Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's High Jump Qualifying Round

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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Date Started: July 20, 1952
Date Finished: July 20, 1952
Format: All those clearing 1.87 metres advanced to the final.

Gold:	Buddy Davis
Silver:	Ken Wiesner
Bronze:	José da Conceição

Qualifying Round

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1T	Arnie Betton	19	United States	USA	1.87	0	0	1	QU
1T	Buddy Davis	21	United States	USA	1.87	0	0	1	QU
1T	Gösta Svensson	22	Sweden	SWE	1.87	0	0	1	QU
4T	Bjørn Gundersen	28	Norway	NOR	1.87	0	0	2	QU
4T	Josiah Majekodunmi	25	Nigeria	NGR	1.87	0	0	2	QU
4T	Nafiu Osagie	19	Nigeria	NGR	1.87	0	0	2	QU
4T	James Owoo	24	Ghana	GHA	1.87	0	0	2	QU
4T	Ken Wiesner	27	United States	USA	1.87	0	0	2	QU
9	Boniface Guobadia	25	Nigeria	NGR	1.87	0	0	3	QU
10T	Claude Bénard	25	France	FRA	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Jacques Delelienne	23	Belgium	BEL	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Mihajlo Dimitrijević	25	Yugoslavia	YUG	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Pekka Halme	25	Finland	FIN	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Albert Koskinen	26	Finland	FIN	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Alan Paterson	24	Great Britain	GBR	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Ron Pavitt	25	Great Britain	GBR	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	José da Conceição	21	Brazil	BRA	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Hans Wahli	25	Switzerland	SUI	1.87	0	0	4	QU
10T	Peter Wells	23	Great Britain	GBR	1.87	0	0	4	QU
20	Georges Damitio	28	France	FRA	1.87	0	1	5	QU
21	Birger Leirud	28	Norway	NOR	1.87	0	2	5	QU
22T	Arne Ljungqvist	21	Sweden	SWE	1.87	1	1	2	QU
22T	Ion Söter	25	Romania	ROU	1.87	1	1	2	QU
24	Yury Ilyasov	25	Soviet Union	URS	1.87	1	3	6	QU
25	Pat Leane	22	Australia	AUS	1.87	1	3	7	QU
26	Maram Sudarmodjo	24	Indonesia	INA	1.87	2	2	5	QU
27	Téofilo Davis	22	Venezuela	VEN	1.87	2	2	6	QU
28	Yevhen Vansovych		Soviet Union	URS	1.87	2	4	7	QU
29	Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham	17	Sri Lanka	SRI	1.84	0	2	8
30	Walter Herssens	22	Belgium	BEL	1.84	2	2	8
31	Andrés Franco	26	Philippines	PHI	1.84	2	3	9
32T	Hércules Azcune	23	Uruguay	URU	1.80	0	0	2
32T	Ernesto Lagos	22	Chile	CHI	1.80	0	0	2
34	Mehnga Singh	29	India	IND	1.70	0	0	1
35	Arieh Batun-Kleinstub	19	Israel	ISR	1.70	0	0	2
36	Emad El-Din Shafei	20	Egypt	EGY	1.70	1	1	2

Qualifying Round Group A

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1T	Arnie Betton	19	United States	USA	1.87	0	0	1
1T	Buddy Davis	21	United States	USA	1.87	0	0	1
3	Bjørn Gundersen	28	Norway	NOR	1.87	0	0	2
4	Boniface Guobadia	25	Nigeria	NGR	1.87	0	0	3
5T	Claude Bénard	25	France	FRA	1.87	0	0	4
5T	Jacques Delelienne	23	Belgium	BEL	1.87	0	0	4
5T	Mihajlo Dimitrijević	25	Yugoslavia	YUG	1.87	0	0	4
5T	Pekka Halme	25	Finland	FIN	1.87	0	0	4
5T	Albert Koskinen	26	Finland	FIN	1.87	0	0	4
10	Georges Damitio	28	France	FRA	1.87	0	1	5
11	Yury Ilyasov	25	Soviet Union	URS	1.87	1	3	6
12	Pat Leane	22	Australia	AUS	1.87	1	3	7
13	Téofilo Davis	22	Venezuela	VEN	1.87	2	2	6
14	Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham	17	Sri Lanka	SRI	1.84	0	2	8
15	Walter Herssens	22	Belgium	BEL	1.84	2	2	8
16	Andrés Franco	26	Philippines	PHI	1.84	2	3	9
17T	Hércules Azcune	23	Uruguay	URU	1.80	0	0	5
17T	Ernesto Lagos	22	Chile	CHI	1.80	0	0	5
19	Arieh Batun-Kleinstub	19	Israel	ISR	1.70	0	0	5

Qualifying Round Group B

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BHC	MBHC	TMBHC	TABHC
1	Gösta Svensson	22	Sweden	SWE	1.87	0	0	1
2T	Josiah Majekodunmi	25	Nigeria	NGR	1.87	0	0	2
2T	Nafiu Osagie	19	Nigeria	NGR	1.87	0	0	2
2T	James Owoo	24	Ghana	GHA	1.87	0	0	2
2T	Ken Wiesner	27	United States	USA	1.87	0	0	2
6T	Alan Paterson	24	Great Britain	GBR	1.87	0	0	4
6T	Ron Pavitt	25	Great Britain	GBR	1.87	0	0	4
6T	José da Conceição	21	Brazil	BRA	1.87	0	0	4
6T	Hans Wahli	25	Switzerland	SUI	1.87	0	0	4
6T	Peter Wells	23	Great Britain	GBR	1.87	0	0	4
11	Birger Leirud	28	Norway	NOR	1.87	0	2	5
12T	Arne Ljungqvist	21	Sweden	SWE	1.87	1	1	2
12T	Ion Söter	25	Romania	ROU	1.87	1	1	2
14	Maram Sudarmodjo	24	Indonesia	INA	1.87	2	2	5
15	Yevhen Vansovych		Soviet Union	URS	1.87	2	4	7
16	Mehnga Singh	29	India	IND	1.70	0	0	4
17	Emad El-Din Shafei	20	Egypt	EGY	1.70	1	1	5

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