Men High Jump Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) - Monday 23.08

Men High Jump Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) - Monday 23.08 - Gold Medal: Vyacheslav Voronin, Russia

Final 19:25		Height	220	225	229	232	235	237	240
1. Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.37m	O	-	O	O	O	O	XXX
2. Mark Boswell	CAN	2.35m	O	-	XXO	-	XXO	XXX
3. Martin Buss	GER	2.32m	O	O	O	O	XXX
4. Dragutin Topic	YUG	2.32m	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
5. Staffan Strand	SWE	2.29m	O	-	O	XXX
6. Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.29m	O	XXO	O	XXX
6. Jin-Taek Lee	KOR	2.29m	O	XXO	O	XXX
8. Charles Austin	USA	2.29m	O	-	XXO	XX-	X
8. Brendan Reilly	IRL	2.29m	-	O	XXO	XXX
10.Wilbert Pennings	NED	2.25m	O	O	-	XXX
10.Abderahmane Hammad	ALG	2.25m	O	O	-	XXX
10.Stefan Holm	SWE	2.25m	O	O	X-	XX
-. Steve Smith	GBR	NM	-	-	-	-	X-	XX

With Javier Sotomayor serving a suspension and Smith making it to the final but cruelly handicapped by an Achilles tendon injury, there was no obvious favourite but when the serious jumping started it became clear that the man in form was Voronin, the world indoor silver medallist. He kept a faultless card up to and including a personal best and 1999 world leading 2.37, failing only at 2.40. “I was so excited that my technique deserted me,” said the Russian.
Also inspired to new heights – in his case a Canadian record of 2.35 – was Jamaican-born Boswell, the 1996 world junior champion. Aware that his injury might stand up only to two or three jumps, Smith entered at an unprecedented 2.35 but failed once at that and 2.37 before aborting his final attempt in pain. Klyugin, who would be crowned Olympic Champion the following year, could manage only 2.20 in the qualifying contest and failed to advance.

Qualification - Saturday 21.08 19:10h

Mark 2.29m 11+2 Athletes

Group A		Height	215	220	223	226	229
1. Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.29m	-	O	O	O	O
1. Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.29m	O	O	O	O	O
1. Dragutin Topic	YUG	2.29m	O	O	O	O	O
4. Charles Austin	USA	2.29m	O	-	O	XO	O
5. Martin Buss	GER	2.29m	-	XXO	O	O	O
6. Staffan Strand	SWE	2.29m	-	O	O	O	XO
7. Wilbert Pennings	NED	2.29m	O	O	-	XO	XO
8. Abderahmane Hammad	ALG	2.29m	XXO	O	XO	XXO	XXO
9. Gilmar Mayo	COL	2.23m	O	O	XXO	X-	XX
10.Anthony Idiata	NGR	2.20m	O	O	XXX
10.Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.20m	O	O	XXX
12.Elvir Krehmic	BSH	2.20m	XO	O	-	XXX
13.Ben Challenger	GBR	2.20m	O	XXO	XXX
14.Andriy Sokolovskyy	UKR	2.15m	O	XXX
15.Lambros Papakostas	GRE	2.15m	XO	-	XXX
-. Metin Dormushev	TUR	NM	XXX

Group B		Height	215	220	223	226	229
1. Mark Boswell	CAN	2.29m	O	-	XO	O	O
1. Stefan Holm	SWE	2.29m	O	O	O	XO	O
3. Jin-Taek Lee	KOR	2.29m	O	O	-	XO	XO
4. Brendan Reilly	IRL	2.26m	O	O	-	O	XXX
4. Steve Smith	GBR	2.26m	-	O	-	O	X-
6. Wolfgang Kreissig	GER	2.26m	-	XO	O	O	XXX
7. Tim Forsyth	AUS	2.26m	O	-	XO	XXO	XXX
8. Dejan Milosevic	SLO	2.23m	O	XO	O	XXX
9. Sergey Dymchenko	UKR	2.23m	O	O	XO	XXX
10.Jan Janku	CZE	2.23m	O	XO	XO	XXX
11.Jean-Claude Rabbath	LIB	2.20m	O	XO	XXX
12.Sergey Klyugin	RUS	2.20m	XO	XO	XXX
13.Henry Patterson	USA	2.20m	O	XXO	-	XXX
14.Charles Clinger	USA	2.15m	O	XXX
15.Takahiro Kimino	JPN	2.15m	XO	XXX