Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump

The men's standing high jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 23, 1908.

Men's standing high jump at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 23
Competitors	23 from 11 nations
Medalists
Ray Ewry  United States John Biller  United States Konstantinos Tsiklitiras  Greece

23 high jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1.655	Ray Ewry	Paris (FRA)	July 16, 1900
Olympic Record	1.655	Ray Ewry	Paris (FRA)	July 16, 1900

Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Height
	Ray Ewry	United States	1.57
	John Biller	United States	1.55
	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras	Greece	1.55
4	Frank Holmes	United States	1.52
5	Platt Adams	United States	1.47
	Géo André	France	1.47
	Alfred Motté	France	1.47
8	Wilhelm Blystad	Norway	1.42
	Léon Dupont	Belgium	1.42
	Walter Henderson	Great Britain	1.42
	Frank Irons	United States	1.42
	Svend Langkjær	Denmark	1.42
	Arthur Mallwitz	Germany	1.42
14	Allan Bengtsson	Sweden	1.40
	Karl Fryksdal	Sweden	1.40
16	Martin Sheridan	United States	1.37
17	Lancelot Stafford	Great Britain	1.32
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	1.32
19–23	George Barber	Canada	Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman	Great Britain	Unknown
	Ernest Hutcheon	Australasia	Unknown
	Henri Jardin	France	Unknown
	Lawson Robertson	United States	Unknown

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].