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Olympic Games 1896-2004
Men's High Jump Results

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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 2004

1. Stefan Holm                (SWE)   2.36m
2. Matt Hemingway             (USA)   2.34m 
3. Jaroslav Baba              (CZE)   2.34m 
4. Jamie Nieto                (USA)   2.34m 
5. Andriy Sokolovskyy         (UKR)   2.32m
6. Yaroslav Rybakov           (RUS)   2.32m 
7. Mark Boswell               (CAN)   2.29m 
8. Svatoslav Ton              (CZE)   2.29m
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 2000

1. Sergey Kliugin             (RUS)   2.35
2. Javier Sotomayor           (CUB)   2.32
3. Abderrahmane Hammad        (ALG)   2.32
4. Stefan Holm                (SWE)   2.32
5. Konstantin Matoussevic     (ISR)   2.32
6. Mark Boswell               (CAN)   2.32
6. Staffan Strand             (SWE)   2.32
8. Wolfgang Kreissig          (GER)   2.29
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1996

1 Charles Austin              (USA)   2.39m
2 Artur Partyka               (POL)   2.37m 
3 Steve Smith                 (GBR)   2.35m 
4 Dragutin Topic              (YUG)   2.32m 
5 Steinar Hoen                (NOR)   2.32m 
6 Lambros Papakostas          (GRE)   2.32m 
7 Tim Forsyth                 (AUS)   2.32m
8 Jin-Taek Lee                (KOR)   2.29m
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1992

1. Javier Sotomayor           (CUB)   2.34	
2. Patrik Sjoberg             (SWE)   2.34	
3. Artur Partyka              (POL)   2.34	
3. Timothy Forsythe           (AUS)   2.34	
3. Hollis Conway              (USA)   2.34	
6. Ralf Sonn                  (GER)   2.31	
7. Troy Kemp                  (BAH)   2.31	
8.=Marino Drake               (CUB)   2.28	
8.=Charles Austin             (USA)   2.28	
8.=Dragutin Topic             (YUG)   2.28
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1988

1. Gennadi Avdeyenko          (SOV)   2.38   OR
2. Hollis Conway              (USA)   2.36
3. Rudolf Povarnitsyn         (SOV)   2.36
3. Patrik Sjoberg             (SWE)   2.36
5. Nick Saunders              (BER)   2.34
6. Dietmar Mogenburg          (FRG)   2.34
7. Carlo Thronhardt           (FRG)   2.31
7. Igor Paklin                (SOV)   2.31
7. Dalton Grant               (GBR)   2.31
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1984

1. Dietmar MOGENBURG          (GFR)   2.35
2. Patrik SJOBERG             (SWE)   2.33
3. Zha JIANHUA                (CHN)   2.31
4. Dwight STONES              (USA)   2.31
5. Doug NORDQUIST             (USA)   2.29
6. Milt OTTEY                 (CAN)   2.29
7. Liu YUNPENG                (CHN)   2.29
8. Cai SHU                    (CHN)   2.27
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1980

1. Gerd WESSIG                (GDR)   2.36m.
2. Jacek WSZOLA               (POL)   2.31m.
3. Jorg FREIMUTH              (GDR)   2.31m.
4. Henry LAUTERBACH           (GDR)   2.29m.
5. Roland DALHAUSER           (SWI)   2.24m.
6. Vaso KOMNENIC              (YUG)   2.24m.
7. Adrian PROTEASA            (ROM)   2.21m.
8. Aleksandr GREGORYEV        (SOV)   2.21m.
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1976

