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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's high jump event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 17 and 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Lawrie Peckham
 Australia
John Hawkins
 Canada
Sheikh Faye
 Gambia

Results

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Qualification

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
13 Crawford Fairbrother  Scotland 1.93
13 Phil Taylor  England 1.93
15 Cosmos Julien  Mauritius 1.83
15 Raymond Anthony  Grenada 1.83
Granville Buckley  Antigua and Barbuda DNS
L. Turnquest  Bahamas DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lawrie Peckham  Australia 2.14
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Hawkins  Canada 2.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sheikh Faye  Gambia 2.10
4 Bhim Singh  India 2.06
5 Rick Cuttell  Canada 2.06
6 Anthony Holbrook-Smith  Ghana 2.06
7 David Wilson  Scotland 2.04
8 Mike Campbell  England 2.01
9 Nor Azhar Abdul Hamid  Singapore 1.98
10 Leon Hall  England 1.96
11 Samuel Igun  Nigeria 1.96
12 Henry Jackson  Jamaica 1.88

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.