| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Height |
Note: Height in meters
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Charles Austin
Artur Partyka
Steve Smith |
United States
Poland
Britain |
2.39
2.37
2.35 |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Javier Sotomayor
Patrik Sjoberg
Hollis Conway
Timothy Forsyth
Artur Partyka |
Cuba
Sweden
United States
Australia
Poland
|
2.34
2.34
2.34
2.34
2.34 |
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gennadi Avdeyenko
Hollis Conway
Roudolf Povarnitsyn
Parik Sjoberg |
Soviet Union
United States
Soviet Union
Sweden
|
2.38
2.36
2.36
2.36
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Dietmar Mogenburg
Patrik Sjoberg
Zhu Jianhua |
West Germany
Sweden
China
|
2.35
2.33
2.31
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gerd Wessig
Jacek Wszola
Jorg Freimuth |
East Germany
Poland
East Germany
|
2.36
2.31
2.31
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Jacek Wszola
Gregory Joy
Dwight Stones |
Poland
Canada
United States
|
2.25
2.23
2.21
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Yuri Tarmak
Stefan Junge
Dwight Stones |
Soviet Union
East Germany
United States
|
2.23
2.21
2.21
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Dick Fosbury
Ed Caruthers
Valentin Gavrilov |
United States
United States
Soviet Union
|
2.24
2.22
2.20
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Valeri Brumel
John Thomas
John Rambo |
Soviet Union
United States
United States
|
2.18
2.18
2.16
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Robert Shavlakadze
Valery Brumel
John Thomas |
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
United States
|
2.16
2.16
2.14
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Charles Dumas
Charles Porter
Igor Kashkarov |
United States
Australia
Soviet Union
|
2.12
2.10
2.08
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Walter Davis
Kenneth Wiesner
Jose T. de Conceicao |
United States
United States
Brazil
|
2.04
2.01
1.98
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
John Winter
Bjorn Paulson
George Stanich |
Australia
Norway
United States
|
1.98
1.95
1.95
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Cornelius Johnson
David Albritton
Delos Thurber |
United States
United States
United States
|
2.03
2.00
2.00
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Duncan McNaughton
Robert Van Osdel
Simeon Toribio |
Canada
United States
Philippines
|
1.97
1.97
1.97
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Robert King
Benjamin Hedges
Claude Menard |
United States
United States
France
|
1.94
1.91
1.91
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Harold Osborn
Leroy Brown
Pierre Lewden |
United States
United States
France
|
1.98
1.95
1.92
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Richmond Landon
Harold Muller
Bo Ekelund |
United States
United States
Sweden
|
1.93
1.90
1.90
|
| Stockholm 1912 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Alma Richards
Hans Liesche
George Horine |
United States
Germany
United States
|
1.93
1.91
1.89
|
| London 1908 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Harry Porter
Geo Andre
Cornelius Leahy
Istvan Somodi |
United States
France
Great Britain/Ireland
Hungary
|
1.90
1.88
1.88
1.88
|
| St. Louis 1904 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Samuel Jones
Garrett Serviss
Paul Weinstein |
United States
United States
Germany
|
1.80
1.78
1.77
|
| Paris 1900 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Irving Baxter
Patrick Leahy
Lajos Gonczy |
United States
Great Britain/Ireland
Hungary
|
1.90
1.78
1.75
|
| Athens 1896 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ellery Clark
James Connolly
Robert Garrett |
United States
United States
United States
|
1.81
1.65
1.65
|
