Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 1958 British
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The men's high jump event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 19 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Ernest Haisley
 Jamaica 		Chilla Porter
 Australia 		Robert Kotei
 Ghana

Results[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Qualifying height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
? Chilla Porter  Australia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Ken Money  Canada 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam  Ceylon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Gordon Miller  England 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Robert Kotei  Ghana 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Ernest Haisley  Jamaica 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Joseph Leresae  Kenya 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Julius Chigbolou  Nigeria 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Crawford Fairbrother  Scotland 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Learie Scipio  Trinidad and Tobago 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
? Patrick Etolu  Uganda 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Q
12 Colin Ridgway  Australia 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12 R. Garber  Ghana 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12 Vincent Gabriel  Nigeria 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12 Oladipo Okuwobi  Nigeria 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
16 Charles Vandyck  Ghana 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
16 Colin Clarkson Sierra Leone 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
18 Dave Wilson  England 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
18 John Kitching  England 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
20 Joseph Tokana  Fiji 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Saranjit Singh  India 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Omoruyi Odobo  Nigeria 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Godrey Roberts  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Desmond Luke Sierra Leone 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20 Kevin Phillips  Wales 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
26 Terence Morgan  Wales 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
27 Cosmos Julien  Mauritius 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Paul Foreman  Jamaica DNS

Final[edit]

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ernest Haisley  Jamaica 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chilla Porter  Australia 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Kotei  Ghana 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
4 Joseph Leresae  Kenya 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4 Julius Chigbolou  Nigeria 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4 Patrick Etolu  Uganda 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
7 Crawford Fairbrother  Scotland 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
8 Ken Money  Canada 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
9 Learie Scipio  Trinidad and Tobago 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
10 Gordon Miller  England 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
11 Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam  Ceylon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Many splendid performances in track and field events". The Manchester Guardian. 21 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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