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

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
01 !	Alan Paterson	United Kingdom	1.96
02 !	Arne Åhman	Sweden	1.93
03 !	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