European Athletics Championships 1938 / men's high jump

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's high jump
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	14 athletes from 11 countries
Competition phase	5th September
Medalist
gold	Kurt Lundqvist ( SWE )
silver	Kalevi Kotkas ( FIN )
bronze	Lauri Kalima ( FIN )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's high jump at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 5, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

The European champion was the Swede Kurt Lundqvist . He won in front of two Finns. The silver medal went to defending champion Kalevi Kotkas . Bronze went to Lauri Kalima .

Existing records

World record	2.09 m	Mel Walker	Malmo , Sweden	August 12, 1937
Championship record	2.00 m	Kalevi Kotkas	EM Turin , Italy	September 7, 1934

The existing EM record was not improved at these European championships.

execution

On the IAAF website there is only one list of results for all technical disciplines with the final result for all participants. A qualification is not listed there for any jumping, pushing or throwing competition. Accordingly, all fourteen high jumpers competed together in a group for the final.

At the Olympic Games during this time, it was common practice in the technical disciplines to first conduct a qualifying round on the morning of the competition day if the number of participants was not too small. This preliminary round was held in two groups. The final with the qualified athletes usually took place in the afternoon of the same day.

final

European champion Kurt Lundqvist won with 1.97 m and remained three centimeters below the European Championship record

September 5, 1938, 3:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Height (m)
1	Kurt Lundqvist	Sweden	1.97 PB
2	Kalevi Kotkas	Finland	1.94 SB
3	Lauri Kalima	Finland	1.94 SB
4th	Åke Ödmark	Sweden	1.90 SB
5	Erik Stai	Norway	1.90
6th	Jean Moiroud	France	1.85 PB
	Hubert Stubbs	Great Britain	1.85 PB
8th	Janós Cserna	Hungary	1.85 PB
9	Josef Cespiva	Czechoslovakia	1.80 PB
	Jacques Mantran	France	1.80 PB
	Ruggero Biancani	Italy	1.80 PB
12	O'Rafferty	Ireland	1.80
13	Wim Spanjerdt	Belgium	1.80 PB
14th	J. ways	Luxembourg	1.70 PB

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  The defending champion Kalevi Kotkas stayed six centimeters below his victory height of 1934 and thus won the silver medal

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  Åke Ödmark came in fourth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 11, 2019
• Men High Jump European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 11, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 11, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, high jump men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 11, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 11, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Men's high jump , accessed March 11, 2019
2. ^ European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 , accessed March 11, 2019