Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only returning finalist from the 1920 Games was seventh-place finisher

Estonia, Haiti, Ireland, Japan, and South Africa each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the seventh time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

Competition format

Schedule

Results

Qualifying

The qualification was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924. Jumpers had to pass 1.83 metres to qualify for the final. Nine high jumpers were able to clear this height and qualified for the final. Five competitors were not able to clear any height.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Height	Notes
1	Leroy Brown	United States	1.83	Q
	Jenő Gáspár	Hungary	1.83	Q
	Pierre Guilloux	France	1.83	Q
	Sverre Helgesen	Norway	1.83	Q
	Helge Jansson	Sweden	1.83	Q
	Pierre Lewden	France	1.83	Q
	Harold Osborn	United States	1.83	Q
	Tom Poor	United States	1.83	Q
	Lawrence Roberts	South Africa	1.83	Q
10	Édouard Barbazan	France	1.80
	Jean Hénault	Belgium	1.80
	Mikio Oda	Japan	1.80
	Ivar Sahlin	Sweden	1.80
	Larry Stanley	Ireland	1.80
15	Silvio Cator	Haiti	1.75
	Robert Dickinson	Great Britain	1.75
	Valter Ever	Estonia	1.75
	Josef Machaň	Czechoslovakia	1.75
19	Antonios Karyofyllis	Greece	1.70
	Bror Kraemer	Finland	1.70
	Giuseppe Palmieri	Italy	1.70
21	Jack Miller	Canada	1.65
—	Édouard Dupiré	France	No mark
	Robert Juday	United States	No mark
	Crawford Kerr	Great Britain	No mark
	Mikuláš Kucsera	Czechoslovakia	No mark
	Arthur Willis	Great Britain	No mark

Final