Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Date	July 15
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Medalists
Irving Baxter United States   Patrick Leahy Great Britain   Lajos Gönczy Hungary

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2500 m steeplechase		men
4000 m steeplechase		men
5000 m team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men

The men's high jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 15, 1900. Eight athletes from seven nations competed in the high jump.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1.97(*)	Michael Sweeney	New York (USA)	September 21, 1895
Olympic Record	1.81	Ellery Clark	Athens (GRE)	April 10, 1896 (NS)

(*) unofficial

Irving Baxter improved the Olympic record twice. At first he jumped 1.85 metres and finally he also cleared 1.90 metres.

Results

Baxter won easily, clearing 1.85 metres and 1.90 metres. With no one else close, he attempted to break the world record, 1.97 metres at the time. He failed all three times he attempted it, but still took the gold medal.

Place	Athlete	Height
1	Irving Baxter (USA)	1.90 m
2	Patrick Leahy (GBR)	1.78 m
3	Lajos Gönczy (HUN)	1.75 m
4	Carl Albert Andersen (NOR)	1.70 m
	Erik Lemming (SWE)	1.70 m
	Waldemar Steffen (GER)	1.70 m
7	Louis Monnier (FRA)	1.60 m
8	Tore Blom (SWE)	1.50 m

Sources

• International Olympic Committee.
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.