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

Athletics at the 1956 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
20 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

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	Chilla Porter  Australia	Igor Kashkarov  Soviet Union

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.	22x20px 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.	22x20px 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.	22x20px Ciriaco Baronda (PHI)	1.92 m
18.	Joseph Leresae (KEN)	1.92 m
19.	22x20px 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

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