Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Richards on the way to win the gold medal.
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| Dates | July 7–8 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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Alma Richards |
 United States
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Hans Liesche |
 Germany
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George Horine |
United States
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The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 7, 1912 and on July 8, 1912.
Thirty-seven high jumpers from ten nations competed.
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
At first Hans Liesche set a new Olympic record with 1.91 metres. But Alma Richards was able to equalize this mark, when he also jumped 1.91 metres. Finally Alma Richards set a new Olympic record with 1.93 metres.
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