Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	July 20
Competitors	36 from 24 nations
Medalists
Walt Davis   United States   Ken Wiesner   United States   José da Conceição   Brazil

Athletics at the 1952 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 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.

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
20 July	Final	Walt Davis (USA)	2.04 m	OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 1.87 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Best height	Notes
1	A	Arnie Betton	United States	1.87
1	A	Walt Davis	United States	1.87
1	B	Gösta Svensson	Sweden	1.87
4	A	Bjørn Gundersen	Norway	1.87
4	B	Josia Majekodummi	Nigeria	1.87
4	B	Nafiu Osagie	Nigeria	1.87
4	B	James Owoo	Gold Coast	1.87
4	B	Ken Wiesner	United States	1.87
9	A	Boniface Guobadia	Nigeria	1.87
10	A	Claude Bénard	France	1.87
10	A	Jacques Delelienne	Belgium	1.87
10	A	Mihajlo Dimitrijević	Yugoslavia	1.87
10	A	Pekka Halme	Finland	1.87
10	A	Albert Koskinen	Finland	1.87
10	B	Alan Paterson	Great Britain	1.87
10	B	Ron Pavitt	Great Britain	1.87
10	B	José da Conceição	Brazil	1.87
10	B	Hans Wahli	Switzerland	1.87
10	B	Peter Wells	Great Britain	1.87
20	A	Georges Damitio	France	1.87
21	B	Birger Leirud	Norway	1.87
22	B	Arne Ljungqvist	Sweden	1.87
22	B	Ion Söter	Romania	1.87
24	A	Yury Ilyasov	Soviet Union	1.87
25	A	Pat Leane	Australia	1.87
26	B	Sudarmodjo	Indonesia	1.87
27	A	Teófilo Davis	Venezuela	1.87
28	B	Yevhen Vansovych	Soviet Union	1.87
29	A	Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam	Ceylon	1.84
30	A	Walter Herssens	Belgium	1.84
31	A	Andres Franco	Philippines	1.84
32	A	Hércules Azcune	Uruguay	1.80
32	A	Ernesto Lagos	Chile	1.80
34	B	Mehnga Singh	India	1.70
35	A	Arieh Batun-Kleinstub	Israel	1.70
36	B	Emad El-Din Shafei	Egypt	1.70

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
	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	Gold Coast	–	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

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.