Men High Jump Athletics XI Olympic Games Berlin, Germany 1936 - Sunday, 02 August - Gold Medal: Cornelius Johnson, United States
Final 17:30Heightage197200203208Jump-Off
1. Cornelius JohnsonUSA United States2.03m22OOOXXX200195197
2. Dave AlbrittonUSA United States2.00m23XOXXOXXX XOO
3. Delos ThurberUSA United States2.00m19OXOXXX XOX
4. Kalevi KotkasFIN Finland2.00m22OXXOXXX XX
5. Kimio YadaJPN Japan1.97m22OXXX
JO 197
6. Hiroshi TanakaJPN Japan1.94m21XXXX
6. Yoshiro AsakumaJPN Japan1.94m22XXXX
6. Lauri KalimaFIN Finland1.94m19XXXX
6. Gustav WeinkötzGEr Germany1.94m23XXXX

world Men High Jump History

Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000.
40 competitors from 23 nations.
Semi-Finals
Elimination
Johnson won outright or shared each US title between 1932 and 1936, and then tied Dave Albritton in the US Trials with a world record of 2.076. In Berlin, Johnson kept his tracksuit trousers on until the bar reached 2.00, at which time only four other jumpers remained. With Yada failing at 2.00, there were now two western rollers – Johnson and Thurber – one scissors jumper, the big (1.94/100kg) discus throwing Kotkas, and Albritton, whose style was that of a “roller” until his lead leg reached the bar, when he rotated laying out along the bar in a strad- dle. This was a style initiated by Jim Stewart, fourth in the 1928 decathlon. At 2.00 Johnson and Thurber, both of whom had been faultless to that point, cleared first and second time respectively, while Albritton and Kotkas cleared at their final attempts. Only Johnson made 2.03, and Albritton then won a jump-off for second place from Thurber, while Johnson failed at a world record height of 2.08. Johnson, who had spent a lifetime being snubbed by caucasians in his home country, then had insult added to injury when Adolf Hitler left the stadium rather than congratulate a black man, after greeting the previous winners that day. Hitler was requested by Olympic officials to greet all or none of the winners in future – he chose none.

Semi-Finals - Sunday, 02 August 16:00

All who cleared 1.94m advanced to Final. Wind 2.3 m/s. 18.0-19.0°C
RankingHeight170180185190194
1. Delos ThurberUSA United States1.94mO-OOO
1. Cornelius JohnsonUSA United States1.94mOOOOO
1. Kimio YadaJPN Japan1.94mOOOOO
1. Hiroshi TanakaJPN Japan1.94mOOOOO
1. Dave AlbrittonUSA United States1.94mOXOOOO
1. Yoshiro AsakumaJPN Japan1.94mOOOOXO
1. Lauri KalimaFIN Finland1.94mOOOOXO
1. Kalevi KotkasFIN Finland1.94m-O-OXXO
1. Gustav WeinkötzGEr Germany1.94mOOXOOXXO
eliminated
10.Aksel KuuseEST Estonia1.90mOOOXXOXXX
10.Gehmert GüntherGEr Germany1.90m-XOOXXOXXX
12.Jack MetcalfeAUS Australia1.85mOOOXXX
12.Reindert BrasserNED Netherlands1.85mOOOXXX
12.Åke ÖdmarkSWE Sweden1.85mOOOXXX
12.Edwin ThackerZAF South Africa1.85mOOOXXX
12.Joe HaleyCAn Canada1.85m-XOOXXX
12.Simeon ToribioPHI Philippines1.85mOXOOXXX
12.Poul OttoDEN Denmark1.85mOXOOXXX
12.Rudolf EggenbergSUI Switzerland1.85m-OXXOXXX
12.Mihály BodosiHUN Hungary1.85mOOXXOXXX
12.Veikko PeräsaloFIN Finland1.85mXOOXXOXXX
22.Jerzy PławczykPOL Poland1.80mOOXXX

Elimination - Sunday 02.08 10:30

Mark 1.85m. 22 athletes passed the mark and advanced to Semi-Finals. Wind 1.6 m/s. 18.0°C
RankingHeight
1. Dave AlbrittonUSA United States1.85m
1. Gehmert GüntherGEr Germany1.85m
1. Jerzy PławczykPOL Poland1.85m
1. Kimio YadaJPN Japan1.85m
1. Mihály BodosiHUN Hungary1.85m
1. Veikko PeräsaloFIN Finland1.85m
1. Reindert BrasserNED Netherlands1.85m
1. Aksel KuuseEST Estonia1.85m
1. Simeon ToribioPHI Philippines1.85m
1. Poul OttoDEN Denmark1.85m
1. Kalevi KotkasFIN Finland1.85m
1. Gustav WeinkötzGEr Germany1.85m
1. Yoshiro AsakumaJPN Japan1.85m
1. Joe HaleyCAn Canada1.85m
1. Rudolf EggenbergSUI Switzerland1.85m
1. Cornelius JohnsonUSA United States1.85m
1. Delos ThurberUSA United States1.85m
1. Åke ÖdmarkSWE Sweden1.85m
1. Lauri KalimaFIN Finland1.85m
1. Jack MetcalfeAUS Australia1.85m
1. Hiroshi TanakaJPN Japan1.85m
1. Edwin ThackerZAF South Africa1.85m
eliminated
23.Alfredo MendesBRA Brazil1.80m
23.Svend Aage ThomsenDEN Denmark1.80m
23.Robert KennedyGBR Great Britain1.80m
23.Mello ÍcaroBRA Brazil1.80m
23.Jack NewmanGBR Great Britain1.80m
23.Gerard CarlierNED Netherlands1.80m
23.Edvard NatvigNOR Norway1.80m
23.Sigurður SigurðssonISL Iceland1.80m
23.Fritz FlachbergerAUT Austria1.80m
32.Stan WestGBR Great Britain1.70m
32.Fritz NeuruhrerAUT Austria1.70m
32.Břetislav KrátkýTCH Czechoslovakia1.70m
32.Hans MohrYUG Yugoslavia1.70m
32.Zdeněk SobotkaTCH Czechoslovakia1.70m
32.Hans MartensGEr Germany1.70m
32.Konstantinos PantazisGRe Greece1.70m
32.Karol HoffmannPOL Poland1.70m
32.Wu BixianCHn Rep. China1.70m
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