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

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.

Men's high jump at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	17 and 18 July 1970
Medalists
Lawrie Peckham    Australia   John Hawkins    Canada   Sheikh Faye    The Gambia

Medallists

Medallists

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

Results

Qualification

Athletes eliminated before final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	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

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	2.14
	John Hawkins	Canada	2.12
	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

• Qualification results (p28)
• Final results (p9)
• Australian results