1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
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

The men's high jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 14 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Kęstutis Šapka  Soviet Union
Silver	Csaba Dosa  Romania
Bronze	Rustam Akhmetov  Soviet Union

Results

Final

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Kęstutis Šapka	Soviet Union	2.20
02 !	Csaba Dosa	Romania	2.20	NR
03 !	Rustam Akhmetov	Soviet Union	2.20
4	István Major	Hungary	2.17
5	Stephan Junge	East Germany	2.14
5	Asko Pesonen	Finland	2.14
7	Wojciech Gołębiowski	Poland	2.14
8	Endre Kelemen	Hungary	2.11
9	József Tihányi	Hungary	2.11
10	Valentin Gavrilov	Soviet Union	2.11
11	Jiří Palkovský	Czechoslovakia	2.11
12	Hermann Magerl	West Germany	2.11
13	Roman Moravec	Czechoslovakia	2.11
14	Christer Celion	Sweden	2.08
15	Gian Marco Schivo	Italy	2.08
16	Branko Vivod	Yugoslavia	2.08
17	Erminio Azzaro	Italy	2.05

Qualification

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Jiří Palkovský	Czechoslovakia	2.12	Q
2	Roman Moravec	Czechoslovakia	2.12	Q
3	Stephan Junge	East Germany	2.12	Q
4	József Tihányi	Hungary	2.12	Q
5	Christer Celion	Sweden	2.12	Q
6	Branko Vivod	Yugoslavia	2.12	Q
7	Hermann Magerl	West Germany	2.12	Q
8	Asko Pesonen	Finland	2.12	Q
9	Rustam Akhmetov	Soviet Union	2.12	Q
10	István Major	Hungary	2.12	Q
11	Endre Kelemen	Hungary	2.12	Q
12	Csaba Dosa	Romania	2.12	Q
13	Valentin Gavrilov	Soviet Union	2.12	Q
14	Kęstutis Šapka	Soviet Union	2.12	Q
15	Wojciech Gołębiowski	Poland	2.12	Q
16	Gian Marco Schivo	Italy	2.12	Q
17	Erminio Azzaro	Italy	2.12	Q
18	Jan Dahlgren	Sweden	2.10
19	Robert Sainte-Rose	France	2.10
20	Henri Elliott	France	2.10
21	Reijo Vähälä	Finland	2.08
22	Ladislav Borodáč	Czechoslovakia	2.08
23	Kenneth Lundmark	Sweden	2.08
24	Gunther Spielvogel	West Germany	2.05
25	Gérard Lamy	France	2.05
26	Lothar Doster	West Germany	2.05
27	Nurullah Candan	Turkey	1.90

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References