Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Date | July 15 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 7 nations | |||||||||
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Irving Baxter United States
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Patrick Leahy Great Britain
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Lajos Gönczy Hungary
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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.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Irving Baxter improved the Olympic record twice. At first he jumped 1.85 metres and finally he also cleared 1.90 metres.
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.
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