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

Men's high jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Wiesner (left) and Davis
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.^[1]

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	Ghana	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	Maram 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	Ghana	–	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

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.