Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
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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
20 km walk	men
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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

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-eight contestants met on the morning of the first day of the athletic contests, on Friday November 23, 1956, and 22 cleared the qualifying height of 1.92 metres, to meet again in the afternoon.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Charles Dumas United States (USA)	Chilla Porter Australia (AUS)	Igor Kashkarov Soviet Union (URS)

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.15	Charles Dumas	Los Angeles (USA)	June 29, 1956
Olympic Record	2.04	Walt Davis	Helsinki (FIN)	July 20, 1952

The standing Olympic record was bettered or equalized ten times.

Charles Dumas, Chilla Porter, Igor Kashkarov, and Stig Pettersson cleared 2.06 metres. Then Charles Dumas, Chilla Porter, and Igor Kashkarov also cleared 2.08 metres. Charles Dumas and Chilla Porter were also able to clear 2.10 metres. Finally Charles Dumas set the new Olympic record with 2.12 metres.

Results

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	HEIGHT
	Charles Dumas (USA)	2.12 m
	Chilla Porter (AUS)	2.10 m
	Igor Kashkarov (URS)	2.08 m
4.	Stig Pettersson (SWE)	2.06 m
5.	Ken Money (CAN)	2.03 m
6.	Vladimir Sitkin (URS)	2.00 m
7.	Phil Reavis (USA)	2.00 m
7.	Colin Ridgway (AUS)	2.00 m
9.	Julius Chigbolu (NGR)	2.00 m
10.	Vernon Wilson (USA)	2.00 m
11.	Maurice Fournier (FRA)	1.96 m
12.	Patrick Etolu (UGA)	1.96 m
13.	Yukio Ishikawa (JPN)	1.96 m
14.	Ajit Singh (IND)	1.96 m
15.	Ernle Haisley (JAM)	1.96 m
16.	Peter Wells (GBR)	1.96 m
17.	Ciriaco Baronda (PHI)	1.92 m
18.	Joseph Leresae (KEN)	1.92 m
19.	Vincent Gabriel (NGR)	1.92 m
20.	Yang Chuan-Kwang (ROC)	1.86 m
21.	Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam (CEY)	1.86 m
22.	José Telles da Conçeicão (BRA)	1.86 m
—	Gianmario Roveraro (ITA)	DNQ
—	John Vernon (AUS)	DNQ
—	I Gusti Putu Oka Mona (INA)	DNQ
—	Maridjo Wirjodimedjo (INA)	DNQ
—	Bengt Nilsson (SWE)	DNQ
—	Vladimir Polyakov (URS)	DNQ

References

The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF) (PDF). p. 326.
Results

High jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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