Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The winning margin was (in metric terms) 8 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's high jump was won by more than 5 cm at these games.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Edwin Thacker	South Africa	6 ft 5+1⁄8 in (1.96 m)	GR
	Robert Heffernan	Australia	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
	Doug Shetliffe	Australia	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
4	Peter Tancred	Australia	6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m)
5	John Newman	England	6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m)
6	Joseph Haley	Canada	6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m)
7	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m)
8	Henry Perera	British Ceylon	5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m)
9	Pat Haley	Canada	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
10	Jim Panton	Canada	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
11	Tracket Ashmead	Trinidad and Tobago	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)