Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 17–19 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]
Men's high jump at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 17 August 2008 (qualification) 19 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 2.36 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The qualifying standards were 2.30 m (7.55 ft) (A standard) and 2.27 m (7.45 ft) (B standard).[2]
Notably, reigning world champion Donald Thomas, who cleared 2.32 metres in Osaka 2007, finished only in twenty-first place, but failed to advance into the final round.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2.45 m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 | |
Olympic record | 2.39 m | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 2.32 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Jaroslav Bába | - | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q | |
B | Jessé de Lima | - | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q | ||
B | Tomáš Janků | o | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q | ||
A | Germaine Mason | - | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q | ||
5 | A | Raúl Spank | - | o | o | xo | o | 2.29 | q | |
6 | B | Martyn Bernard | - | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q | |
A | Stefan Holm | - | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q | ||
B | Andrey Silnov | - | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q | ||
9 | B | Filippo Campioli | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q | |
A | Rožle Prezelj | - | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q | ||
A | Yaroslav Rybakov | - | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q | ||
12 | B | Tom Parsons | - | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | q | |
13 | A | Andra Manson | - | xo | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | ||
14 | A | Andrea Bettinelli | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | ||
A | Mickael Hanany | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |||
A | Vyacheslav Voronin | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |||
17 | A | Dragutin Topić | - | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.25 | ||
18 | B | Kyriakos Ioannou | - | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.25 | ||
19 | B | Michael Mason | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | ||
B | Jesse Williams | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | |||
21 | B | Dmytro Demyanyuk | o | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | |||
A | Niki Palli | o | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
A | Donald Thomas | - | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
24 | A | Michał Bieniek | - | xo | o | xxx | 2.20 | |||
A | Majed Aldin Gazal | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.20 | =NR | |||
26 | A | Dusty Jonas | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
B | Linus Thörnblad | - | o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
28 | B | James Grayman | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
29 | B | Javier Bermejo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
B | Kabelo Kgosiemang | - | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
B | Alessandro Talotti | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
32 | B | Lee Hup Wei | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
33 | A | Peter Horák | o | xo | xxx | 2.15 | ||||
B | Yuriy Krymarenko | o | xo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
A | Gerardo Martínez | o | xo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
36 | B | Naoyuki Daigo | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.15 | ||||
37 | A | Konstadínos Baniótis | xo | xxx | 2.10 | |||||
B | Sergey Zasimovich | xo | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
39 | A | Oleksandr Nartov | xxo | xxx | 2.10 | |||||
B | Huang Haiqiang | xxx | NM |
Final
The final was held on August 19.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.42 | Result | Notes |
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Andrey Silnov | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.36 | |||
Germaine Mason | – | o | o | x– | o | o | xxx | 2.34 | PB | |||
Yaroslav Rybakov | – | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.34 | SB | |||
4 | Stefan Holm | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 2.32 | |||
5 | Raúl Spank | o | o | o | o | xxo | xx– | x | 2.32 | PB | ||
6 | Jaroslav Bába | o | o | o | o | x– | x– | x | 2.29 | |||
7 | Tomáš Janků | o | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 2.29 | ||||
8 | Tom Parsons | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | ||||||
9 | Martyn Bernard | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 2.25 | |||||
10 | Jessé de Lima | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | |||||||
Filippo Campioli | – | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||||||
12 | Rožle Prezelj | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 |
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References
- "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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