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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
VenueEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates31 July (qualifying)
2 August (final)
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning height2.34
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artur Partyka
 Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tim Forsyth
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hollis Conway
 United States
← 1988
1996 →

The men's high jump was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 43 participating athletes from 27 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualification mark was set at 2.29 metres (two + twelve athletes).[1] The event was won by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump. Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden earned silver, becoming the first man to win a third medal in the event, though he never won gold. Sweden was only the third country (after the United States and Soviet Union) to have three consecutive podium appearances. A three-way tie for third could not be resolved by countback, so bronze medals were awarded to Tim Forsyth (Australia's first medal in the event since 1956), Artur Partyka (Poland's first since 1980), and Hollis Conway (the United States reaching the podium in 20 of the 22 Olympic men's high jump competitions to date; Conway was the sixth man with two medals in the event).

Background

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This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were silver medalist Hollis Conway of the United States, bronze medalist (and 1984 silver medalist) Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden, fifth-place finisher Clarence Saunders of Bermuda, sixth-place finisher (and 1984 gold medalist Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany, seventh-place finishers Dalton Grant of Great Britain and Igor Paklin of the Soviet Union (now the Unified Team), and fourteenth-place finisher Arturo Ortiz of Spain. Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, the world record holder, had been prevented from competing in 1984 and 1988 by boycotts; he finally had an opportunity to compete at the Olympics, and was favored. Sjöberg, the two-time Olympic medalist, 1987 world champion, and world record holder before Sotomayor, was also a contender. So were Americans Conway and Charles Austin (the reigning world champion).[2]

The British Virgin Islands, Gabon, Jordan, Mauritius, Qatar, and the Seychelles each made their debut in the event; former Soviet republics appeared as the "Unified Team" and Yugoslav athletes competed as "Independent Olympic Participants". The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. Jumpers were eliminated if they had three consecutive failures, whether at a single height or between multiple heights if they attempted to advance before clearing a height.

The qualifying round had the bar set at 2.00 metres, 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.15 metres, 2.20 metres, 2.23 metres, 2.26 metres, and 2.29 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.29 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 jumpers could achieve it, the top 12 (including ties) would advance to the final.

The final had jumps at 2.15 metres, 2.20 metres, 2.24 metres, 2.28 metres, 2.31 metres, 2.34 metres, 2.37 metres, and 2.39 metres.[2][3]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.44 San Juan, Puerto Rico 29 July 1989
Olympic record  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.38 Seoul, South Korea 25 September 1988

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 31 July 1992 18:10 Qualifying
Sunday, 2 August 1992 18:00 Final

Results

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Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying round

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. With 14 athletes clearing 2.26 metres, many chose not to even attempt (or to take only one attempt) at 2.29 metres (knowing that as long as at least 3 men did so, all of those who had achieved 2.26 metres would advance).

Rank Group Athlete Nation 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.23 2.26 2.29 Height Notes
1 B Marino Drake  Cuba o xxo xo xo 2.29 Q
2 B Steve Smith  Great Britain o o xo xxo 2.29 Q
3 A Javier Sotomayor  Cuba o o 2.26 q
B Charles Austin  United States o o x- 2.26 q
B Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden o o x- 2.26 q
B Dragutin Topić  Independent Olympic Participants o o 2.26 q
7 B Ralf Sonn  Germany o xo o o 2.26 q
8 A Sorin Matei  Romania xo o xo o 2.26 q
B Gustavo Adolfo Becker  Spain xo xo o 2.26 q
10 A Hollis Conway  United States o o o xo 2.26 q
B Troy Kemp  Bahamas o xo x- 2.26 q
12 A Georgi Dakov  Bulgaria o xo xo xo 2.26 q
13 A Artur Partyka  Poland o o xxo 2.26 q
14 A Tim Forsyth  Australia xo o xxo 2.26 q
15 A Steinar Hoen  Norway o o xo xxx 2.23
16 A Ian Thompson  Bahamas xo o xxo xxx 2.23
B Brendan Reilly  Great Britain o o xo xxo xxx 2.23
18 A Darrin Plab  United States xxo xo xxo xxx 2.23
19 A Lee Jin-taek  South Korea o xxx 2.20
B Lambros Papakostas  Greece o xxx 2.20
B Håkon Särnblom  Norway o o o xxx 2.20
22 B Igor Paklin  Unified Team xo xxx 2.20
B Lochsley Thomson  Australia o xo xxx 2.20
24 A Yuriy Sergiyenko  Unified Team o xo xo xxx 2.20
25 A Wolf-Hendrik Beyer  Germany o xxo xxx 2.20
26 A Xu Yang  China o xo o xxo xxx 2.20
27 A Arturo Ortiz  Spain o xxx 2.15
A Dietmar Mögenburg  Germany o xxx 2.15
29 A Dalton Grant  Great Britain xo xxx 2.15
A Stevan Zorić  Independent Olympic Participants xo xxx 2.15
31 A David Anderson  Australia o xxo xxx 2.15
A Alex Zaliauskas  Canada o xxo xxx 2.15
33 A Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius o xxx 2.10
A Kosmas Mikhalopoulos  Greece o xxx 2.10
A Hossein Shahyan  Iran o xxx 2.10
B Danny Beauchamp  Seychelles o o o xxx 2.10
B Yacine Mousli  Algeria o xxx 2.10
B Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib  Qatar o o xxx 2.10
39 A Karl Scatliffe  British Virgin Islands o o xo xxx 2.10
B Cho Hyun-uk  South Korea xo xxx 2.10
41 A Hilaire Onwanlélé-Ozimo  Gabon o xxx 2.05
42 B Fakhredin Fouad  Jordan o xo xxx 2.05
B Clarence Saunders  Bermuda xxx No mark

Final

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The final was held on August 2, 1992.

Rank Athlete Nation 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 2.34 2.37 2.39 Height
1st place, gold medalist(s) Javier Sotomayor  Cuba xo o o xx- x 2.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden o o xo xxx 2.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artur Partyka  Poland o xo o xo xxx 2.34
Tim Forsyth  Australia o o xo xo xxx 2.34
Hollis Conway  United States o xo xo xxx 2.34
6 Ralf Sonn  Germany o o o o xx- x 2.31
7 Troy Kemp  Bahamas o xo o xxx 2.31
8 Marino Drake  Cuba o o xxx 2.28
Charles Austin  United States o o x- xx 2.28
Dragutin Topić  Independent Olympic Participants o o xx- x 2.28
11 Gustavo Adolfo Becker  Spain o xo o xxx 2.28
12 Steve Smith  Great Britain o o xx- x 2.24
13 Sorin Matei  Romania xo xxx 2.24
14 Georgi Dakov  Bulgaria o o xxo xxx 2.24

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 48.
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