Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump

Men's standing high jump at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Date	July 16
Competitors	3 from 1 nation
Medalists
Ray Ewry United States   Irving Baxter United States   Lewis Sheldon United States

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2500 m steeplechase		men
4000 m steeplechase		men
5000 m team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men

The men's standing high jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. Three athletes, all from the United States, competed in the standing high jump.

Results

Place	Athlete	Height
1	Ray Ewry (USA)	1.655 m WR
2	Irving Baxter (USA)	1.525 m
3	Lewis Sheldon (USA)	1.500 m

Ewry had little difficulty winning this event, setting a world record at 1.630 metres and then another at 1.655 metres, also the first Olympic record.

Sources

• International Olympic Committee.
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.