Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesJuly 30 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
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1500 m men
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80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
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3000 m
steeplechase
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4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
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The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. The final was won by Australian John Winter.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Les Steers (USA) 2.11 m Los Angeles, United States 17 June 1941
Olympic record  Cornelius Johnson (USA) 2.03 m Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 July 1948 11:00Qualifications
Friday, 30 July 1948 16:30Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 1.87m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 John Winter Australia 1.87 Q
1 Bjørn Paulson Norway 1.87 Q
1 George Stanich United States 1.87 Q
1 Dwight Eddleman United States 1.87 Q
1 Georges Damitio France 1.87 Q
1 Art Jackes Canada 1.87 Q
1 Alan Paterson Great Britain 1.87 Q
1 Hans Wahli Switzerland 1.87 Q
1 Alfredo Jadresic Chile 1.87 Q
1 Göran Widenfelt Sweden 1.87 Q
1 Pierre Lacaze France 1.87 Q
1 Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin Great Britain 1.87 Q
1 Birger Leirud Norway 1.87 Q
1 Hércules Azcune Uruguay 1.87 Q
1 Lloyd Valberg Singapore 1.87 Q
1 Vern McGrew United States 1.87 Q
1 Kuuno Honkonen Finland 1.87 Q
1 Gurnam Singh India 1.87 Q
1 Bjørn Gundersen Norway 1.87 Q
1 Nils Nicklén Finland 1.87 Q
21 Arnulf Pilhatsch Finland 1.84
21 Benjamín Casado Puerto Rico 1.84
21 Claude Bénard France 1.84
21 Ioannis Lambrou Greece 1.84
21 Pedro Listur Uruguay 1.84
21 Arne Åhman Sweden 1.84
27 Ron Pavitt Great Britain 1.80

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.871.901.951.98Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) John Winter Australia oo xo o 1.98
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bjørn Paulson Norway o oo xxx 1.95
3rd, bronze medalist(s) George Stanich United States o o xxo xxx 1.95
4 Dwight Eddleman United States oxo xxo xxx 1.95
5 Georges Damitio France oxxo xxo xxx1.95
6 Art Jackes Canada oo 1.90
7 Alan Paterson Great Britain xo xo 1.90
7 Hans Wahli Switzerland xoxo 1.90
9 Alfredo Jadresic Chile xxo 1.90
9 Göran Widenfelt Sweden xxo 1.90
9 Pierre Lacaze France xxo 1.90
12 Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin Great Britain xxo 1.90
13 Birger Leirud Norway xxo 1.90
14 Hércules Azcune Uruguay 1.80
14 Lloyd Valberg Singapore 1.80
16 Vern McGrew United States 1.80
17 Kuuno Honkonen Finland 1.80
18 Gurnam Singh India 1.80
Bjørn Gundersen Norway NH
Nils Nicklén Finland NH

Key: NH = No height

References

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