1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.

Medalists

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

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	2.21	CR
	Stig Pettersson	Sweden	2.13
	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	Great Britain	2.00
11	Henrik Hellen	Finland	2.00
13	Crawford Fairbrother	Great Britain	1.95
14	Herbert Hopf	West Germany	1.95

Qualification

15 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Stig Pettersson	Sweden	2.03	Q
	Đorđe Majtan	Yugoslavia	2.03	Q
	Edward Czernik	Poland	2.03	Q
	Viktor Bolshov	Soviet Union	2.03	Q
	Robert Shavlakadze	Soviet Union	2.03	Q
	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	2.03	Q
	Gerd Dührkop	East Germany	2.03	Q
	Gordon Miller	Great Britain	2.00	Q
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	Sweden	2.00	Q
	Henrik Hellen	Finland	2.00	Q
	Sándor Noszály	Hungary	2.00	Q
	Werner Pfeil	East Germany	2.00	Q
	Crawford Fairbrother	Great Britain	2.00	Q
	Herbert Hopf	West Germany	2.00	Q
	Eugen Ducu	Romania	2.00
	Jón Þordur Ólafsson	Iceland	2.00
	Georgi Kumanov	Bulgaria	1.95
	Maurice Dugarreau	France	1.95
	Piotr Sobotta	Poland	1.95
	René Maurer	Switzerland	1.95

Participation

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

• Bulgaria (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)