Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Track & Field 1984 Olympics tickets.jpg
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Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates10–11 August
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning height2.35
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dietmar Mögenburg
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Patrik Sjöberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhu Jianhua
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  1980
1988  

The men's high jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 10–11 August 1984. [1] Thirty athletes from 20 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump (mirroring East Germany's victory in 1980). Patrik Sjöberg's silver was Sweden's first medal in the event since 1920. Zhu Jianhua won bronze in the People's Republic of China's first appearance. The United States, which had made the podium in each of the 18 editions of the high jump before the 1980 boycott, now missed the podium for the first time in which the country competed, as Dwight Stones in fourth place fell just short of becoming the first man to earn three medals in the event.

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1980 Games were fifth-place finisher Roland Dalhäuser of Switzerland and ninth-place finisher Mark Naylor of Great Britain. Two-time bronze medalist (1972 and 1976) Dwight Stones of the United States, who had missed the Moscow Games due to the boycott, was back, however. Going into the competition, a clear favourite was China's Zhu Jianhua, who won bronze in the 1983 World Championships and who had set a new world record of 2.39 metres on 10 June 1984, less than two months before the Games in Los Angeles. Stones was also a contender, along with Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany. [2]

The People's Republic of China (as "China"), Hong Kong, and Zambia each made their debut in the event; the Republic of China appeared for the first time as "Chinese Taipei". The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.15 metres, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, and 2.24 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.24 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, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, 2.24 metres, 2.27 metres, 2.29 metres, 2.31 metres, 2.33 metres, 2.35 metres, and 2.40 metres. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Jianhua  (CHN)2.39 Eberstadt, West Germany 10 June 1984
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Gerd Wessig  (GDR)2.36 Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August 1980

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 10 August 19849:30Qualifying
Saturday, 11 August 198416:30Final

Results

Key

Qualifying round

Qualification rule: qualifying performance 2.24 m (Q) or twelve best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNation2.052.102.152.182.212.24HeightNotes
1A Milton Goode Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooo2.24Q
A Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooo2.24Q
A Zhu Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oooo2.24Q
B Liu Yunpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oooo2.24Q
A Doug Nordquist Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooo2.24Q
A Milton Ottey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ooooo2.24Q
A Dietmar Mögenburg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ooo2.24Q
8A Dwight Stones Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxoo2.24Q
9B Cai Shu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oooxo2.24Q
A Erkki Niemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ooooxo2.24Q
11A Roland Dalhäuser Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland xxoxo2.24Q
12A Carlo Thränhardt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ox–oxxo2.24Q
13B John Atkinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oooxooxxx2.21
B Thomas Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooxooxxx2.21
15A Eddy Annys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium oxoxxx2.21
B Geoff Parsons Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oxoxxx2.21
A Takao Sakamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oooxoxxx2.21
18A Gerd Nagel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany oxoooxxx2.18
19B Hrvoje Fižuleto Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia oxxoxooxxx2.18
20B Alain Metellus Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ooxoxxx2.18
21B Nick Saunders Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda ooxxoxxx2.18
22B Novica Čanović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia oxxx2.15
B Dimitrios Kattis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece oxxx2.15
24A Franck Verzy Flag of France.svg  France oxoxxx2.15
25B Desmond Morris Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica xoxoxxx2.15
26B Liu Chin-chiang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei oxoxxx2.10
B Lam Tin Sau Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong oxoxxx2.10
28B Mutale Mulenga Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia xoxxx2.05 NR
A Stephen Wray Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas xxxNo mark
B Mark Naylor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xxxNo mark

Final

RankAthleteNation2.152.182.212.242.272.292.312.332.352.40Height
Gold medal icon.svg Dietmar Mögenburg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ooooooxxx2.35
Silver medal icon.svg Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oxooxoxoxxx2.33
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhu Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oooox–xx2.31
4 Dwight Stones Flag of the United States.svg  United States oox–oxxx2.31
5 Doug Nordquist Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooooxxx2.29
6 Milton Ottey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ooxoxooxxx2.29
7 Liu Yunpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oooxxoxoxxx2.29
8 Cai Shu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oxooxox–xx2.27
9 Erkki Niemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland oxoxxoxxx2.24
10 Carlo Thränhardt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany xoxx–2.15
Roland Dalhäuser Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland xxxNo mark
Milton Goode Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxxNo mark

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