1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

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
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's high jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 25 and 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Alan Paterson
 United Kingdom
Silver Arne Åhman
 Sweden
Bronze Claude Bénard
 France

Results

Final

27 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Alan Paterson  United Kingdom 1.96
2nd Arne Åhman  Sweden 1.93
3rd Claude Bénard  France 1.93
4 Hans Wähli  Switzerland 1.90
5 Gösta Svensson  Sweden 1.90
6 Georges Damitio  France 1.90
7 Jacques Delelienne  Belgium 1.85
8 Yuriy Ilyasov  Soviet Union 1.85
9 Mihajlo Dimitrijević  Yugoslavia 1.85
10 Walter Herssens  Belgium 1.85

Qualification

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Jacques Delelienne  Belgium 1.90 Q
2 Arne Åhman  Sweden 1.90 Q
3 Georges Damitio  France 1.90 Q
4 Alan Paterson  United Kingdom 1.90 Q
5 Hans Wähli  Switzerland 1.90 Q
6 Gösta Svensson  Sweden 1.85 Q
7 Claude Bénard  France 1.85 Q
8 Walter Herssens  Belgium 1.85 Q
9 Mihajlo Dimitrijević  Yugoslavia 1.85 Q
10 Yuriy Ilyasov  Soviet Union 1.85 Q
11 Ronald Pavitt  United Kingdom 1.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

References