Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.-Medal table:...

at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. The final was won by American

United States

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Cornelius Johnson.

Final

Rank	Athlete	1.70	1.80	1.85	1.90	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.03	2.08	Result	Notes
	Cornelius Johnson	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.03	OR
	Dave Albritton Dave Albritton Dave Albritton had a long career that spanned three decades and numerous titles and was one of the first high jumpers to use the straddle technique. He was born in Danville, Alabama....	o	xo	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.00
	Delos Thurber Delos Thurber Delos Thurber was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump...	o	pass	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx		2.00
4	Kalevi Kotkas	pass	o	pass	o	xxo	o	xxo	xxx		2.00
5	Kimio Yada	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.97
6	Hiroshi Tanaka	o	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.94
6	Yoshiro Asakuma	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx				1.94
6	Lauri Kalima	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx				1.94
6	Gustav Weinkötz	o	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx				1.94
10	Aksel Kuuse	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.90
10	Günther Gehmert	pass	xo	o	xxo	xxx					1.90
12	Jack Metcalfe Jack Metcalfe John "Jack" Patrick Metcalfe was an Australian athlete who competed in high jump, long jump and javelin events, though he is best remembered as a triple jumper....	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Jan Brasser	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Åke Ödmark	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Edwin Thacker Edwin Thacker Edwin Thomas Thacker was a South African athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Germiston.In 1936 he finished twelfth in the Olympic high jump event....	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Joe Haley Joe Haley Joseph "Joe" Brennan Haley was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Red Island, Nova Scotia and lived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, before he moved to Trail, British Columbia at age 12....	pass	xo	o	xxx						1.85
12	Simeon Toribio Simeon Toribio Simeon G. Toribio was a Filipino athlete, who won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. He represented the Philippines in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1928.In 1930, Toribio was awarded the Helms World Trophy for being Asia's...	o	xo	o	xxx						1.85
12	Poul Otto	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.85
12	Veikko Peräsalo	xo	o	xxo	xxx						1.85
12	Rudolf Eggenberg	pass	o	xxo	xxx						1.85
12	Mihály Bodosi	o	o	xxo	xxx						1.85
22	Jerzy Pławczyk Jerzy Pławczyk Jerzy Pławczyk was a Polish athlete who competed at 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 in Los Angeles, he competed in the men's high jump event, where he placed joint-seventh out of fourteen competitors with a top height of 1.90m. In 1936 in Berlin he placed twenty-second and last in the same...	o	o	xxx							1.80

Key: OR = Olympic record

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