Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place July 29.

Qualifying round

All jumpers clearing 1.83 meters advanced to the Final Round.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height
1	Colin Gordon	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	1.83
1	Harold Osborn	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1.83
1	Kornél Késmárki	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	1.83
1	Pierre Lewden	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	1.83
1	Simeon Toribio	Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...	1.83
1	André Cherrier	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	1.83
1	Ben Hedges	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1.83
1	Wolf Boneder	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	1.83
1	Charles McGinnis	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1.83
1	Claude Ménard	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	1.83
1	Einar Tommelstad	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	1.83
1	Fritz Huhn	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	1.83
1	Harry Simmons	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	1.83
1	Kazuo Kimura	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	1.83
1	Fritz Köpke	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	1.83
1	Herbert Adolfsson	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	1.83
1	Mikio Oda	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	1.83
1	Bob King	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1.83
19	Antonios Karyofyllis	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	1.77
19	Valerio Vallania	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	1.77
19	Carl van Geyzel	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	1.77
19	Ioannis Karyofyllis	Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	1.77
19	Oscar Midtlyng	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	1.77
19	Henri Thesingh	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	1.77
19	Ferenc Orbán	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	1.77
19	Geoffrey Turner	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	1.77
19	Paavo Yrjölä	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	1.77
28	Joop Kamstra	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	1.70
28	Otto Schop	Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	1.70
28	Tiberiu Rusu	Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	1.70
28	Haydar Aşan	Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	1.70
28	Frits Bührman	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	1.70
33	Adolfas Akelaitis	Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...	1.60
-	Alex Munroe	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	DQ
-	Armas Wahlstedt	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	No height

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Height	Notes
	Bob King		1.94
	Benjamin Hedges Benjamin Hedges Benjamin Hedges was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump....		1.91
	Claude Ménard Claude Ménard Claude Ménard was a French athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.He competed for a France in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the high jump where he won the bronze medal....		1.91
4	Simeon Toribio Simeon Toribio Simeon G. Toribio was a Filipino athlete, who won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. He represented the Philippines in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1928.In 1930, Toribio was awarded the Helms World Trophy for being Asia's...		1.91
5	Harold Osborn Harold Osborn Harold Marion Osborn was a U.S. track athlete. He won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon and high jump in 1924....		1.91
6	Kazuo Kimura		1.88
7	André Cherrier		1.88
7	Pierre Lewden Pierre Lewden Pierre Lewden was a French athlete who mainly competed in the high jump.He competed for France in the men's high jump event at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he won the bronze medal....		1.88
7	Charles McGinnis Charles McGinnis Charles McGinnis was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault....		1.88
7	Mikio Oda Mikio Oda was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event.Oda's main event was triple jump, but he also competed in long jump and high jump, and participated in all three events in the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics...		1.88
11	Herbert Adolfsson		1.84
11	Kornél Késmárki		1.84
11	Einar Tommelstad Einar Tommelstad Einar Tommelstad was a Norwegian high jumper. He represented Oslo IL.At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished eleventh in the high jump final with a jump of 1.84 metres...		1.84
11	Harry Simmons		1.84
11	Fritz Köpke		1.84
16	Wolf Boneder		1.80
17	Colin Gordon Colin Gordon (athlete) Colin Ernest Sutherland Gordon was an athlete from British Guiana who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Berbice and died in Adelaide, Australia....		1.70
17	Fritz Huhn		1.70

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