The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. Twenty-seven athletes from 16 nations competed. Th

Omoba Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin, M.D. was a Nigerian-born high jumper and long jumper, who became the first Nigerian to compete in an Olympics final in 1948, when representing Great Britain.