Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
Men's high jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Date | July 20 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1952 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 | |
The Men's high jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 20 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. American athlete Walt Davis won the gold medal and set a new Olympic Record.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Lester 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 |
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
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20 July | Final | Walt Davis (USA) | 2.04 m | OR |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 1.87 advance to the Final.
Final
The final was held on August 19.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.80 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.04 | 2.07 | Result | Notes |
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Walt Davis | United States | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.04 | OR | |
Ken Wiesner | United States | – | o | o | x– | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | |||
José da Conceição | Brazil | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.98 | ||||
4 | Gösta Svensson | Sweden | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 1.98 | |||
5 | Ron Pavitt | Great Britain | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | ||||
6 | Ion Söter | Romania | – | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | ||||
7 | Arnie Betton | United States | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | ||||
8 | Bjørn Gundersen | Norway | – | – | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
9 | Jacques Delelienne | Belgium | – | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
9 | Josiah Majekodunmi | Nigeria | – | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
11 | Pekka Halme | Finland | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
11 | Peter Wells | Great Britain | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
13 | Georges Damitio | France | – | xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
13 | Yury Ilyasov | Soviet Union | – | xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
15 | Arne Ljungqvist | Sweden | – | – | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
16 | Hans Wahli | Switzerland | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
17 | Birger Leirud | Norway | – | – | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
18 | Claude Bénard | France | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
18 | Nafiu Osagie | Nigeria | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |||||
20 | Mihajlo Dimitrijević | Yugoslavia | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
20 | Boniface Guobadia | Nigeria | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
20 | James Owoo | Ghana | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
20 | Maram Sudarmodjo | Indonesia | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
24 | Téofilo Davis | Venezuela | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
24 | Albert Koskinen | Finland | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
24 | Pat Leane | Australia | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
24 | Alan Paterson | Great Britain | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | ||||||
28 | Yevhen Vansovych | Soviet Union | – | xo | xxx | 1.80 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.