Men High Jump Athletics III Olympic Games Saint Louis, United States 1904 - 29th August

Men High Jump Athletics III Olympic Games Saint Louis, United States 1904 - 29th August - Gold Medal: Samuel Jones, United States

Final		Height	170	172	175	177	180	189
1. Samuel Jones	United States	1.803m	O	O	O	O	O	XXX
2. Garrett Serviss	United States	1.778m	O	O	O	O	XXX
3. Paul Weinstein	Germany	1.778m	O	O	O	O	XXX
4. Lajos Gonczy	Hungary	1.75m	O	O	O	XXX
5. Emil Freymark	United States	1.72m	O	O	XXX
6. Ervin Barker	United States	1.70m	O	XXX

world Men High Jump History

Venue: Francis Field. Capp.: 19,000.

6 competitors from 3 nations.

Jones, the US Champion, was expected to win from Serviss, who had jumped 1.94 in 1903. Jones duly won, and then failed at 1.89, just short of his best of 1.90. Serviss was second after a jump-off with Weinstein, who was simultaneously competing in the Standing Long Jump. Weinstein’s style was summed up in Charles Lucas’s book The Olympic Games 1904 with the words “little can be said other than it is far from graceful.” It was in fact an early version of the “Western Roll, ”usually said to have been initiated by George Horine, the first man to clear 2m.

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St. Louis 1904 index

Athletics St. Louis 1904
Running
Men 60m
Men 100m
Men 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles
Men 200m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Field Events
Men High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put
Men Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Multievent
Men Decathlon
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