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.[1]
Men's high jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 30 (qualifying and final) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2.11 m | Los Angeles, United States | 17 June 1941 | |
Olympic record | 2.03 m | Berlin, Germany | 2 August 1936 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday, 30 July 1948 | 11:00 | Qualifications |
Friday, 30 July 1948 | 16:30 | Finals |
Results
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 1.87m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | John Winter | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Bjørn Paulson | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | George Stanich | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Dwight Eddleman | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Georges Damitio | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Art Jackes | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Alan Paterson | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Hans Wahli | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Alfredo Jadresic | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Göran Widenfelt | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Pierre Lacaze | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Birger Leirud | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Hércules Azcune | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Lloyd Valberg | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Vern McGrew | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Kuuno Honkonen | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Gurnam Singh | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Bjørn Gundersen | 1.87 | Q | |
1 | Nils Nicklén | 1.87 | Q | |
21 | Arnulf Pilhatsch | 1.84 | ||
21 | Benjamín Casado | 1.84 | ||
21 | Claude Bénard | 1.84 | ||
21 | Ioannis Lambrou | 1.84 | ||
21 | Pedro Listur | 1.84 | ||
21 | Arne Åhman | 1.84 | ||
27 | Ron Pavitt | 1.80 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.98 | Result | Notes |
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John Winter | o | o | xo | o | 1.98 | |||
Bjørn Paulson | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | |||
George Stanich | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | |||
4 | Dwight Eddleman | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | ||
5 | Georges Damitio | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.95 | ||
6 | Art Jackes | o | o | 1.90 | ||||
7 | Alan Paterson | xo | xo | 1.90 | ||||
7 | Hans Wahli | xo | xo | 1.90 | ||||
9 | Alfredo Jadresic | xxo | 1.90 | |||||
9 | Göran Widenfelt | xxo | 1.90 | |||||
9 | Pierre Lacaze | xxo | 1.90 | |||||
12 | Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin | xxo | 1.90 | |||||
13 | Birger Leirud | xxo | 1.90 | |||||
14 | Hércules Azcune | 1.80 | ||||||
14 | Lloyd Valberg | 1.80 | ||||||
16 | Vern McGrew | 1.80 | ||||||
17 | Kuuno Honkonen | 1.80 | ||||||
18 | Gurnam Singh | 1.80 | ||||||
Bjørn Gundersen | NH | |||||||
Nils Nicklén | NH |
Key: NH = No height
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References
- "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
Sources
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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