Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	24 November 1962 (1962-11-24)
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) GR
Medalists
Percy Hobson   Australia   Chilla Porter   Australia   Anton Norris   Barbados

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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

The men's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962.

The event was won by Australian Percy Hobson with a jump of 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), setting a new Games record. Hobson won by one inch ahead of fellow countryman Chilla Porter and Anton Norris from Barbados who won the bronze medal.^[1]

Records

World record	Valeriy Brumel (URS)	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)	Palo Alto, California, United States	22 July 1962
Games record	Ernle Haisley (JAM)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Cardiff, Wales	20 July 1958	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Hobson, PercyPercy Hobson	Australia	2.11 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	GR
02 !	Porter, ChillaChilla Porter	Australia	2.08 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
03 !	Norris, AntonAnton Norris	Barbados	2.03 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
04 !4	Miller, GordonGordon Miller	England	2.03 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
05 !5	Leresae, JosephJoseph Leresae	Kenya	2.03 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
06 !6	Peckham, LawrieLawrie Peckham	Australia	2.03 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
07 !7	Sneazwell, TonyTony Sneazwell	Australia	2.01 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
08 !8	Fairbrother, CrawfordCrawford Fairbrother	Scotland	1.98 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
09 !9	Etolu, PatrickPatrick Etolu	Uganda	1.98 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
10	Lucas, LeroyLeroy Lucas	British Honduras	1.93 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
11	Laboran, EdwardEdward Laboran	Papua and New Guinea	1.93 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
12	Taitt, LaurieLaurie Taitt	England	0	DNS
13	Howell, JohnJohn Howell	England	0	DNS

References