| Date | 8 July 1912 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
| Participants | 19 from 8 countries |
The defending champion was America’s Ray Ewry, who had won the Olympic title in this event in 1900, 1904, 1906, and 1908. In 1904, at St. Louis, he had set the then still-standing world and Olympic record of 3.47 (11-4 7/8). But Ewry had retired in 1911 and, in his absence, Greece’s Kostas Tsiklitiras won the gold medal, ahead of America’s Adams’ brothers, Platt and Ben. The standing jumps were never again contested at the Olympics.
| Date | 8 July 1912 — 10:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Qualifiers were separated into 4 groups. Top 3 jumpers qualified for the final. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kostas Tsiklitiras |  GRE | 3.37 | ||
| 2 | Platt Adams |  USA | 3.32 | ||
| 3 | Ben Adams | USA | 3.28 | ||
| 4 | Gustaf Malmsten |  SWE | 3.20 | ||
| 5 | Leo Goehring | USA | 3.14 | ||
| 6 | Edvard Möller | SWE | 3.14 | ||
| 7 | András Baronyi |  HUN | 3.13 | ||
| 8 | Dick Byrd | USA | 3.12 | ||
| 9 | Forest Fletcher | USA | 3.11 | ||
| 10 | Alfred Motté |  FRA | 3.10 | ||
| 11 | Gustav Ljunggren | SWE | 3.09 | ||
| 12 | Birger Brodtkorb |  NOR | 3.05 | ||
| 13 | Ragnar Ekberg | SWE | 3.03 | ||
| 14 | Douglas Melin | SWE | 3.02 | ||
| 15 | Henry Ashington |  GBR | 3.02 | ||
| 16 | Géo André | FRA | 3.02 | ||
| 17 | Arthur Maranda |  CAN | 2.98 | ||
| 18 | Karl Bergh | SWE | 2.95 | ||
| 19 | Philip Kingsford | GBR | 2.75 |
| Date | 8 July 1912 — 10:30 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platt Adams | USA | 3.32 | 3.23 | 3.18 | 3.32 | ||
| 2 | Alfred Motté | FRA | 3.10 | 3.10 | 3.10 | 3.07 | ||
| 3 | Birger Brodtkorb | NOR | 3.05 | 3.00 | 3.05 | 3.03 | ||
| 4 | Douglas Melin | SWE | 3.02 | 3.02 | 3.01 | 2.99 | ||
| 5 | Karl Bergh | SWE | 2.95 | 2.86 | 2.95 | 2.91 |
| Date | 8 July 1912 — 10:30 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Adams | USA | 3.28 | 3.28 | 3.21 | 3.24 | ||
| 2 | Forest Fletcher | USA | 3.11 | 3.05 | 3.11 | 3.09 | ||
| 3 | Gustav Ljunggren | SWE | 3.09 | 3.01 | 3.04 | 3.09 | ||
| 4 | Arthur Maranda | CAN | 2.98 | 2.80 | 2.83 | 2.98 |
| Date | 8 July 1912 — 10:30 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kostas Tsiklitiras | GRE | 3.37 | 3.14 | 3.26 | 3.37 | ||
| 2 | Leo Goehring | USA | 3.14 | x | 3.14 | 3.13 | ||
| 3 | Dick Byrd | USA | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.11 | 3.05 | ||
| 4 | Henry Ashington | GBR | 3.02 | 2.95 | 2.79 | 3.02 |
| Date | 8 July 1912 — 10:30 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustaf Malmsten | SWE | 3.20 | 3.11 | 3.20 | 3.12 | ||
| 2 | Edvard Möller | SWE | 3.14 | 3.13 | 3.14 | 3.09 | ||
| 3 | András Baronyi | HUN | 3.13 | 3.12 | 3.13 | 3.02 | ||
| 4 | Ragnar Ekberg | SWE | 3.03 | 3.00 | 3.02 | 3.03 | ||
| 5 | Géo André | FRA | 3.02 | 3.02 | 2.96 | x | ||
| 6 | Philip Kingsford | GBR | 2.75 | 2.60 | 2.75 | 2.72 |
| Date | 8 July 1912 — ca. 12:00 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platt Adams | USA | 3.36 | 3.36 | 3.24 | 3.24 | ||
| 2 | Kostas Tsiklitiras | GRE | 3.34 | 3.30 | 3.24 | 3.34 | ||
| 3 | Ben Adams | USA | 3.28 | 3.18 | 3.23 | 3.28 |
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