Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

field event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place on September 1.

Results

All jumpers reaching 2.00 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Mark	1.90	1.95	2.00	Notes
1	John Thomas	2.00	p	p	o
2T	Viktor Bolshov	2.00	o	p	o
2T	Stig Pettersson	2.00	p	o	o
4T	Maurice Fournier	2.00	o	o	o
4T	Robert Kotei Robert Kotei Major General Robert Ebenezer Abossey Kotei was a soldier, politician and track and field athlete. He was once the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces and also a member of the Supreme Military Council which ruled Ghana between 1975 and 1979. He was executed in 1979, following a...	2.00	o	o	o
4T	Jiří Lanský	2.00	o	o	o
4T	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	2.00	o	o	o
4T	Sándor Noszály Sandor Noszaly Sándor Noszály is an active tennis player from Hungary, who is a five times Hungarian Champion in singles and 16 times adding the doubles.-Career:...	2.00	o	o	o
4T	Cornel Porumb	2.00	o	o	o
4T	Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the high jump where he won the gold medal....	2.00	o	o	o
11	Theo Püll	2.00	xo	o	o
12	Piotr Sobotta	2.00	o	xxo	o
13T	Valery Brumel	2.00	o	p	xo
13T	Gordon Miller	2.00	p	o	xo
15T	Charlie Dumas	2.00	o	o	xo
15T	Joe Faust	2.00	o	o	xo
17	Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss was a Chadian high jumper.He was born in N'Djamena, French Equatorial Africa....	2.00	o	o	xxo
18	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	1.95	p	o	xxx
19T	René Maurer	1.95	o	o	xxx
19T	Werner Pfeil	1.95	o	o	xxx
19T	Eero Salminen	1.95	o	o	xxx
22T	Helmut Donner	1.95	xo	o	xxx
22T	Crawford Fairbrother	1.95	o	xo	xxx
24T	Jón Pétursson	1.95	xo	o	xxx
24T	Peter Riebensahm	1.95	o	xo	xxx
26	Đorđe Majtan	1.95	p	xxo	xxx
27	Chilla Porter	1.95	o	xxo	xxx
28	Samuel Igun Samuel Igun Samuel Igun is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career....	1.90	o	xxx
29	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Gurbachan Singh Randhawa is a former Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1962 Asian Games in decathlon. He participated in 1960 and 1964 Olympics in 110 hurdles, high jump and decathlon. He finished fifth in 110 hurdles at 1964 Tokyo Olympics with timing of 14.07 seconds...	1.90	xxo	xxx
-	Mohamed Abdul Razzak	-	xxx			NM
-	Sylvain Bitan	-	xxx			NM
-	Çetin Şahiner	-	xxx			NM

Final

Rank	Name	Mark	1.60	1.65	1.70	1.75	1.85	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.02	2.04	Notes
	Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the high jump where he won the gold medal....	2.04	p	p	xo	o	o	o	o	o OR	o OR	xxo	OR
	Valery Brumel	2.02	p	o	p	o	o	xo	xxo	xo =OR	xo =OR	xxx	OR
	John Thomas	2.00	p	p	o	p	o	o	p	xo =OR	xxx
4	Viktor Bolshov	2.00	p	o	p	o	o	o	o	xo =OR	xxx
5	Stig Pettersson	1.90	o	p	o	p	xxo	xxo	xxx
6	Charlie Dumas	1.75	p	p	o	o	p
7T	Jiří Lanský	1.75	o	o	o	o	xxx
7T	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	1.75	o	o	o	o	xxx
7T	Theo Püll	1.75	o	o	o	o	xxx
10	Robert Kotei Robert Kotei Major General Robert Ebenezer Abossey Kotei was a soldier, politician and track and field athlete. He was once the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces and also a member of the Supreme Military Council which ruled Ghana between 1975 and 1979. He was executed in 1979, following a...	1.75	o	p	o	xo	xxx
11	Cornel Porumb	1.75	o	o	o	xo	xxx
12	Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss was a Chadian high jumper.He was born in N'Djamena, French Equatorial Africa....	1.75	p	xo	xo	xo	xxx
13	Sándor Noszály Sandor Noszaly Sándor Noszály is an active tennis player from Hungary, who is a five times Hungarian Champion in singles and 16 times adding the doubles.-Career:...	1.75	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx
14	Maurice Fournier	1.70	p	o	o	xxx
15	Piotr Sobotta	1.70	o	o	o	xxx
16	Gordon Miller	1.70	o	o	xxo	xxx
17	Joe Faust	1.65	o	o	xxx

Key: OR = Olympic record; =OR = equalled Olympic record NR = no mark; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail

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