Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 2
Competitors	40 from 23 nations
Medalists
Cornelius Johnson United States   Dave Albritton United States   Delos Thurber United States

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. The final was won by American Cornelius Johnson.

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Height	Notes
1	Dave Albritton	United States	1.85
1	Günther Gehmert	Germany	1.85
1	Jerzy Pławczyk	Poland	1.85
1	Kimio Yada	Japan	1.85
1	Mihály Bodosi	Hungary	1.85
1	Veikko Peräsalo	Finland	1.85
1	Jan Brasser	Netherlands	1.85
1	Aksel Kuuse	Estonia	1.85
1	Simeon Toribio	Philippines	1.85
1	Poul Otto	Denmark	1.85
1	Kalevi Kotkas	Finland	1.85
1	Gustav Weinkötz	Germany	1.85
1	Yoshiro Asakuma	Japan	1.85
1	Joe Haley	Canada	1.85
1	Rudolf Eggenberg	Switzerland	1.85
1	Cornelius Johnson	United States	1.85
1	Delos Thurber	United States	1.85
1	Åke Ödmark	Sweden	1.85
1	Lauri Kalima	Finland	1.85
1	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	1.85
1	Hiroshi Tanaka	Japan	1.85
1	Edwin Thacker	South Africa	1.85
23	Alfredo Mendes	Brazil	1.80
23	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	1.80
23	Robert Kennedy	Great Britain	1.80
23	Ícaro Mello	Brazil	1.80
23	Jack Newman	Great Britain	1.80
23	Gerard Carlier	Netherlands	1.80
23	Edvard Natvig	Norway	1.80
23	Sigurður Sigurðsson	Iceland	1.80
23	Fritz Flachberger	Austria	1.80
32	Stanley West	Great Britain	1.70
32	Fritz Neuruhrer	Austria	1.70
32	Břetislav Krátký	Czechoslovakia	1.70
32	Hans Mohr	Yugoslavia	1.70
32	Zdeněk Sobotka	Czechoslovakia	1.70
32	Hans Martens	Germany	1.70
32	Konstantinos Pantazis	Greece	1.70
32	Karol Hoffmann	Poland	1.70
32	Wu Bixian	Republic of China	1.70

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.70	1.80	1.85	1.90	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.03	2.08	Result	Notes
	Cornelius Johnson	United States	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.03	OR
	Dave Albritton	United States	o	xo	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.00
	Delos Thurber	United States	o	pass	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx		2.00
4	Kalevi Kotkas	Finland	pass	o	pass	o	xxo	o	xxo	xxx		2.00
5	Kimio Yada	Japan	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.97
6	Hiroshi Tanaka	Japan	o	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.94
6	Yoshiro Asakuma	Japan	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx				1.94
6	Lauri Kalima	Finland	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx				1.94
6	Gustav Weinkötz	Germany	o	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx				1.94
10	Aksel Kuuse	Estonia	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					1.90
10	Günther Gehmert	Germany	pass	xo	o	xxo	xxx					1.90
12	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Jan Brasser	Netherlands	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Åke Ödmark	Sweden	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Edwin Thacker	South Africa	o	o	o	xxx						1.85
12	Joe Haley	Canada	pass	xo	o	xxx						1.85
12	Simeon Toribio	Philippines	o	xo	o	xxx						1.85
12	Poul Otto	Denmark	o	xo	xo	xxx						1.85
12	Veikko Peräsalo	Finland	xo	o	xxo	xxx						1.85
12	Rudolf Eggenberg	Switzerland	pass	o	xxo	xxx						1.85
12	Mihály Bodosi	Hungary	o	o	xxo	xxx						1.85
22	Jerzy Pławczyk	Poland	o	o	xxx							1.80

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's high jump, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-05-08.