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

Men's high jump at the Commonwealth Games

The high jump event at the Sydney Cricket Ground

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 Lunn 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)

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Empire Games: A day of records; fine victory for C.B. Holmes". The Manchester Guardian. 6 February 1938. p. 26. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "The results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1938. p. 19. Retrieved 2 April 2021.