Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for Athletics
Venue Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates31 July (qualifying)
2 August (final)
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning height2.34
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Javier Sotomayor
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg Patrik Sjöberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Artur Partyka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Tim Forsyth
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Hollis Conway
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  

The men's high jump was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 43 participating athletes from 27 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualification mark was set at 2.29 metres (two + twelve athletes). [1] The event was won by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump. Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden earned silver, becoming the first man to win a third medal in the event, though he never won gold. Sweden was only the third country (after the United States and Soviet Union) to have three consecutive podium appearances. A three-way tie for third could not be resolved by countback, so bronze medals were awarded to Tim Forsyth (Australia's first medal in the event since 1956), Artur Partyka (Poland's first since 1980), and Hollis Conway (the United States reaching the podium in 20 of the 22 Olympic men's high jump competitions to date; Conway was the sixth man with two medals in the event).

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were silver medalist Hollis Conway of the United States, bronze medalist (and 1984 silver medalist) Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden, fifth-place finisher Clarence Saunders of Bermuda, sixth-place finisher (and 1984 gold medalist Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany, seventh-place finishers Dalton Grant of Great Britain and Igor Paklin of the Soviet Union (now the Unified Team), and fourteenth-place finisher Arturo Ortiz of Spain. Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, the world record holder, had been prevented from competing in 1984 and 1988 by boycotts; he finally had an opportunity to compete at the Olympics, and was favored. Sjöberg, the two-time Olympic medalist, 1987 world champion, and world record holder before Sotomayor, was also a contender. So were Americans Conway and Charles Austin (the reigning world champion). [2]

The British Virgin Islands, Gabon, Jordan, Mauritius, Qatar, and the Seychelles each made their debut in the event; former Soviet republics appeared as the "Unified Team" and Yugoslav athletes competed as "Independent Olympic Participants". The United States made its 21st 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 2.00 metres, 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.15 metres, 2.20 metres, 2.23 metres, 2.26 metres, and 2.29 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.29 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, 2.24 metres, 2.28 metres, 2.31 metres, 2.34 metres, 2.37 metres, and 2.39 metres. [2] [3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.44 San Juan, Puerto Rico 29 July 1989
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko  (URS)2.38 Seoul, South Korea 25 September 1988

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 31 July 199218:10Qualifying
Sunday, 2 August 199218:00Final

Results

Key

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. With 14 athletes clearing 2.26 metres, many chose not to even attempt (or to take only one attempt) at 2.29 metres (knowing that as long as at least 3 men did so, all of those who had achieved 2.26 metres would advance).

RankGroupAthleteNation2.002.052.102.152.202.232.262.29HeightNotes
1B Marino Drake Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba oxxoxoxo2.29Q
2B Steve Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxoxxo2.29Q
3A Javier Sotomayor Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba oo2.26q
B Charles Austin Flag of the United States.svg  United States oox-2.26q
B Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oox-2.26q
B Dragutin Topić Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants oo2.26q
7B Ralf Sonn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxooo2.26q
8A Sorin Matei Flag of Romania.svg  Romania xooxoo2.26q
B Gustavo Adolfo Becker Flag of Spain.svg  Spain xoxoo2.26q
10A Hollis Conway Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxo2.26q
B Troy Kemp Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas oxox-2.26q
12A Georgi Dakov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria oxoxoxo2.26q
13A Artur Partyka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland ooxxo2.26q
14A Tim Forsyth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia xooxxo2.26q
15A Steinar Hoen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway ooxoxxx2.23
16A Ian Thompson Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas xooxxoxxx2.23
B Brendan Reilly Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxoxxoxxx2.23
18A Darrin Plab Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxoxoxxoxxx2.23
19A Lee Jin-taek Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea oxxx2.20
B Lambros Papakostas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece oxxx2.20
B Håkon Särnblom Flag of Norway.svg  Norway oooxxx2.20
22B Igor Paklin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team xoxxx2.20
B Lochsley Thomson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oxoxxx2.20
24A Yuriy Sergiyenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team oxoxoxxx2.20
25A Wolf-Hendrik Beyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxxoxxx2.20
26A Xu Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China oxooxxoxxx2.20
27A Arturo Ortiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain oxxx2.15
A Dietmar Mögenburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxxx2.15
29A Dalton Grant Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain xoxxx2.15
A Stevan Zorić Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants xoxxx2.15
31A David Anderson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oxxoxxx2.15
A Alex Zaliauskas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada oxxoxxx2.15
33A Khemraj Naiko Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius oxxx2.10
A Kosmas Mikhalopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece oxxx2.10
A Hossein Shahyan Flag of Iran.svg  Iran oxxx2.10
B Danny Beauchamp Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles oooxxx2.10
B Yacine Mousli Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria oxxx2.10
B Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar ooxxx2.10
39A Karl Scatliffe Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands ooxoxxx2.10
B Cho Hyun-uk Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea xoxxx2.10
41A Hilaire Onwanlélé-Ozimo Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon oxxx2.05
42B Fakhredin Fouad Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan oxoxxx2.05
B Clarence Saunders Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda xxxNo mark

Final

The final was held on August 2, 1992.

RankAthleteNation2.152.202.242.282.312.342.372.39Height
Gold medal icon.svg Javier Sotomayor Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba xoooxx-x2.34
Silver medal icon.svg Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooxoxxx2.34
Bronze medal icon.svg Artur Partyka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland oxooxoxxx2.34
Tim Forsyth Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooxoxoxxx2.34
Hollis Conway Flag of the United States.svg  United States oxoxoxxx2.34
6 Ralf Sonn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ooooxx-x2.31
7 Troy Kemp Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas oxooxxx2.31
8 Marino Drake Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba ooxxx2.28
Charles Austin Flag of the United States.svg  United States oox-xx2.28
Dragutin Topić Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants ooxx-x2.28
11 Gustavo Adolfo Becker Flag of Spain.svg  Spain oxooxxx2.28
12 Steve Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxx-x2.24
13 Sorin Matei Flag of Romania.svg  Romania xoxxx2.24
14 Georgi Dakov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria ooxxoxxx2.24

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 48.