sweden1.80m
9. Patrick LeahyGBR Great Britain1.78m
10.George BarberCan Canada1.77m
10.Edward LeaderGBR Great Britain1.77m
10.Haswell WilsonGBR Great Britain1.77m
13.József HaluzsinskyHUN Hungary1.72m
13.Garfield MacDonaldCan Canada1.72m
13.Henry OlsenNOR Norway1.72m
16.Léon DupontBEL Belgium1.67m
16.Folke HellstedtSWE Sweden1.67m
16.Lauri PihkalaFIN Finland1.67m
19.Herman van LeeuwenNED Netherlands1.65m
20.Al BellerbyGBR Great Britain1.59m
-. Otto MonsenNOR NorwayNM
-. Lauri WilskmanFIN FinlandNM

world Men High Jump History

Venue: White City Stadium.
22 competitors from 10 nations
World Record: 1.97m - Michael Sweeney (USA), New York (USA), September 21, 1895
Olympic Record: 1.90m - Irving Baxter (USA), Paris (FRA), July 15, 1900
Porter had been the best US jumper in the series of American selection meetings, jumping 1.88, and was co-favourite with 1906 champion Leahy. The 22 athletes were divided into four pools of jumpers with qualifying marks counting for the final result. While Leahy and Porter were expected to do well, Somodi and André were not; yet both men set national records, André improved from 1.79 to 1.80, 1.83, 1.85 and finally 1.88. The 1.88/87kg Frenchman was built heroically, and both in sports (he competed for France for nearly 20 years and was a rugby international) and in life (he escaped from a German POW camp in World War One) he was indeed a hero. Under current rules André would have been fourth with Leahy sec- ond and Somodi third. Porter, almost as impressive physically as André at 1.89/84kg was the only man to clear 1.905 and he went on to try a world record of 1.975. A month after the Games Leahy jumped 1.953 to head the world rankings for 1908. Somodi, a small jumper (1.75/68kg) was over 1.905 on his final attempt, but dislodged the bar with his hand.
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