Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump
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Men's standing high jump at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
Date | July 23 | |||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 11 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 1.57 | |||||||||
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The men's standing high jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 23, 1908. 23 high jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[1] The event was won by Ray Ewry of the United States, his third consecutive victory in the event. Ewry won all eight standing jump events from 1900 to 1908 as well as both events at the 1906 Intercalated Games. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece took silver, tying with American John Biller. Tsiklitiras was the first non-American to medal in the event; the United States had swept the medals in both 1900 and 1904.