These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
At first Hans Liesche set a new Olympic record with 1.91 metres. But Alma Richards was able to equalize this mark, when he also jumped 1.91 metres. Finally Alma Richards set a new Olympic record with 1.93 metres.
Place | Athlete | Preliminary | Final | Mark | 1.60 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.83 | Qual. | 1.60 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 |
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| {{flagIOCathlete|Alma Richards|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | XO | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | XXO | O | XXO | XXO | XXO | O | 1.93 |
| {{flagIOCathlete|Hans Liesche|GER|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | 1.91 |
| {{flagIOCathlete|George Horine|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | O | XO | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | 1.89 |
4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Egon Erickson|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | XO | O | QF | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.87 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Jim Thorpe|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | XO | O | XXO | QF | XO | O | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | 1.87 |
6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Grumpelt|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | XO | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | O | XXO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 1.85 |
{{flagIOCathlete|John Johnstone|USA|1912 Summer}} | --- | O | O | XO | XO | QF | O | O | O | O | XXO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 1.85 |
8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl-Axel Kullerstrand|SWE|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.83 |
9 | {{flagIOCathlete|Timothy Carroll|GBR|1912 Summer}} | XO | O | XXO | O | XO | QF | O | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.80 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Iván Wardener|HUN|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.80 |
11 | {{flagIOCathlete|Benjamin Howard Baker|GBR|1912 Summer}} | XO | O | O | O | O | QF | O | O | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.75 |
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12 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jervis Burdick|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | XO | XXX | | 1.80 |
13 | {{flagIOCathlete|Wesley Oler|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Richard Sjöberg|SWE|1912 Summer}} | O | O | O | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Arvo Laine|FIN|1912 Summer}} | O | XO | O | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Harold Enright|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | XO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Gösta Hallberg|SWE|1912 Summer}} | X-- | O | XO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Otto Monsen|NOR|1912 Summer}} | --- | XO | XO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Gerhard Meling|NOR|1912 Summer}} | --- | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Ole Aarnæs|NOR|1912 Summer}} | O | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|André Labat|FRA|1912 Summer}} | O | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Otto Röhr|GER|1912 Summer}} | O | XO | XXO | XXX | --- | 1.75 |
23 | {{flagIOCathlete|Thomas O'Donahue|GBR|1912 Summer}} | --- | O | --- | --- | --- | 1.70 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Platt Adams|USA|1912 Summer}} | O | O | --- | --- | --- | 1.70 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Paulus af Uhr|SWE|1912 Summer}} | X-- | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.70 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Ragnar Mattson|SWE|1912 Summer}} | X-- | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.70 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Géo André|FRA|1912 Summer}} | XO | XO | XXX | --- | --- | 1.70 |
28 | {{flagIOCathlete|Thage Brauer|SWE|1912 Summer}} | O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Rodolfo Hammersley|CHI|1912 Summer}} | O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Gustaf Holmér|SWE|1912 Summer}} | O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Lajos Ludinszky|HUN|1912 Summer}} | O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Michel Meerz|FRA|1912 Summer}} | O | X-- | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 |
{{flagIOCathlete|Alfredo Pagani|ITA|1912 Summer}} | O | XXX | --- | --- | --- | 1.60 |
34 | {{flagIOCathlete|Marius Delaby|FRA|1912 Summer}} | --- | X-- | --- | --- | --- | None |
{{flagIOCathlete|Armand Estang|FRA|1912 Summer}} | --- | X-- | --- | --- | --- | None |
{{flagIOCathlete|John Nicholson|USA|1912 Summer}} | --- | XXX | --- | --- | --- | None |
{{flagIOCathlete|Angelo Tonini|ITA|1912 Summer}} | X-- | XXX | --- | --- | --- | None |
1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-high-jump.html |title=Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's High Jump |accessdate=25 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}