Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 19 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

Men's high jump
at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Ernest Haisley
  Jamaica
Chilla Porter
  Australia
Robert Kotei
  Ghana

Results

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Qualification

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Qualifying height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
? Chilla Porter   Australia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Ken Money   Canada 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam   Ceylon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Gordon Miller   England 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Robert Kotei   Ghana 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Ernest Haisley   Jamaica 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Joseph Leresae   Kenya 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Julius Chigbolou   Nigeria 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Crawford Fairbrother   Scotland 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Learie Scipio   Trinidad and Tobago 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Patrick Etolu   Uganda 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
12 Colin Ridgway   Australia 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12 R. Garber   Ghana 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12 Vincent Gabriel   Nigeria 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12 Oladipo Okuwobi   Nigeria 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
16 Charles Vandyck   Ghana 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
16 Colin Clarkson   Sierra Leone 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
18 Dave Wilson   England 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
18 John Kitching   England 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
20 Joseph Tokana   Fiji 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Saranjit Singh   India 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Omoruyi Odobo   Nigeria 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Godrey Roberts   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Desmond Luke   Sierra Leone 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Kevin Phillips   Wales 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
26 Terence Morgan   Wales 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
27 Cosmos Julien   Mauritius 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Paul Foreman   Jamaica DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Ernest Haisley   Jamaica 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
  Chilla Porter   Australia 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
  Robert Kotei   Ghana 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
4 Joseph Leresae   Kenya 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4 Julius Chigbolou   Nigeria 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4 Patrick Etolu   Uganda 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
7 Crawford Fairbrother   Scotland 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
8 Ken Money   Canada 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
9 Learie Scipio   Trinidad and Tobago 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
10 Gordon Miller   England 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
11 Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam   Ceylon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Many splendid performances in track and field events". The Manchester Guardian. 21 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 2 October 2020.