1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
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
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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Bengt Nilsson
 Sweden
Silver Jiří Lanský
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Jaroslav Kovář
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Bengt Nilsson  Sweden 2.02 CR
2nd Jiří Lanský  Czechoslovakia 1.98
3rd Jaroslav Kovář  Czechoslovakia 1.96
4 Bertil Holmgren  Sweden 1.96
5 Yuriy Stepanov  Soviet Union 1.93
6 Todor Belchev  Bulgaria 1.93
7 Werner Bahr  West Germany 1.93
8 Zbigniew Lewandowski  Poland 1.90
9 Hans-Jürgen Jenss  West Germany 1.90
10 Vlado Marjanović  Yugoslavia 1.90
11 Hans Wähli   Switzerland 1.90
12 Kazimierz Fabrykowski  Poland 1.85

Qualification

27 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Jaroslav Kovář  Czechoslovakia 1.90 Q
2 Hans Wähli   Switzerland 1.90 Q
3 Bengt Nilsson  Sweden 1.90 Q
4 Todor Belchev  Bulgaria 1.90 Q
5 Bertil Holmgren  Sweden 1.90 Q
6 Zbigniew Lewandowski  Poland 1.90 Q
7 Hans-Jürgen Jenss  West Germany 1.90 Q
8 Werner Bahr  West Germany 1.90 Q
9 Kazimierz Fabrykowski  Poland 1.90 Q
10 Yuriy Stepanov  Soviet Union 1.90 Q
11 Jiří Lanský  Czechoslovakia 1.90 Q
12 Vlado Marjanović  Yugoslavia 1.90 Q
13 Vladimir Sitkin  Soviet Union 1.85
14 Erdal Akkan  Turkey 1.85
15 Brendan O'Reilly  Ireland 1.85
16 Etienne Roques  France 1.85
17 Wolfgang Weiss   Switzerland 1.80
18 Walter Herssens  Belgium 1.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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