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

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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Olympic Park Stadium (2008)
Venue Olympic Park Stadium
Date23 November 1956
Competitors28 from 19 nations
Winning height2.12 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Dumas
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Chilla Porter
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Kashkarov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  
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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.

Summary

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

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

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

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Charles Dumas  (USA)2.15 Los Angeles, United States 29 June 1956
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  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

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

DateTimeRound
Friday, 23 November 195610:00
14:30
Qualifying
Final

Results

Key

Qualifying

Okamona and Vernon retired due to injuries.

RankAthleteNation1.701.781.821.881.92HeightNotes
1 Igor Kashkarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union o1.92Q
Volodymyr Sitkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union o1.92Q
3 Maurice Fournier Flag of France.svg  France oo1.92Q
4 Julius Chigbolu Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria ooo1.92Q
Charles Dumas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooo1.92Q
Chilla Porter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooo1.92Q
7 Patrick Etolu Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda oooo1.92Q
Stig Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooo1.92Q
Phil Reavis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooo1.92Q
Peter Wells Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooo1.92Q
Vern Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooo1.92Q
Yang Chuan-kwang Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China oooo1.92Q
13 Yukio Ishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ooooo1.92Q
Joseph Leresae Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya ooooo1.92Q
Ajit Singh Balla Flag of India.svg  India ooooo1.92Q
16 Colin Ridgway Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oxoo1.92Q
17 Ken Money Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada xoooo1.92Q
18 José da Conceição Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil oxoooo1.92Q
19 Ernle Haisley Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg  Jamaica oxxoo1.92Q
20 Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Ceylon oooxo1.92Q
21 Ciriaco Baronda Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines ooooxo1.92Q
22 Vincent Gabriel Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria oxxoxo1.92Q
23 Gianmario Roveraro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oooxxx1.88
24 John Vernon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oooDNF1.82
Maridjo Wirjodemedjo Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia oooxxx1.82
26 Bengt Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xoxoxoxxx1.82
27 I Gusti Putu Oka Mona Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia oxxoDNF1.82
Vladimir Polyakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union xxxNo mark

Final

RankAthleteNation1.801.861.921.962.002.032.062.082.102.122.14HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Dumas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxooxoxxoxx-2.12 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Chilla Porter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooooooxoxxoxxx2.10
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Kashkarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooooooxxx2.08
4 Stig Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooooxxoxxx2.06
5 Ken Money Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada oooooxoxxx2.03
6 Volodymyr Sitkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooxxx2.00
7 Phil Reavis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ooooxxx2.00
Colin Ridgway Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooooxxx2.00
9 Julius Chigbolu Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria xoxxoxooxxx2.00
10 Vern Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States oooxoxxx2.00
11 Maurice Fournier Flag of France.svg  France ooxxx1.96
12 Patrick Etolu Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda oooxxx1.96
Yukio Ishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooxxx1.96
14 Ajit Singh Balla Flag of India.svg  India ooooxxx1.96
15 Ernle Haisley Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg  Jamaica oooxoxxx1.96
16 Peter Wells Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxoxoxxx1.96
17 Ciriaco Baronda Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines oxoxxx1.92
18 Joseph Leresae Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya ooxoxxx1.92
19 Vincent Gabriel Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria ooxxoxxx1.92
20 Yang Chuan-kwang Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China oxxx1.86
21 José da Conceição Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil ooxxx1.86
Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam Flag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Ceylon ooxxx1.86

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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".