Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The Men's high jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 20 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. American athlete Walt Davis won the gold medal and set a new Olympic Record.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| 20 July | Final | 2.04 m | OR |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 1.87 advance to the Final.| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Best height | Notes |
| 1 | A | Arnold Betton | 1.87 | ||
| 1 | A | Walt Davis | 1.87 | ||
| 1 | B | Gösta Svensson | 1.87 | ||
| 4 | A | Bjørn Gundersen | 1.87 | ||
| 4 | B | Josia Majekodummi | 1.87 | ||
| 4 | B | Nafiu Osagie | 1.87 | ||
| 4 | B | James Owoo | 1.87 | ||
| 4 | B | Ken Wiesner | 1.87 | ||
| 9 | A | Boniface Guobadia | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | A | Claude Bénard | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | A | Jacques Delelienne | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | A | Mihajlo Dimitrijević | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | A | Pekka Halme | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | A | Albert Koskinen | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | B | Alan Paterson | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | B | Ron Pavitt | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | B | José da Conceição | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | B | Hans Wahli | 1.87 | ||
| 10 | B | Peter Wells | 1.87 | ||
| 20 | A | Georges Damitio | 1.87 | ||
| 21 | B | Birger Leirud | 1.87 | ||
| 22 | B | Arne Ljungqvist | 1.87 | ||
| 22 | B | Ioan Soter | 1.87 | ||
| 24 | A | Yury Ilyasov | 1.87 | ||
| 25 | A | Pat Leane | 1.87 | ||
| 26 | B | Maram Sudarmodjo | 1.87 | ||
| 27 | A | Teófilo Davis | 1.87 | ||
| 28 | B | Yevhen Vansovych | 1.87 | ||
| 29 | A | Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam | 1.84 | ||
| 30 | A | Walter Herssens | 1.84 | ||
| 31 | A | Andres Franco | 1.84 | ||
| 32 | A | Hércules Azcune | 1.80 | ||
| 32 | A | Ernesto Lagos | 1.80 | ||
| 34 | B | Mehnga Singh | 1.70 | ||
| 35 | A | Arieh Batun-Kleinstub | 1.70 | ||
| 36 | B | Emad El-Din Shafei | 1.70 |
Final
The final was held on July 20.| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.70 | 1.80 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.04 | 2.07 | Result | Notes |
| Walt Davis | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.04 | OR | ||
| Ken Wiesner | – | o | o | x– | o | o | xxx | 2.01 | ||||
| José da Conceição | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.98 | |||||
| 4 | Gösta Svensson | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 1.98 | ||||
| 5 | Ron Pavitt | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
| 6 | Ioan Soter | – | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
| 7 | Arnold Betton | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | |||||
| 8 | Bjørn Gundersen | – | – | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 9 | Jacques Delelienne | – | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 9 | Josiah Majekodunmi | – | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 11 | Pekka Halme | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 11 | Peter Wells | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 13 | Georges Damitio | – | xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 13 | Yury Ilyasov | – | xo | o | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 15 | Arne Ljungqvist | – | – | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 16 | Hans Wahli | – | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 17 | Birger Leirud | – | – | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 18 | Claude Bénard | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 18 | Nafiu Osagie | – | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | ||||||
| 20 | Mihajlo Dimitrijević | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 20 | Boniface Guobadia | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 20 | James Owoo | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 20 | Maram Sudarmodjo | – | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 24 | Téofilo Davis | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 24 | Albert Koskinen | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 24 | Pat Leane | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 24 | Alan Paterson | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | |||||||
| 28 | Yevhen Vansovych | – | xo | xxx | 1.80 |