1. Jacek WSZOLA               (POL)   2.25m.
2. Greg JOY                   (CAN)   2.23m.
3. Dwight STONES              (USA)   2.21m.
4. Sergei BUDALOV             (SOV)   2.21m.
5. Serhei SENYUKOV            (SOV)   2.18m.
6. Rodolfo BERGAMO            (ITA)   2.18m.
7. Rolf BEILSCHMIDT           (GDR)   2.18m.
8. Jesper TORRING             (DEN)   2.18m.
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Juri TARNAK                (SOV)   2.23m.
2. Stefan JUNGE               (GDR)   2.21m.
3. Dwigth STONES              (USA)   2.21m.
4. Hermann MAGERI             (GER)   2.18m.
5. Adam SZEPESI               (HUN)   2.18m.
6. John BEERS                 (CAN)   2.15m.
6. Istvan MAJOR               (HUN)   2.15m.
8. Rustam AKHMYETOV           (SOV)   2.15m.
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Dick FOSBURY               (USA)   2.24
2. Edward CARUTHERS           (USA)   2.22
3. Valentin GAVRILOV          (SOV)   2.20
4. Valery SKVORTSOV           (SOV)   2.16
5. Reynaldo BROWN             (USA)   2.14
6. Giacomo CROSA              (ITA)   2.14
7. Gunter SPIELVOGEL          (GER)   2.14
8. Lawrie PECKHAM             (AUS)   2.12 
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1964

1. Valery BRUMEL              (SOV)   2.18m.   OR
2. John THOMAS                (USA)   2.18m.   OR
3. John RAMBO                 (USA)   2.16m.
4. Stig PETTERSSON            (SWE)   2.14m.
5. Robert SHAVLAKADZE         (SOV)   2.14m.
6. Ralf DRECOLL               (GER)   2.09m.
6. Kjell-Ake NILSSON          (SWE)   2.09m. 
8. Edward CARUTHERS           (USA)   2.09m.
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1960

1. Robert SHAVLAKADZE         (SOV)   2.16m.   OR
2. Valery BRUMEL              (SOV)   2.16m.
3. John THOMAS                (USA)   2.14m.
4. Viktor BOLSHOV             (SOV)   2.14m.
5. Stig PETTERSSON            (SWE)   2.09m.
6. Charles DUMAS              (USA)   2.03m.
7. Jiri LANSKY                (CZE)   2.03m.
7. Kjell-Ake NILSSON          (SWE)   2.03m.
7. Theo PULL                  (GER)   2.03m.
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1956

1. Charles DUMAS              (USA)   2.12m.   OR
2. Charles PORTER             (AUS)   2.10m.
3. Igor KASHKAROV             (SOV)   2.08m.
4. Stig PETTERSSON            (SWE)   2.06m.
5. Kenneth MONEY              (CAN)   2.03m.
6. Volodymyr SYTKIN           (SOV)   2.00m.
7.=Phil REAVIS                (USA)   2.00m.
7.=Colin RIDGEWAY             (AUS)   2.00m.   
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1952

1. Buddy DAVIS                (USA)   2.04m.   OR
2. Kenneth WIESNER            (USA)   2.01m.
3. Jose Telles da CONCEICAO   (BRA)   1.98m.
4. Gosta SVENSSON             (SWE)   1.98m.
5. Ronald PAVITT              (GBR)   1.95m.
6. Ion SOTER                  (ROM)   1.95m.
7. Arnold BETTON              (USA)   1.95m.
8. Bjorn GUNDERSEN            (NOR)   1.90m. 
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. John WINTER                (AUS)   1.98m.   
2. Bjorn PAULSON              (NOR)   1.95m.
3. George STANICH             (USA)   1.95m.
4. Dwight EDDLEMAN            (USA)   1.95m.
5. Georges DAMITIO            (FRA)   1.95m.
6. Arthur JACKES              (CAN)   1.90m.
7. Alan PATERSON              (GBR)   1.90m.
8. Hans WAHLI                 (SWI)   1.90m.
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1936

1. Cornelius JOHNSON          (USA)   2.03   OR	
2. David ALBRITTON            (USA)   2.00	
3. Delos THURBER              (USA)   2.00
4. Kalevi KOTKAS              (FIN)   2.00
5. Kimlo YADA                 (JPN)   1.97
6.=Yoshira ASAKUMA            (JPN)   1.94
6.=Lauri KALIMA               (FIN)   1.94
6.=Hiroshi TANAKA             (JPN)   1.94
6.=Gustav WEINKOTZ            (GER)   1.94
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1932

