1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
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
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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Valeriy Brumel
 Soviet Union
Silver Stig Pettersson
 Sweden
Bronze Robert Shavlakadze
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union 2.21 CR
2nd Stig Pettersson  Sweden 2.13
3rd Robert Shavlakadze  Soviet Union 2.09
4 Viktor Bolshov  Soviet Union 2.06
5 Edward Czernik  Poland 2.06
6 Gerd Dührkop  East Germany 2.06
7 Werner Pfeil  East Germany 2.03
8 Đorđe Majtan  Yugoslavia 2.00
9 Sándor Noszály  Hungary 2.00
10 Kjell-Åke Nilsson  Sweden 2.00
11 Gordon Miller  United Kingdom 2.00
11 Henrik Hellen  Finland 2.00
13 Crawford Fairbrother  United Kingdom 1.95
14 Herbert Hopf  West Germany 1.95

Qualification

15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Stig Pettersson  Sweden 2.03 Q
2 Đorđe Majtan  Yugoslavia 2.03 Q
3 Edward Czernik  Poland 2.03 Q
4 Viktor Bolshov  Soviet Union 2.03 Q
5 Robert Shavlakadze  Soviet Union 2.03 Q
6 Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union 2.03 Q
7 Gerd Dührkop  East Germany 2.03 Q
8 Gordon Miller  United Kingdom 2.00 Q
9 Kjell-Åke Nilsson  Sweden 2.00 Q
10 Henrik Hellen  Finland 2.00 Q
11 Sándor Noszály  Hungary 2.00 Q
12 Werner Pfeil  East Germany 2.00 Q
13 Crawford Fairbrother  United Kingdom 2.00 Q
14 Herbert Hopf  West Germany 2.00 Q
15 Eugen Ducu  Romania 2.00
16 Jón Þordur Ólafsson  Iceland 2.00
17 Georgi Kumanov  Bulgaria 1.95
18 Maurice Dugarreau  France 1.95
19 Piotr Sobotta  Poland 1.95
20 René Maurer  Switzerland 1.95

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References