The men's standing high jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.

Ray Ewry continued his dominance of the standing jumps at the Olympics, successfully defending his championships in this one as well as the other two.

Joseph Stadler took silver, with Lawson Robertson earning bronze to complete the American sweep (this was only one of the three standing jumps with a non-American competitor, so the sweep here was not guaranteed).

Defending champion Ray Ewry of the United States was heavily favored.

The United States made its second appearance, the only nation to have competed previously in the 1900 Games.