1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

Events at the
1997 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Wednesday 1997-08-06.

Medalists

Gold Javier Sotomayor
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Artur Partyka
Poland (POL)
Bronze Tim Forsyth
Australia (AUS)

Results

Qualifying round

4 August

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.15 2.19 2.23 2.26 2.28 Result Notes
1 A Gilmar Mayo  Colombia o o o o o 2.28 Q, PB
1 A Lee Jin-taek  South Korea – o – o o 2.28 Q
1 B Artur Partyka  Poland – o – o o 2.28 Q
1 B Javier Sotomayor  Cuba – – o o o 2.28 Q
1 B Steinar Hoen  Norway – – o – o 2.28 Q
6 A Lambros Papakostas  Greece – o o o xo 2.28 Q
7 A Martin Buß  Germany o xo o xo xo 2.28 Q
8 B Tim Forsyth  Australia o – – o xxo 2.28 Q
9 B Konstantin Matusevich  Israel o o xo xo xxo 2.28 Q
10 B Dalton Grant  Great Britain – xo o xxo xxo 2.28 Q, SB
11 B Jan Janků  Czech Republic – o xo o xxx 2.26 q
12 B Sergey Klyugin  Russia o xxo o o xxx 2.26 q
13 A Charles Austin  United States – o – xo xxx 2.26
14 B Steve Smith  Great Britain o – xo xo xxx 2.26
15 A Staffan Strand  Sweden o – o xxx 2.23
15 A Charles Lefrançois  Canada – o o xxx 2.23
15 B Didier Detchénique  France o o o xxx 2.23
15 B Stevan Zorić  Yugoslavia – o o xxx 2.23
15 B Brian Brown  United States o – o xxx 2.23
20 B Dimitrios Kokotis  Greece xxo o o xxx 2.23
20 B Mustapha Raifak  France xxo o o xxx 2.23
22 A Jarosław Kotewicz  Poland o – xo xxx 2.23
22 A Mark Boswell  Canada – o xo xxx 2.23
22 A Mark Mandy  Ireland o o xo xx– x 2.23
22 A Dragutin Topić  Yugoslavia o – xo – xxx 2.23
26 A Elvir Krehmić Bosnia and Herzegovina xxo o xo xxx 2.23
27 A Brendan Reilly  Great Britain – o xxo xx– x 2.23
28 A Arturo Ortíz  Spain – o – xxx 2.19
28 A Tomáš Janků  Czech Republic o o xxx 2.19
30 A Randy Jenkins  United States xxo xxo – xxx 2.19
31 A Konstantinos Liapis  Greece o xxx 2.15
31 B Glenn Howard  New Zealand o xxx 2.15
31 B Julio Luciano  Dominican Republic o xxx 2.15
34 B Michiya Onoue  Japan xo xxx 2.15
35 B Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius xxo xxx 2.15

Final

Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.37 2.39 Result Notes
Javier Sotomayor  Cuba – xo – o o xo – 2.37 WL
Artur Partyka  Poland o – o – xo xx– x 2.35 SB
Tim Forsyth  Australia o – xo o xo x– xx 2.35
4 Steinar Hoen  Norway – o o o xx– x 2.32
4 Dalton Grant  Great Britain – – – o xxx 2.32 SB
6 Lambros Papakostas  Greece – o o xo xx– x 2.32 SB
7 Konstantin Matusevich  Israel o o o xxx 2.29
8 Lee Jin-taek  South Korea xo o o xxx 2.29
9 Martin Buß  Germany xxo o o xxx 2.29
10 Gilmar Mayo  Colombia o o xo xxx 2.29
11 Sergey Klyugin  Russia xo xo xxo r 2.29
12 Jan Janků  Czech Republic o o xxx 2.25

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