2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

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The men's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 19 August and 21 August 2009.

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The 2008 Olympic gold and silver medallists, Andrey Silnov and Germaine Mason, did not compete at the Championships and the reigning world champion, Donald Thomas had been in poor form that season. The Russian duo, Yaroslav Rybakov and world leader Ivan Ukhov, were the most favoured athletes. The 2005 world champion Yuriy Krymarenko and Olympic medallist Kyriakos Ioannou had performed sub-par prior to the competition. Andrey Tereshin, Jaroslav Bába and host representative Raúl Spank rounded out the likely medal candidates. [1] In the qualification round, the two past champions (Thomas and Krymarenko) failed to make the qualifying mark of 2.30 m. All the favourites progressed, with Kyriakos Ioannou topping the rankings, while Mickael Hanany and Motswana Kabelo Kgosiemang jumped season's best to make the final. [2]

The final, held on 21 August, was delayed by 90 minutes due to heavy rainfall in Berlin, and this produced much lower results compared to the qualification for a majority of the jumpers. No medalling athlete reached the qualifying mark of 2.30 m that they had two days previously. Ivan Ukhov, who had a season's best of 2.40 m, finished with a best of 2.23 m, and Andra Manson similarly failed to match expectations. Only Rybakov, Ioannou, Spank and Sylwester Bednarek passed the 2.28 m height. Rybakov and Ioannou passed 2.32 m on their first attempts, while the other two athletes took two jumps for the height which were personal bests. These turned out to be the final passes of the competition and Rybakov beat Ioannou to the gold by having one less failed attempt in the competition, while Spank and Bednarek shared the bronze honours. [3]

This was Rybakov's first gold after three silvers in past world championships. Ioannou was Cyprus' only medallist from the championships that year. Joint-third Bednarek was a surprise medallist given that this was his first senior outdoor competition and he had started the season with a best of 2.26 m. [3] The winning result of 2.32 m was the lowest winning result in the history of high jumping finals in the World Championships in Athletics, shared with the finals of 1983 and 2005.

Medalists

Gold Yaroslav Rybakov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Silver Kyriakos Ioannou
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)
Bronze Sylwester Bednarek
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Raúl Spank
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)

Records

World record Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45 Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
Championship record Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.40 Stuttgart, Germany 22 August 1993
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  Andra Manson  (USA)2.35 Austin, United States 4 April 2009
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Jacques Freitag  (RSA)2.38 Oudtshoorn, South Africa 5 March 2005
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Jianhua  (CHN)2.39 Eberstadt, West Germany 10 June 1984
North American recordFlag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45Salamanca, Spain27 July 1993
South American record Flag of Colombia.svg  Gilmar Mayo  (COL)2.33 Pereira, Colombia 17 October 1994
European record Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Sjöberg  (SWE)2.42 Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 1987
Oceanian recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Tim Forsyth  (AUS)2.36 Melbourne, Australia 2 March 1997

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
2.31m2.28m

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 19, 200911:10 Qualification
August 21, 200919:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupNameNationality2.102.152.202.242.272.30ResultNotes
1A Kyriakos Ioannou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)-ooxxooo2.30Q, SB
2B Linus Thörnblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)-ooooxo2.30Q
3A Kabelo Kgosiemang Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)-oooxoxo2.30Q, SB
4B Raúl Spank Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)--oxoxxoxo2.30Q
5B Andra Manson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-ooxxoxxoxo2.30Q
6A Yaroslav Rybakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)--oooxxo2.30Q
6B Ivan Ukhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)-ooooxxo2.30Q
8B Mickaël Hanany Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)-ooxxooxxo2.30Q, SB
9A Giulio Ciotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)-ooooxxx2.27q
9A Martijn Nuyens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)oooooxxx2.27q
9A Keith Moffatt Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-ooooxxx2.27q
12A Jaroslav Bába Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)--oxooxxx2.27q
12B Sylwester Bednarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)oxooooxxx2.27q
14B Jessé de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)-ooxxooxxx2.27
15B Donald Thomas Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)ooooxoxxx2.27
16A Konstadínos Baniótis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)-oooxxx2.24
17A Trevor Barry Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)-xoooxxx2.24
18A Andrey Tereshin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)-ooxoxxx2.24
18B Yuriy Krymarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oooxoxxx2.24
20B Oskari Frösén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)-o-xxoxx-x2.24
21A Tora Harris Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-oxxoxxox-xx2.24
22B Javier Bermejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)oooxx-x2.20
22B Naoyuki Daigo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)-ooxxx2.20
22B Viktor Shapoval Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oooxxx2.20
25A Andriy Protsenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxooxxx2.20
26A Grzegorz Sposób Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)ooxoxxx2.20
27B Peter Horák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)ooxxoxxx2.20
28B Artsiom Zaitsau Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)-oxx2.15
28B Majed Aldin Gazal Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria  (SYR)ooxxx2.15SB
30A Dragutin Topić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)-xxoxxx2.15
A Sergey Zasimovich Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ) DNS

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

RankNameNationality2.182.232.282.322.35ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yaroslav Rybakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)ooxooxxx2.32
Silver medal icon.svg Kyriakos Ioannou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)ooxxooxxx2.32SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Sylwester Bednarek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)xooxoxoxxx2.32PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Raúl Spank Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)ooxxoxoxxx2.32PB
5 Jaroslav Bába Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)ooxxx2.23
5 Mickaël Hanany Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)ooxxx2.23
5 Martijn Nuyens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)ooxxx2.23
5 Linus Thörnblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)ooxxx2.23
9 Andra Manson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xooxxx2.23
10 Ivan Ukhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)oxoxxx2.23
11 Giulio Ciotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)xoxxoxxx2.23
11 Keith Moffatt Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xoxxoxxx2.23
13 Kabelo Kgosiemang Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)xxoxxx2.18

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

References

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Specific
  1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Men's High Jump - PREVIEW Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  2. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-19). Event Report - Men's High Jump - Qualification Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.
  3. 1 2 Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-21). Event Report - Men's High Jump - Final Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-21.