Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump		women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women

The men's high jump event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2][3]

The winning margin was (in metric terms) 8 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's high jump was won by more than 5 cm at these games.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Edwin Thacker	South Africa	6 ft 5+1⁄8 in (1.96 m)	GR
	Robert Heffernan	Australia	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
	Doug Shetliffe	Australia	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
4	Peter Tancred	Australia	6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m)
5	John Newman	England	6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m)
6	Joseph Haley	Canada	6 ft 1+1⁄4 in (1.86 m)
7	Jack Metcalfe	Australia	5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m)
8	Henry Perera	British Ceylon	5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m)
9	Pat Haley	Canada	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
10	Jim Panton	Canada	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
11	Tracket Ashmead	Trinidad and Tobago	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)