Men High Jump Athletics XXV Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain, 1992 - Sunday, 2nd August

Men High Jump Athletics XXV Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain, 1992 - Sunday, 2nd August - Gold Medal: Javier Sotomayor, Cuba

Final		Height	SO	215	220	224	228	231	234	237	239
1. Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	2.34m	14.			XO		O	O	XX-	X
2. Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	2.34m	6.			O		O	XO	XXX
3. Artur Partykar	Poland	2.34m	8.	O		XO		O	XO	XXX
3. Tim Forsythe	Australia	2.34m	4.		O	O		XO	XO	XXX
3. Hollis Conway	United States	2.34m	10.		O		XO		XO	XXX
6. Ralf Sonn	Germany	2.31m	11.		O	O	O	O	XX-	X
7. Troy Kemp	Bahamas	2.31m	1.		O		XO	O	XXX
8. Marino Drake	Cuba	2.28m	12.		O		O	XXX
8. Charles Austin	United States	2.28m	13.		O		O	X-	XX
8. Dragutin Topić	individual	2.28m	5.		O		O	XX-	X
11.Gustavo Becquer	Spain	2.24m			O	XO	O	XXX
12.Stephen Smith	Great Britain	2.24m		O		O	XX-	X
13.Sorin Matei	Romania	2.24m				XO	XXX
14.Georgi Dakov	Bulgaria	2.24m		O	O	XXO	XXX

world Men High Jump History

Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007.

43 competitors from 27 nations.

Qualification

World Record: 2.44m Javier Sotomayor, Cuba San Juan, Puerto Rico 29th July 1989

Olympic Record: 2.38m Genadiy Avdeenko, Soviet Union Seoul, South Korea 25th September 1988

Sotomayor, the best jumper of his generation, finally competed in the Olympics. Despite being only 24 he had missed two Olympic opportu- nities through boycotts. He made the most of his 1992 Olympic season, winning 14 of his 17 meetings prior to Barcelona. With 13 others he made 2.26 to qualify for the final, but those who missed represented a who’s who of world high jumping: Dalton Grant (GBR), Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG), Steinar Hoen (NOR), and Igor Paklin (EUN). Steve Smith (GBR) and Marino Drake (CUB) were the only jumpers to clear 2.30 in the qualifying, but neither could do so in the final, with Smith making only 2.24 for 12th place, while Drake tied with World Champion Charles Austin for eighth at 2.28. Seven cleared 2.31, but 2.34 proved to be the final clearance height for the remaining five jumpers. The quick but uneven surface was felt to be responsible for such a relatively low level. Sotomayor was the only man to clear 2.34 first time, while the other four made the height second time, with run- ner-up Sjöberg becoming the only man to win three consecutive medals in the event. The other three tied for third place.

Qualification - Friday, 31st July

Mark 2.29m. 2 Athletes passed the mark next 12 were added to Final. Virtual mark 2.26m. Jumping was stoped after 14 athletes were in competition.

Group A

Best 6 were added to Final.

Ranking		Height	200	205	210	215	220	223	226
1. Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	2.26m					O		O
2. Sorin Matei	Romania	2.26m				XO	O	XO	O
3. Hollis Conway	United States	2.26m				O	O	O	XO
4. Georgi Dakov	Bulgaria	2.26m					O	XO	XO
5. Artur Partyka	Poland	2.26m			O		O		XXO
6. Tim Forsythe	Australia	2.26m					XO	O	XXO
eliminated
7. Steinar Hoen	Norway	2.23m				O	O	XO	XXX
8. Ian Thompson	Bahamas	2.23m				XO	O	XXO	XXX
9. Darrin Plab	United States	2.20m			XXO	XO	XXO	XXX
10.Jin-Tack Lee	South Korea	2.20m					O		XXX
11.Yury Sergiyenko	United Team	2.20m			O	XO	XO	XXX
12.Wolf-Hendrik Beyer	Germany	2.20m				O	XXO	XXX
13.Yang Xu	China	2.20m		O	XO	O	XXO	XXX
14.Arturo Ortíz	Spain	2.15m					XXX
14.D. Mogenburg	Germany	2.15m				O	XXX
16.Dalton Grant	Great Britain	2.15m				XO	XXX
16.Stevan Zorić	individual	2.15m				XO	XXX
18.Khemraz Naiko	Mauritius	2.10m			O	XXX
18.Kosmas Michalopoulos	Greece	2.10m			O		XXX
18.Hossein Shayan	Iran	2.10m			O	XXX
21.Karl Scatliffe	Brit. Virgin Islands	2.10m	O	O	XO	XXX
22.Hilaire Onwanlélé	Gabob	2.05m		O	XXX

Group B

2 Athletes passed the Mark. Next 6 were added to Final.

Group B		Height	200	205	210	215	220	223	226	229
1. Marino Drake	Cuba	2.29m				O		XXO	XO	XO
2. Stephen Smith	Great Britain	2.29m				O		O	XO	XXO
3. Charles Austin	United States	2.26m					O	-	O	X-
3. Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	2.26m						O	O	X-
3. Dragutin Topić	individual	2.26m					O		O
6. Ralf Sonn	Germany	2.26m				O	XO	O	O
7. Gustavo Becquer	Spain	2.26m				XO	XO		O
8. Troy Kemp	Bahamas	2.26m					O		XO	X-
eliminated
9. Brendan Reilly	Great Britain	2.23m			O	O	XO	XXO	XXX
10.Lambros Papakostas	Greece	2.20m					O	XXX
10.Håkon Särnblom	Norway	2.20m			O	O	O		XXX
12.Igor Paklin	United Team	2.20m					XO		XXX
12.Lochsley Thompson	Australia	2.20m			O		XO	XXX
14.Alex Zaliauskas	Canada	2.15m			O	XXO	XXX
14.David Anderson	Australia	2.15m			O	XO	XXX
16.Danny Beauchamp	Seychelles	2.10m	O	O	O	XXX
16.Yacine Mousli	Algeria	2.10m			O	XXX
16.Abdullah Al-Sheeb	Qatar	2.10m		O	O	XXX
19.Hyun-Uk Cho	South Korea	2.10m			XO	XXX
20.Fakhr Aldien Gor	Jordan	2.05m	O	XO	A
-. Clarence Saunders	Bermuda	NM				XXX

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Athletics Barcelona 1992
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Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 3000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon	Women Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles	Women 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Women 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk	Women 10km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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