Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump
| Men's standing high jump at the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Date | July 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 3 from 1 nation | |||||||||
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Ray Ewry United States
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Irving Baxter United States
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Lewis Sheldon United States
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The men's standing high jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. Three athletes, all from the United States, competed in the standing high jump.
Ewry had little difficulty winning this event, setting a world record at 1.630 metres and then another at 1.655 metres, also the first Olympic record.
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