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


These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-eight contestants 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.
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.

Medalists

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics.
World Record2.15 Charles DumasLos Angeles June 29, 1956
Olympic Record2.04 Walt DavisHelsinki July 20, 1952

The standing Olympic record was bettered or equalized ten times over the course of the 5 hour long competition.

Results