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class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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style="white-space:nowrap;">Winning height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.57</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Medalists</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></th><td class="infobox-data 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class="infobox-label"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/John_Biller" title="John Biller">John Biller</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 Summer Olympics</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-games-events-image" colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympic_Athletics.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympic_Athletics.png/50px-Olympic_Athletics.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympic_Athletics.png/75px-Olympic_Athletics.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympic_Athletics.png/100px-Olympic_Athletics.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-games-events-heading" colspan="2">Track events</th></tr><tr><th class="event">100 m</th><td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres">men</a></td></tr><tr><th class="event">200 m</th><td><a 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics" title="Template:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics" title="Template talk:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:AthleticsAt1908SummerOlympics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The men's <a href="/wiki/Standing_high_jump" title="Standing high jump">standing high jump</a> was one of six jumping events on the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics">athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics</a> programme in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. The competition was held on July 23, 1908. 23 high jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.<sup id="cite_ref-OR32_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OR32-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event was won by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Ewry" title="Ray Ewry">Ray Ewry</a> of the United States, his third consecutive victory in the event. Ewry won all eight standing jump events from 1900 to 1908 as well as both events at the 1906 Intercalated Games. <a href="/wiki/Konstantinos_Tsiklitiras" title="Konstantinos Tsiklitiras">Konstantinos Tsiklitiras</a> of Greece took silver, tying with American <a href="/wiki/John_Biller" title="John Biller">John Biller</a>. Tsiklitiras was the first non-American to medal in the event; the United States had swept the medals in both 1900 and 1904. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_standing_high_jump&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the third appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. Two-time defending champion (three-time if the 1906 Intercalated Games are counted) <a href="/wiki/Ray_Ewry" title="Ray Ewry">Ray Ewry</a> of the United States was heavily favored.<sup id="cite_ref-Olympedia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Olympedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australasia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Norway, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. The United States made its third appearance, the only nation to have competed in each appearance of the event to that point. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competition_format">Competition format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_standing_high_jump&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Competition format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were two rounds of jumping, though the results from the qualifying round carried over to the final. The top four jumpers in the qualifying round advanced to the final. Each competitor received three attempts at each height. The judges determined the initial height of the bar and any increases. "Diving" and "somersaulting" were not allowed.<sup id="cite_ref-Olympedia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Olympedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OR405_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OR405-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_standing_high_jump&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>World record</b></td> <td style="padding-right:1em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ray_Ewry" title="Ray Ewry">Ray Ewry</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="United States">USA</abbr>)</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;"><b>1.655 </b></td> <td style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>16 July 1900 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Olympic record</b></td> <td style="padding-right:1em"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ray_Ewry" title="Ray Ewry">Ray Ewry</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></td> <td style="text-align:center;padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;"><b>1.655 </b></td> <td style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>16 July 1900 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_standing_high_jump&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Round </th></tr> <tr style="background:lemonchiffon"> <td>Thursday, 23 July 1908</td> <td></td> <td><b>Qualifying</b><br /><b>Final</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_standing_high_jump&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Athlete</th> <th>Nation</th> <th>Height </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Ewry, Ray"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Ewry" title="Ray Ewry">Ray Ewry</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>1.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Biller, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Biller" title="John Biller">John Biller</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>1.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Tsiklitiras, Konstantinos"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Konstantinos_Tsiklitiras" title="Konstantinos Tsiklitiras">Konstantinos Tsiklitiras</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Greece at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Greece</a></td> <td>1.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Holmes, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Holmes_(athlete)" title="Frank Holmes (athlete)">Frank Holmes</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>1.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">5</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Adams, Platt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Platt_Adams" title="Platt Adams">Platt Adams</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>1.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="André, Géo"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9o_Andr%C3%A9" title="Géo André">Géo André</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1908 Summer Olympics">France</a></td> <td>1.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Motté, Alfred"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Mott%C3%A9" title="Alfred Motté">Alfred Motté</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1908 Summer Olympics">France</a></td> <td>1.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">8</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Blystad, Wilhelm"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Blystad" title="Wilhelm Blystad">Wilhelm Blystad</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Norway</a></td> <td>1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Dupont, Léon"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Dupont" title="Léon Dupont">Léon Dupont</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Belgium</a></td> <td>1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Henderson, Walter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Henderson_(athlete)" title="Walter Henderson (athlete)">Walter Henderson</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td>1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Irons, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Irons" title="Frank Irons">Frank Irons</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Langkjær, Svend"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Svend_Langkj%C3%A6r" title="Svend Langkjær">Svend Langkjær</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Denmark</a></td> <td>1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Mallwitz, Arthur"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Mallwitz" title="Arthur Mallwitz">Arthur Mallwitz</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Germany</a></td> <td>1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">14</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Bengtsson, Allan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Bengtsson" title="Allan Bengtsson">Allan Bengtsson</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a></td> <td>1.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Fryksdal, Karl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Fryksdal" title="Karl Fryksdal">Karl Fryksdal</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Sweden</a></td> <td>1.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Sheridan, Martin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Sheridan" title="Martin Sheridan">Martin Sheridan</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td>1.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">17</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Stafford, Lancelot"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lancelot_Stafford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lancelot Stafford (page does not exist)">Lancelot Stafford</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td>1.32 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Uettwiller, Ludwig"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Uettwiller" title="Ludwig Uettwiller">Ludwig Uettwiller</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Germany</a></td> <td>1.32 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">19–23</td> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Barber, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Barber_(athlete)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Barber (athlete) (page does not exist)">George Barber</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Canada_%281868%E2%80%931921%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%281868%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Canada_%281868%E2%80%931921%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%281868%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Canada_%281868%E2%80%931921%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%281868%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Canada</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1.00">Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Flaxman, Alfred"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Flaxman" title="Alfred Flaxman">Alfred Flaxman</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1.00">Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Hutcheon, Ernest"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hutcheon" title="Ernest Hutcheon">Ernest Hutcheon</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Australasian_team_for_Olympic_games.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australasian_team_for_Olympic_games.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Australasian_team_for_Olympic_games.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australasian_team_for_Olympic_games.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Australasian_team_for_Olympic_games.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australasian_team_for_Olympic_games.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australasia_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics">Australasia</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1.00">Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Jardin, Henri"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henri_Jardin" title="Henri Jardin">Henri Jardin</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="France at the 1908 Summer Olympics">France</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1.00">Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Robertson, Lawson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lawson_Robertson" title="Lawson Robertson">Lawson Robertson</a></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1908 Summer Olympics">United States</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1.00">Unknown </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_standing_high_jump&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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