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


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 John Winter of Australia.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record2.11 mLos Angeles, United States17 June 1941
Olympic record2.03 mBerlin, Germany2 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 30 July 194811:00Qualifications
Friday, 30 July 194816:30Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 1.87m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1John Winter1.87Q
1Bjørn Paulson1.87Q
1George Stanich1.87Q
1Dwight Eddleman1.87Q
1Georges Damitio1.87Q
1Art Jackes1.87Q
1Alan Paterson1.87Q
1Hans Wahli1.87Q
1Alfredo Jadresic1.87Q
1Göran Widenfelt1.87Q
1Pierre Lacaze1.87Q
1Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin1.87Q
1Birger Leirud1.87Q
1Hércules Azcune1.87Q
1Lloyd Valberg1.87Q
1Vern McGrew1.87Q
1Kuuno Honkonen1.87Q
1Gurnam Singh1.87Q
1Bjørn Gundersen1.87Q
1Nils Nicklén1.87Q
21Arnulf Pilhatsch1.84
21Benjamín Casado1.84
21Claude Bénard1.84
21Ioannis Lambrou1.84
21Pedro Listur1.84
21Arne Åhman1.84
27Ron Pavitt1.80

Final

RankAthleteNationality1.871.901.951.98ResultNotes
John Winterooxoo1.98
Bjørn Paulsonoooxxx1.95
George Stanichooxxoxxx1.95
4Dwight Eddlemanoxoxxoxxx1.95
5Georges Damitiooxxoxxoxxx1.95
6Art Jackesoo1.90
7Alan Patersonxoxo1.90
7Hans Wahlixoxo1.90
9Alfredo Jadresicxxo1.90
9Göran Widenfeltxxo1.90
9Pierre Lacazexxo1.90
12Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyinxxo1.90
13Birger Leirudxxo1.90
14Hércules Azcune1.80
14Lloyd Valberg1.80
16Vern McGrew1.80
17Kuuno Honkonen1.80
18Gurnam Singh1.80
Bjørn GundersenNH
Nils NicklénNH

Key: NH = No height