1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday September 6, 1987.
Medalists
| Gold | Patrik Sjöberg Sweden (SWE) |
| Silver | Igor Paklin Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union (URS) |
Schedule
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 05.09.1987 – ??:??h | 05.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round | |
| 06.09.1987 – 16:30h | |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42 m | June 30, 1987 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Event Record | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) | 2.32 m | August 13, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.38 m | September 6, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
Results
Qualifying round
- Held on Saturday 1987-09-05
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.38 | 2.40 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.38 | CR | |
| Igor Paklin | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.38 | CR | |
| Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | Soviet Union | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.38 | CR | |
| 4 | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 2.35 | |
| 5 | Clarence Saunders | Bermuda | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.32 | |||
| 6 | Sorin Matei | Romania | – | – | o | xxo | o | o | x– | xx | 2.32 | ||
| 7 | Ján Zvara | Czechoslovakia | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.32 | |||
| 8 | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| 9 | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | – | – | o | o | xo | xx | 2.29 | ||||
| 10 | Krzysztof Krawczyk | Poland | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 10 | Geoff Parsons | Great Britain | – | o | – | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 12 | Tom McCants | United States | – | – | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 12 | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 14 | Gerd Nagel | West Germany | – | – | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||||
| 15 | Robert Marinov | Bulgaria | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||||
| Sergey Malchenko | Soviet Union | – | xxx | NM |
See also
- 1983 Men's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
- 1984 Men's Friendship Games High Jump (Moscow)
- 1986 Men's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
- 1988 Men's Olympic High Jump (Seoul)
- 1990 Men's European Championships High Jump (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)
References
- ^ "Detailed results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ L'Athletisme (September 1987, p39)