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

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]

Athletics at the 1958 British
Empire and
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 ydmenwomen
220 ydmenwomen
440 ydmen
880 ydmen
1 milemen
3 milesmen
6 milesmen
80 m hurdleswomen
120 yd hurdlesmen
440 yd hurdlesmen
4 × 110 yd relaymenwomen
4 × 440 yd relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen

Medalists
GoldSilverBronze
Ernest Haisley
 Jamaica		 Chilla Porter
 Australia		 Robert Kotei
 Ghana

Results

Qualification

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

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
?Chilla Porter Australia6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Ken Money Canada6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam Ceylon6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Gordon Miller England6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Robert Kotei Ghana6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Ernest Haisley Jamaica6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Joseph Leresae Kenya6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Julius Chigbolou Nigeria6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Crawford Fairbrother Scotland6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Learie Scipio Trinidad and Tobago6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
?Patrick Etolu Uganda6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Q
12Colin Ridgway Australia6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12R. Garber Ghana6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12Vincent Gabriel Nigeria6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12Oladipo Okuwobi Nigeria6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
16Charles Vandyck Ghana6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
16Colin Clarkson Sierra Leone6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
18Dave Wilson England6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
18John Kitching England6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
20Joseph Tokana Fiji6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20Saranjit Singh India6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20Omoruyi Odobo Nigeria6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20Godrey Roberts Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20Desmond Luke Sierra Leone6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
20Kevin Phillips Wales6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
26Terence Morgan Wales6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
27Cosmos Julien Mauritius5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Paul Foreman JamaicaDNS

Final

[2]

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Ernest Haisley Jamaica6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Chilla Porter Australia6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Robert Kotei Ghana6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
4Joseph Leresae Kenya6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4Julius Chigbolou Nigeria6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
4Patrick Etolu Uganda6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
7Crawford Fairbrother Scotland6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
8Ken Money Canada6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
9Learie Scipio Trinidad and Tobago6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
10Gordon Miller England6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
11Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam Ceylon6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

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