The men's high jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1. Thirty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the
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Stig Roland Helmer "Stickan" Pettersson is a retired Swedish high jumper. He won two medals at the European Athletics Championships and competed in three Olympic Games.
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
…finalists from the 1956 Games were gold medalist Charles Dumas of the United States, silver medalist Chilla Porter of Australia, fourth-place finisher Stig Pettersson of Sweden, and eleventh-place finisher Maurice Fournier of France. The world record holder, and possibly the odds-on favourite in 1960, was John Thomas…
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