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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-eight contestants from 19 nations met on the morning of the first day of the athletic contests, on Friday November 23, 1956, and 22 cleared the qualifying height of 1.92 metres, to meet again in the afternoon.[1][2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Charles Dumas of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 11th overall victory in the men's high jump. Chilla Porter's silver was Australia's second medal in the event (after a gold in 1948). Igor Kashkarov's bronze was the Soviet Union's first.

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Olympic Park Stadium (2008)
VenueOlympic Park Stadium
Date23 November
Competitors28 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Dumas  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chilla Porter  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Kashkarov  Soviet Union
← 1952
1960 →
Video on YouTube Official Video @44:10

Summary edit

Charles Dumas, Chilla Porter and Igor Kashkarov cleared 2.06 metres on their first attempts. Stig Pettersson cleared it on his third. Dumas was in third place after a miss at 2.03m. At 2.08m, Dumas and Kashkarov cleared on their first attempt, while Porter dropped to third place by making it on his second. Pettersson did not clear the height. Dumas held the lead with a second attempt clearance of 2.10m while Porter made it on his last attempt. Kashkarov did not clear it and earned bronze. On his final attempt, Dumas set the final new Olympic record with 2.12 metres, while Porter couldn't clear that height and won silver.[1]

Background edit

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1952 Games were bronze medalist José da Conceição of Brazil and eleventh-place finisher Peter Wells of Great Britain. Charles Dumas was the favorite, having broken the 7-foot mark at the U.S. trials with a 2.15 metres world record. Sweden's Bengt Nilsson was the 1954 European champion and the only non-American considered a contender for gold, but he "was injured shortly before leaving for Melbourne."[3]

Jamaica, Kenya, and Uganda each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 13th time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

Competition format edit

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. The qualifying round had the bar set at 1.70 metres, 1.78 metres, 1.82 metres, 1.88 metres, and 1.92 metres. All jumpers clearing 1.92 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. The final had jumps at 1.80 metres, 1.86 metres, 1.92 metres, 1.96 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.03 metres, 2.06 metres, and then increased by 0.02 metres until a winner was found. Each athlete had three attempts at each height.[3][4]

Records edit

The world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics:

World record   Charles Dumas (USA) 2.15 Los Angeles, United States 29 June 1956
Olympic record   Walt Davis (USA) 2.04 Helsinki, Finland 20 July 1952

The existing Olympic record was equaled or bettered ten times by four men over the course of the 5 hour long competition. Charles Dumas finished with the new Olympic record at 2.12 metres.[5]

Schedule edit

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 November 1956 10:00
14:30		 Qualifying
Final

Results edit

Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • – = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying edit

Okamona and Vernon retired due to injuries.

Rank Athlete Nation 1.70 1.78 1.82 1.88 1.92 Height Notes
1 Igor Kashkarov   Soviet Union — — — — o 1.92 Q
Volodymyr Sitkin   Soviet Union — — — — o 1.92 Q
3 Maurice Fournier   France — — o — o 1.92 Q
4 Julius Chigbolu   Nigeria — o o — o 1.92 Q
Charles Dumas   United States o — — o o 1.92 Q
Chilla Porter   Australia o — — o o 1.92 Q
7 Patrick Etolu   Uganda o o — o o 1.92 Q
Stig Pettersson   Sweden — o o o o 1.92 Q
Phil Reavis   United States o — o o o 1.92 Q
Peter Wells   Great Britain o — o o o 1.92 Q
Vern Wilson   United States o — o o o 1.92 Q
Yang Chuan-kwang   Republic of China o — o o o 1.92 Q
13 Yukio Ishikawa   Japan o o o o o 1.92 Q
Joseph Leresae   Kenya o o o o o 1.92 Q
Ajit Singh Balla   India o o o o o 1.92 Q
16 Colin Ridgway   Australia o — xo — o 1.92 Q
17 Ken Money   Canada xo o — o o 1.92 Q
18 José da Conceição   Brazil o xo o o o 1.92 Q
19 Ernle Haisley   Jamaica o — — xxo o 1.92 Q
20 Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam   Ceylon o — o o xo 1.92 Q
21 Ciriaco Baronda   Philippines o o o o xo 1.92 Q
22 Vincent Gabriel   Nigeria o — — xxo xo 1.92 Q
23 Gianmario Roveraro   Italy o — o o xxx 1.88
24 John Vernon   Australia o o o DNF — 1.82
Maridjo Wirjodemedjo   Indonesia o o o xxx — 1.82
26 Bengt Nilsson   Sweden xo xo xo — xxx 1.82
27 I Gusti Putu Oka Mona   Indonesia — o xxo DNF — 1.82
— Vladimir Polyakov   Soviet Union — — — — xxx No mark

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation 1.80 1.86 1.92 1.96 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.08 2.10 2.12 2.14 Height Notes
  Charles Dumas   United States — — o o o o xo o xo xxo xx- 2.12 OR
  Chilla Porter   Australia — o o o o o o xo xxo xxx — 2.10
  Igor Kashkarov   Soviet Union — — o o o o o o xxx — 2.08
4 Stig Pettersson   Sweden — — o o o o xxo xxx — 2.06
5 Ken Money   Canada o o o o o xo xxx — 2.03
6 Volodymyr Sitkin   Soviet Union — — o o o xxx — 2.00
7 Phil Reavis   United States — o o o o xxx — 2.00
Colin Ridgway   Australia — o o o o xxx — 2.00
9 Julius Chigbolu   Nigeria — xo xxo xo o xxx — 2.00
10 Vern Wilson   United States — o o o xo xxx — 2.00
11 Maurice Fournier   France — — o o xxx — 1.96
12 Patrick Etolu   Uganda — o o o xxx — 1.96
Yukio Ishikawa   Japan — o o o xxx — 1.96
14 Ajit Singh Balla   India o o o o xxx — 1.96
15 Ernle Haisley   Jamaica o o o xo xxx — 1.96
16 Peter Wells   Great Britain o o xo xo xxx — 1.96
17 Ciriaco Baronda   Philippines — o xo xxx — 1.92
18 Joseph Leresae   Kenya o o xo xxx — 1.92
19 Vincent Gabriel   Nigeria o o xxo xxx — 1.92
20 Yang Chuan-kwang   Republic of China — o xxx — 1.86
21 José da Conceição   Brazil o o xxx — 1.86
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam   Ceylon o o xxx — 1.86

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Melbourne 1956 high jump men Results - Olympic athletics".
  3. ^ a b "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 326.
  5. ^ "High jump M - Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne - Results".

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