Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,^[1] with the final on 31 August 1961.

The winning margin was 17 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's high jump was won by more than 11 cm at these games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union	Igor Kashkarov Soviet Union	Milan Valenta Czechoslovakia

Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	1.90	q
Edward Czernik	Poland	1.90	q
Helmut Donner	Austria	1.90	q
Herbert Hopf	West Germany	1.90	q
Igor Kashkarov	Soviet Union	1.90	q
Sándor Noszály	Hungary	1.90	q
Peter Riebensham	West Germany	1.90	q
Kuniyoshi Sugioka	Japan	1.90	q
Milan Valenta	Czechoslovakia	1.90	q
Constantin Dumitrescu	Romania	1.90	q
Yıldıray Pağda	Turkey	1.90
Ricardo Pérez	Cuba	1.90
Jean-Luc van Slype	Belgium	1.90
Brunello Martini	Italy	1.90
Noghadan Rughany	Iran	1.90
Yılmaz Vardaroğlu	Turkey	1.90
Marin Grigorov	Bulgaria	1.90

Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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