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

Men's high jump at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	July 30 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
John Winter Australia   Bjorn Paulson Norway   George Stanich United States

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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 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)

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	1.87	1.90	1.95	1.98	Result	Notes
01 !	John Winter	Australia	o	o	xo	o	1.98
02 !	Bjørn Paulson	Norway	o	o	o	xxx	1.95
03 !	George Stanich	United States	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.95
4	Dwight Eddleman	United States	o	xo	xxo	xxx	1.95
5	Georges Damitio	France	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	1.95
6	Art Jackes	Canada	o	o			1.90
7	Alan Paterson	Great Britain	xo	xo			1.90
7	Hans Wahli	Switzerland	xo	xo			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

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's high jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-10.
• 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.