Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1.Results
All jumpers reaching 2.00 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.Qualifying
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | Notes |
| 1 | John Thomas | | 2.00 | - | - | o | |
| 2T | Viktor Bolshov | | 2.00 | o | - | o | |
| 2T | Stig Pettersson | | 2.00 | - | o | o | |
| 4T | Maurice Fournier | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 4T | Robert Kotei | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 4T | Jiří Lanský | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 4T | Kjell-Åke Nilsson | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 4T | Sándor Noszály | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 4T | Cornel Porumb | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 4T | Robert Shavlakadze | | 2.00 | o | o | o | |
| 11 | Theo Püll | | 2.00 | xo | o | o | |
| 12 | Piotr Sobotta | | 2.00 | o | xxo | o | |
| 13T | Valery Brumel | | 2.00 | o | - | xo | |
| 13T | Gordon Miller | | 2.00 | - | o | xo | |
| 15T | Charlie Dumas | | 2.00 | o | o | xo | |
| 15T | Joe Faust | | 2.00 | o | o | xo | |
| 17 | Mahamat Idriss | | 2.00 | o | o | xxo | |
| 18 | Kuniyoshi Sugioka | | 1.95 | - | o | xxx | |
| 19T | René Maurer | | 1.95 | o | o | xxx | |
| 19T | Werner Pfeil | | 1.95 | o | o | xxx | |
| 19T | Eero Salminen | | 1.95 | o | o | xxx | |
| 22T | Helmut Donner | | 1.95 | xo | o | xxx | |
| 22T | Crawford Fairbrother | | 1.95 | o | xo | xxx | |
| 24T | Jón Pétursson | | 1.95 | xo | o | xxx | |
| 24T | Peter Riebensahm | | 1.95 | o | xo | xxx | |
| 26 | Đorđe Majtan | | 1.95 | - | xxo | xxx | |
| 27 | Chilla Porter | | 1.95 | o | xxo | xxx | |
| 28 | Samuel Igun | | 1.90 | o | xxx | | - |
| 29 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa | | 1.90 | xxo | xxx | | |
| - | Mohamed Abdul Razzak | | - | xxx | | | NM |
| - | Sylvain Bitan | | - | xxx | | | NM |
| - | Çetin Şahiner | | - | xxx | | | NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.18 | Notes |
| Robert Shavlakadze | | 2.16 | - | - | xo | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | OR |
| Valery Brumel | | 2.16 | - | o | - | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | =OR |
| John Thomas | | 2.14 | - | - | o | - | o | o | - | xo | xxx | - | - |
| 4 | Viktor Bolshov | | 2.14 | - | o | - | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | - | - |
| 5 | Stig Pettersson | | 2.09 | o | - | o | - | xxo | xxo | xxx | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Charlie Dumas | | 2.03 | - | - | o | o | - | xxx | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7T | Jiří Lanský | | 2.03 | o | o | o | o | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7T | Kjell-Åke Nilsson | | 2.03 | o | o | o | o | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7T | Theo Püll | | 2.03 | o | o | o | o | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Robert Kotei | | 2.03 | o | - | o | xo | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Cornel Porumb | | 2.03 | o | o | o | xo | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Mahamat Idriss | | 2.03 | - | xo | xo | xo | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Sándor Noszály | | 2.03 | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Maurice Fournier | | 2.00 | - | o | o | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Piotr Sobotta | | 2.00 | o | o | o | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Gordon Miller | | 2.00 | o | o | xxo | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Joe Faust | | 1.95 | o | o | xxx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Key: OR = Olympic record; =OR = equalled Olympic record NM = no mark; o = clear ; - = pass; x = fail
