Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
{{short description|Athletics at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's high jump
|games = 1904 Summer
|image = 1904 Samuel Jones.JPG
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Samuel Jones clearing the bar on the way to his gold medal.
|venue = Francis Field
|dates = August 29, 1904
|competitors = 6
|nations = 3
|win_value = 1.80
|win_label = Winning height
|longnames = yes
|gold = Samuel Jones
|goldNOC = USA
|silver = Garrett Serviss
|silverNOC = USA
|bronze = Paul Weinstein
|bronzeNOC = GER
|prev = 1900
|next = 1908
}}
{{AthleticsAt1904SummerOlympics}}
The men's high jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Six athletes from three nations and Mehul participated. The competition was held on Monday, August 29, 1904.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/ATH/mens-high-jump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171724/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/ATH/mens-high-jump.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's High Jump |access-date=25 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}} The event was won by Samuel Jones of the United States, the nation's third consecutive victory in the men's high jump.
Background
This was the third appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only jumper from 1900 to return was bronze medalist Lajos Gönczy of Hungary. Samuel Jones of the United States was the heavy favorite, having won the 1901 and 1902 IC4A, 1902 AAA, and 1901, 1903, and 1904 AAU championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/56141 |work=Olympedia |title=High Jump, Men |access-date=13 September 2020}}
No nations made their debut in the event. Germany and the United States both appeared for the third time.
Competition format
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
{{World Olympic Record
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Michael Sweeney|USA}}
| world_mark = 1.97(*)
| world_place = New York, United States
| world_date = 21 September 1895
| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Irving Baxter|USA|1900 Summer}}
| olympic_mark = 1.90
| olympic_place = Paris, France
| olympic_date = 15 July 1900
}}
(*) unofficial
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon
| Monday, 29 August 1904 | Final |
Results
{{Olympic high jump key}}
Jump sequences are unknown, as are details of the jumpoff between Serviss and Weinstein. Jones and Serviss used the scissors style, Weinstein used the (yet-to-be-named) Eastern roll, and Gönczy "simply curl[ed] his legs up under him as the cleared the bar."
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1.70 | 1.72 | 1.75 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.89 | Height |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| Samuel Jones | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.80 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| Garrett Serviss | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | o | o | o | o | xxx | {{n/a}} | 1.77 |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| Paul Weinstein | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1904 Summer}} | o | o | o | o | xxx | {{n/a}} | 1.77 |
| 4 | align=left| Lajos Gönczy | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1904 Summer}} | o | o | o | xxx | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | 1.75 | |
| 5 | align=left| Emil Freymark | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | o | o | xxx | colspan=3 {{n/a}} | 1.72 | ||
| 6 | align=left| Ervin Barker | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | o | xxx | colspan=4 {{n/a}} | 1.70 |
References
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Sources
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | access-date = 14 December 2006|language=pl}}
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