1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's high jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 and 29 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Bengt Nilsson  Sweden
Silver	Jiří Lanský  Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Jaroslav Kovář  Czechoslovakia

Results[]

Final[]

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Bengt Nilsson	Sweden	2.02	CR
	Jiří Lanský	Czechoslovakia	1.98
	Jaroslav Kovář	Czechoslovakia	1.96
4		Sweden	1.96
5	Yuriy Stepanov	Soviet Union	1.93
6		Bulgaria	1.93
7		West Germany	1.93
8		Poland	1.90
9		West Germany	1.90
10		Yugoslavia	1.90
11	Hans Wahli	Switzerland	1.90
12		Poland	1.85

Qualification[]

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jaroslav Kovář	Czechoslovakia	1.90	Q
	Hans Wahli	Switzerland	1.90	Q
	Bengt Nilsson	Sweden	1.90	Q
		Bulgaria	1.90	Q
		Sweden	1.90	Q
		Poland	1.90	Q
		West Germany	1.90	Q
		West Germany	1.90	Q
		Poland	1.90	Q
	Yuriy Stepanov	Soviet Union	1.90	Q
	Jiří Lanský	Czechoslovakia	1.90	Q
		Yugoslavia	1.90	Q
	Volodymyr Sitkin	Soviet Union	1.85
		Turkey	1.85
	Brendan O'Reilly	Ireland	1.85
		France	1.85
		Switzerland	1.80
	Walter Herssens	Belgium	1.80

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References[]