Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date25 September
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning height2.38 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Hollis Conway
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Rudolf Povarnitsyn
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Patrik Sjöberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1984
1992  

The men's high jump competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, had an entry list of 27 competitors from 18 nations, with two qualifying groups (27 jumpers) before the final (16) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. There were two bronze medals awarded. [1] The event was won by Hennadiy Avdyeyenko of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump since 1972 and fourth overall. Hollis Conway's silver returned the United States to the podium after a two-Games absence (boycotted in 1980; best place was fourth in 1984) that had disrupted the American streak of medaling in every Olympic men's high jump. Patrik Sjöberg's bronze made Sweden the fourth nation (and Sjöberg the fifth man) to medal in two consecutive Games, after the United States, the Soviet Union, and France. The other bronze medal went to Rudolf Povarnitsyn of the Soviet Union after the countback could not break the tie for third.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1984 Games were gold medalist Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany, silver medalist Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden, bronze medalist Zhu Jianhua of China, sixth-place finisher Milton Ottey of Canada, and tenth-place finisher Carlo Thränhardt of West Germany. For the third straight Games, a boycott affected the high jump favorites; this time, world record holder Javier Sotomayor of Cuba was unable to compete. Without Sotomayor, it was difficult to select a favorite among the strong field which included five former world record holders. All three of the returning medalists had held the record at some point, as had Soviet team members Rudolf Povarnitsyn and Igor Paklin. The third Soviet, Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, had won the world championship in 1983 before missing the 1984 Games due to the boycott. Sjöberg was the reigning (1987) world champion. [2]

Burkina Faso made its debut in the event. The United States made its 20th 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, 2.19 metres, 2.22 metres, 2.25 metres, and 2.28 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.28 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, 2.25 metres, 2.28 metres, 2.31 metres, 2.34 metres, 2.36 metres, 2.38 metres, and 2.40 metres. [2] [3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.43 Salamanca, Spain 8 September 1988
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Gerd Wessig  (GDR)2.36 Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August 1980

All four medalists matched the Olympic record at 2.36 metres before Hennadiy Avdyeyenko broke it at 2.38 metres to win the gold.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 24 September 198812:00Qualifying
Sunday, 25 September 198812:10Final

Results

Key

Qualifying

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

RankGroupAthleteNation2.052.102.152.192.222.252.28HeightNotes
1A Dietmar Mögenburg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ooo2.28Q
A Igor Paklin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooo2.28Q
3A Geoff Parsons Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oxoo2.28Q
4A Clarence Saunders Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda oxxoo2.28Q
5A Dalton Grant Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oxoxo2.28Q
A Hollis Conway Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxoxo2.28Q
7A Arturo Ortiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain ooxoxoxo2.28Q
8B Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooo2.25q
9A Robert Ruffini Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia ooxooxxx2.25q
B Rudolf Povarnitsyn Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union xooo2.25q
B Brian Stanton Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxoo2.25q
12B Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oxxoo2.25q
13B Carlo Thränhardt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany oxo2.25q
B Jim Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxo2.25q
15B Krzysztof Krawczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland oxoxo2.25q
16A Luca Toso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oxoxxoxxx2.25q
17B Milton Ottey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada xooxxx2.22
18B Cho Hyun-wook Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea ooxxoxxx2.22
19B Brian Marshall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada oxxoxxoxxoxxx2.22
20A Troy Kemp Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas ooxxx2.19
A Sorin Matei Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania oxxx2.19
B Artur Partyka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland oooxxx2.19
23B Zhu Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oxoxxx2.19
24A Floyd Manderson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oooxxoxxx2.19
25A Paul Ngadjadoum Flag of Chad.svg  Chad ooor2.15
26B Fernando Pastoriza Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina ooxxx2.10
B Cheick Seynou Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso xxxNo mark

Final

The competition was marked by "passes and tactical maneuvers." [2]

RankAthleteNation2.152.202.252.282.312.342.362.382.402.44HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooooxox–xx2.38 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Hollis Conway Flag of the United States.svg  United States xoxoooxooxxx2.36
Bronze medal icon.svg Rudolf Povarnitsyn Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooooxoxxx2.36
Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooxoxxx2.36
5 Clarence Saunders Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda oxox–ox–xx2.34
6 Dietmar Mögenburg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany oxoxox–xx2.34
7 Dalton Grant Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxxx2.31
Igor Paklin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooox–xx2.31
Carlo Thränhardt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ooxx–x2.31
10 Jim Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxooxxx2.31
11 Brian Stanton Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxoxxx2.31
12 Krzysztof Krawczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland ooxoxxoxxx2.31
13 Luca Toso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy xoooxxx2.25
14 Arturo Ortiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain oxxoxxx2.25
15 Robert Ruffini Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia oxxoxxx2.20
16 Geoff Parsons Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain oxxx2.15

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 242.