Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Stefan Holm 2013.jpg
Stefan Holm (2013)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors38 from 27 nations
Winning height2.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Stefan Holm
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Hemingway
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Jaroslav Bába
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2000
2008  

The men's high jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. [1] [2] Thirty-eight athletes from 27 nations competed. [3] The event was won by Stefan Holm of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump and first medal in the event since Patrik Sjöberg won three in a row from 1984 to 1992. Matt Hemingway took silver, returning the United States to the podium after a one-Games absence. Jaroslav Bába's bronze was the first medal in the event for the Czech Republic.

Background

This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were bronze medalist Abderrahmane Hammad of Algeria, fourth-place finisher Stefan Holm of Sweden, sixth-place finishers Mark Boswell of Canada and Staffan Strand of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Vyacheslav Voronin of Russia. Dragutin Topić competed under for the fourth time, under his third flag (the Olympic flag as an Independent Olympic Participant in 1992, Yugoslavia in 1996 and 2000, and now Serbia and Montenegro). Holm was favored; he had placed second at the 2003 world championship (the winner, Jacques Freitag, was present in Athens but injured) and "had won 17 consecutive meets leading up to Athina." [3]

Cyprus, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Sri Lanka each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 24th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's high jump, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 2.30 metres or higher during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 2.27 metres or higher could be entered. [4]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps. [5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows.

World recordFlag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45 Salamanca, Spain27 July 1992
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Charles Austin  (USA)2.39 Atlanta, United States28 July 1996
World LeadingFlag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Holm  (SWE)2.37 Stockholm, Sweden12 February 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 20 August 200420:00Qualifying
Sunday, 22 August 200419:30Final

Results

Key

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 2.28 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation2.102.152.202.252.28HeightNotes
1B Stefan Holm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ooo2.28Q
A Jamie Nieto Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooo2.28Q
A Mark Boswell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ooo2.28Q, SB
4A Andriy Sokolovskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine ooxoo2.28Q
B Lisvany Pérez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba oxoooo2.28Q, PB
B Svatoslav Ton Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic ooxooo2.28Q
7A Alessandro Talotti Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy oxoxxoo2.28Q
8A Yaroslav Rybakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oooxo2.28Q
9A Dragutin Topić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro oxooxo2.28Q, =SB
B Jaroslav Bába Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic ooxoxo2.28Q
11B Matt Hemingway Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooxxo2.28Q
12B Vyacheslav Voronin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxoxoxxo2.28Q
13A Hennazdy Maroz Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus oooxxx2.25
B Nicola Ciotti Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy oooxxx2.25
15A Ştefan Vasilache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania oxooxxx2.25
B Abderrahmane Hammad Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria xoooxxx2.25SB
17B Jessé de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil oxxooxxx2.25
18B Staffan Strand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oxoxxx2.25
A Kyriakos Ioannou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus oooxoxxx2.25
20A Grzegorz Sposób Flag of Poland.svg  Poland ooxxx2.20
B Rožle Prezelj Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia ooxxx2.20
B Jacques Freitag Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa ooxxx2.20
A Manjula Kumara Wijesekara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka ooxxx2.20
24A Linus Thörnblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oxxooxxx2.20
25A Oskari Frösén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ooxoxxx2.20
A Roman Fricke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany oxoxxx2.20
B Jean-Claude Rabbath Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon ooxoxxx2.20
B Robert Wolski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland oxoxxx2.20
B Pyotr Brayko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxox-2.20
30A Tomáš Janků Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oxoxoxxx2.20
31B Marko Aleksejev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia ooxxx2.15
B Javier Bermejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain ooxxx2.15
33A László Boros Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary xooxxx2.15
34A Tora Harris Flag of the United States.svg  United States xoxxx2.15
35A Alfredo Deza Flag of Peru.svg  Peru oxxx2.10
36B Liu Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China xxox2.10
A Adrian O'Dwyer Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland xxxNM
B Aleksey Lesnichiy Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus xxxDPG*

* Aleksey Lesnichiy was disqualified after failing an anti-doping test. [6]

Final

RankAthleteNation2.202.252.292.322.342.36HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Stefan Holm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxoxxoo2.36=PB
Silver medal icon.svg Matt Hemingway Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooooxxx2.34SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Jaroslav Bába Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oooxxooxxx2.34PB
4 Jamie Nieto Flag of the United States.svg  United States oxooxoxxx2.34PB
5 Andriy Sokolovskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine ooooxxx2.32
6 Yaroslav Rybakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxooxoxxx2.32=SB
7 Mark Boswell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ooxxx2.29SB
8 Svatoslav Ton Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oxoxoxx-x2.29
9 Vyacheslav Voronin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia oxxoxxx2.29
10 Dragutin Topić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro xoxxoxxx2.29
11 Lisvany Pérez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba oxoxxx2.25
12 Alessandro Talotti Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy oxxoxxx2.25

References

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  2. "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's High Jump". Athens 2004 . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. "IOC sanctions high jumper Aleksey Lesnichiy for failing anti-doping test". Olympics. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2015.