1. Duncan McNAUGHTON          (CAN)   1.97    	
2. Robert Van OSDEL           (USA)   1.97 	
3. Simeon TORIBIO             (PHI)   1.97
4. Cornelius JOHNSON          (USA)   1.97
5. Ilmari REINIKKA            (FIN)   1.94
6. Kazuo KIMURA               (JPN)   1.94
7.=Misao ONO                  (JPN)   1.90
7.=Jerzy PLAWCZYK             (POL)   1.90
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Robert KING                (USA)   1.94 	
2. Benjamin HEDGES            (USA)   1.91 	
3. Claude MENARD              (FRA)   1.91
4. Simeon TORIBIO             (PHI)   1.91
5. Harold OSBORN              (USA)   1.91
6. Kazuo KIMURA               (JPN)   1.88
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1924

1. Harold OSBORN              (USA)   1.98   OR
2. Leroy BROWN                (USA)   1.95
3. Pierre LEWDEN              (FRA)   1.92  
4. Thomas POOR                (USA)   1.88
5. Jeno GASPAR                (HUN)   1.88
6. Helge JANSSON              (SWE)   1.85
7. Pierre GUILLOUX            (FRA)   1.85
8.=Sverre HELGESEN            (NOR)   1.83
8.=Lawrence ROBERTS           (SAF)   1.83
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1920

1. Richmond LANDON            (USA)   1.935   EOR
2. Harold MULLER              (USA)   1.90
3. Bo EKELUND                 (SWE)   1.90
4. Walter WHALEN              (USA)   1.85
5. John MURPHY                (USA)   1.85
6. Howard BAKER               (GBR)   1.85
7. Pierre LEWDEN              (FRA)   1.80
8. Einar THULIN               (SWE)   1.80
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1912

1. Alma RICHARDS              (USA)   1.93   OR
2. Hans LIESCHE               (GER)   1.91   
3. George HORINE              (USA)   1.89
4.=James THORPE               (USA)   1.87
4.=Egon ERICKSON              (USA)   1.87
6.=Harry GRUMPELT             (USA)   1.85 
6.=John JOHNSTONE             (USA)   1.85
8. Karl-Axel KULLERSTRAND     (SWE)   1.83
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1908

1. Harry PORTER               (USA)   1.905   OR
2.=Georges ANDRE              (FRA)   1.88
2.=Jon LEAHY                  (GBR)   1.88
2.=Istvan SOMODI              (HUN)   1.88
5.=Herbert GIDNEY             (USA)   1.855
5.=Thomas MOFFITT             (USA)   1.855 
7. Norman PATTERSON           (USA)   1.83
8. Axel HEDENLUND             (SWE)   1.80
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1906

1. Con LEAHY                  (GBR)   1.775
2. Lajos GONCZY               (HUN)   1.75
3.=Themistoklis DIAKIDIS      (GRE)   1.725
3.=Herbert KERRIGAN           (USA)   1.725
5. Gunnar RONSTROM            (SWE)   1.70
6. Halfdan BJOLGERUD          (NOR)   1.675
6. Bruno SODERSTROM           (SWE)   1.675
8. Paul WEINSTEIN             (GER)   1.65	
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1904

1. Samuel JONES               (USA)   1.80
2. Garrett SERVISS            (USA)   1.77
3. Paul WEINSTEIN             (GER)   1.77
4. Lajos GONCZY               (HUN)   1.75
5. Emil FREYMARK              (USA)   N/A
6. Ervin BARKER               (USA)   1.70
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1900

1. Irving BAXTER              (USA)   1.90   OR
2. Patrick LEAHY              (GBR)   1.78
3. Lajos GONCZY               (HUN)   1.75
4. Carl-Albert ANDERSEN       (NOR)   1.70
4. Eric LEMMING               (SWE)   1.70
4. Waldemar STEFFEN           (GER)   1.70
7. Louis MONNIER              (FRA)   1.60
8. Tore BLOM                  (SWE)   1.50
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1896

1. Ellery CLARK               (USA)   1.81
2.=James CONNOLLY             (USA)   1.65
2.=Robert GARRETT             (USA)   1.65 
4. Henryk SJOBERG             (SWE)   1.60
5. Fritz HOFMANN              (GER)   1.55
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