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High Jump, Men

Date	30 July 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	27 from 16 countries

For the first time, ties were broken by the countback rule of fewer misses at heights. The final had 20 competitors, and seemed endless. The Americans had dominated the world lists in 1948. Jack Winter (AUS) was perfect thru 1.90 (6-2¾) but had a miss at 1.95 (6-4¾), which put Bjørn Paulson (NOR) into the lead as he had a first attempt clearance at that height. But Winter was the only jumper able to clear 1.98 (6-6) to win the gold medal. He used the scissors style, actually termed the Eastern cut-off, and is the last jumper to win Olympic gold using that technique. Winter would also win the 1950 Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying Round	Final Round
1	406	Jack Winter	AUS	1.87 (NP)	1.98 (1)	Gold
2	421	Bjørn Paulson	NOR	1.87 (NP)	1.95 (2)	Silver
3	429	George Stanich	USA	1.87 (NP)	1.95 (3)	Bronze
4	427	Dike Eddleman	USA	1.87 (NP)	1.95 (4)
5	412	Georges Damitio	FRA	1.87 (NP)	1.95 (5)
6	408	Art Jackes	CAN	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (6)
=7	413	Alan Paterson	GBR	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (=7)
=7	426	Hans Wahli	SUI	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (=7)
=9	409	Alfredo Jadresic	CHI	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (=9)
=9	410	Pierre Lacaze	FRA	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (=9)
=9	424	Göran Widenfelt	SWE	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (=9)
12	414	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (12)		1
13	420	Birger Leirud	NOR	1.87 (NP)	1.90 (13)
=14	423	Lloyd Valberg	SGP	1.87 (NP)	1.80 (=14)
=14	430	Hércules Azcune	URU	1.87 (NP)	1.80 (=14)
16	428	Vern McGrew	USA	1.87 (NP)	1.80 (16)
17	819	Kuuno Honkonen	FIN	1.87 (NP)	1.80 (17)
18	417	Gurnam Singh	IND	1.87 (NP)	1.80 (18)
AC r2/2	820	Nils Nicklén	FIN	1.87 (NP)	– (NH)
AC r2/2	419	Bjørn Gundersen	NOR	1.87 (NP)	– (NH)
=21 r1/2	407	Arnulf Pilhatsch	AUT	1.84 (=21)	–
=21 r1/2	411	Claude Bénard	FRA	1.84 (=21)	–
=21 r1/2	416	Ioannis Lamprou	GRE	1.84 (=21)	–
=21 r1/2	422	Benjamín Casado	PUR	1.84 (=21)	–
=21 r1/2	431	Pedro Listur	URU	1.84 (=21)	–
=21 r1/2	425	Arne Åhman	SWE	1.84 (=21)	–		2
27 r1/2	415	Ron Pavitt	GBR	1.80 (27)	–
DNS	404	Bill Bruce	AUS	– (DNS)	–
DNS	405	Peter Mullins	AUS	– (DNS)	–
DNS	418	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (30 July 1948 — 11:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 1.87 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height
NP	Jack Winter	AUS	1.87	Q
NP	Bjørn Paulson	NOR	1.87	Q
NP	George Stanich	USA	1.87	Q
NP	Dike Eddleman	USA	1.87	Q
NP	Georges Damitio	FRA	1.87	Q
NP	Art Jackes	CAN	1.87	Q
NP	Alan Paterson	GBR	1.87	Q
NP	Hans Wahli	SUI	1.87	Q
NP	Alfredo Jadresic	CHI	1.87	Q
NP	Göran Widenfelt	SWE	1.87	Q
NP	Pierre Lacaze	FRA	1.87	Q
NP	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	1.87	Q	3
NP	Birger Leirud	NOR	1.87	Q
NP	Hércules Azcune	URU	1.87	Q
NP	Lloyd Valberg	SGP	1.87	Q
NP	Vern McGrew	USA	1.87	Q
NP	Kuuno Honkonen	FIN	1.87	Q
NP	Gurnam Singh	IND	1.87	Q
NP	Bjørn Gundersen	NOR	1.87	Q
NP	Nils Nicklén	FIN	1.87	Q
=21	Arnulf Pilhatsch	AUT	1.84
=21	Benjamín Casado	PUR	1.84
=21	Claude Bénard	FRA	1.84
=21	Ioannis Lamprou	GRE	1.84
=21	Pedro Listur	URU	1.84
=21	Arne Åhman	SWE	1.84		4
27	Ron Pavitt	GBR	1.80
DNS	Bill Bruce	AUS	–
DNS	Peter Mullins	AUS	–
DNS	Jorge Aguirre	MEX	–

Final Round (30 July 1948 — 16:30)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	1.87 m	1.90 m	1.95 m	1.98 m
1	Jack Winter	AUS	1.98	o	o	xo	o
2	Bjørn Paulson	NOR	1.95	o	o	o	xxx
3	George Stanich	USA	1.95	o	o	xxo	xxx
4	Dike Eddleman	USA	1.95	o	xo	xxo	xxx
5	Georges Damitio	FRA	1.95	o	xxo	xxo	xxx
6	Art Jackes	CAN	1.90	o	o	–	–
=7	Alan Paterson	GBR	1.90	xo	xo	–	–
=7	Hans Wahli	SUI	1.90	xo	xo	–	–
=9	Alfredo Jadresic	CHI	1.90	–	xxo	–	–
=9	Göran Widenfelt	SWE	1.90	–	xxo	–	–
=9	Pierre Lacaze	FRA	1.90	–	xxo	–	–
12	Adegboyega, Omoba Adedoyin	GBR	1.90	–	xxo	–	–	5
13	Birger Leirud	NOR	1.90	–	xxo	–	–
=14	Hércules Azcune	URU	1.80	–	–	–	–
=14	Lloyd Valberg	SGP	1.80	–	–	–	–
16	Vern McGrew	USA	1.80	–	–	–	–
17	Kuuno Honkonen	FIN	1.80	–	–	–	–
18	Gurnam Singh	IND	1.80	–	–	–	–
NH	Bjørn Gundersen	NOR	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Nils Nicklén	FIN	–	–	–	–	–