Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates August 2
Medalists
 
 
 
«1932 1948»
Athletics at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men
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 steeple men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. The final was won by American Cornelius Johnson.

Contents

Results

Qualifying

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.70 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.94 1.97 2.00 2.03 2.08 Result Notes
Cornelius Johnson United States o o o o o o o o xxx 2.03 OR
Dave Albritton United States o xo o o o xo xxo xxx 2.00
Delos Thurber United States o pass o o o o xo xxx 2.00
4 Kalevi Kotkas Finland pass o pass o xxo o xxo xxx 2.00
5 Kimio Yada Japan o o o o o o xxx 1.97
6 Hiroshi Tanaka Japan o o o o o xxx 1.94
6 Yoshiro Asakuma Japan o o o o xo xxx 1.94
6 Lauri Kalima Finland o o o o xo xxx 1.94
6 Gustav Weinkötz Germany o o xo o xxo xxx 1.94
10 Aksel Kuuse Estonia o o o xxo xxx 1.90
10 Günther Gehmert Germany pass xo o xxo xxx 1.90
12 Jack Metcalfe Australia o o o xxx 1.85
12 Jan Brasser Netherlands o o o xxx 1.85
12 Åke Ödmark Sweden o o o xxx 1.85
12 Edwin Thacker South Africa o o o xxx 1.85
12 Joe Haley Canada pass xo o xxx 1.85
12 Simeon Toribio Philippines o xo o xxx 1.85
12 Poul Otto Denmark o xo xo xxx 1.85
12 Veikko Peräsalo Finland xo o xxo xxx 1.85
12 Rudolf Eggenberg Switzerland pass o xxo xxx 1.85
12 Mihály Bodosi Hungary o o xxo xxx 1.85
22 Jerzy Pławczyk Poland o o xxx 1.80

Key: OR = Olympic record

References