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

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. The final was won by Australian

Australian people

Australian people, or simply Australians, are the citizens of Australia. Australia is a multi-ethnic nation, and therefore the term "Australian" is not a racial identifier. Aside from the Indigenous Australian population, nearly all Australians or their ancestors immigrated within the past 230 years...

John Winter.

Final

Rank	Athlete	1.87	1.90	1.95	1.98	Result	Notes
	John Winter	o	o	xo	o	1.98
	Bjorn Paulson	o	o	o	xxx	1.95
	George Stanich George Stanich George Anthony Stanich was an American athlete who was a collegiate all-American in one sport, and Olympian in another and a professional in still another....	o	o	xxo	xxx	1.95
4	Dike 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 Birger Leirud Birger Leirud was a Norwegian high jumper. He represented Leirsund IL.At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished thirteenth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.80 metres. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished seventeenth with 1.90 m. He finished fourth at the 1946 European Championships in...		xxo			1.90
14	Hércules Azcune					1.80
14	Lloyd Valberg					1.80
16	Vern McGrew					1.80
17	Kuuno Honkonen Kuuno Honkonen Kuuno Ola Honkonen was a Finnish politician in the left-wing Finnish People's Democratic League. He was a member of the Finnish parliament, Eduskunta, from 1958 until 1979...					1.80
18	Gurnam Singh					1.80
	Bjørn Gundersen Bjørn Gundersen Bjørn Gundersen is a former Norwegian high jumper who represented Elverum IL.At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.90 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1947, 1951 and 1954....						NH
	Nils Nicklén						NH

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