1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

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.

Medalists Gold Bengt Nilsson Silver Jiří Lanský Bronze Jaroslav Kovář

Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Bengt Nilsson 2.02 CR Jiří Lanský 1.98 Jaroslav Kovář 1.96 4 Bertil Holmgren 1.96 5 Yuriy Stepanov 1.93 6 Todor Belchev 1.93 7 Werner Bahr 1.93 8 Zbigniew Lewandowski 1.90 9 Hans-Jürgen Jenss 1.90 10 Vlado Marjanović 1.90 11 Hans Wahli 1.90 12 Kazimierz Fabrykowski 1.85

Qualification 27 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Jaroslav Kovář 1.90 Q Hans Wahli 1.90 Q Bengt Nilsson 1.90 Q Todor Belchev 1.90 Q Bertil Holmgren 1.90 Q Zbigniew Lewandowski 1.90 Q Hans-Jürgen Jenss 1.90 Q Werner Bahr 1.90 Q Kazimierz Fabrykowski 1.90 Q Yuriy Stepanov 1.90 Q Jiří Lanský 1.90 Q Vlado Marjanović 1.90 Q Volodymyr Sitkin 1.85 Erdal Akkan 1.85 Brendan O'Reilly 1.85 Etienne Roques 1.85 Wolfgang Weiss 1.80 Walter Herssens 1.80

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

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