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

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
