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Beijing Olympics 2008 High jump Men Field Events Athletics

Beijing Olympics

edalists

Gold	Andrey Silnov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Germaine Mason Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Yaroslav Rybakov Russia (RUS)

Records

World Record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	Salamanca, Spain	27 July 1993
Olympic Record	Charles Austin (USA)	2.39 m	Atlanta, USA	27 July 1996

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Qualification Round

The qualification round took place on 17th August 2008 8:20 pm. Qualification standard was 2.32m or at least best 12 qualified. Jumpers who took 2.25m in the first attempt or 2.29 in any attempt qualified for the final.

Group A

1 Germaine Mason (GBR) 2.29 - Q
1 Jaroslav Bába (CZE) 2.29 - Q

3 Raul Spank (GER) 2.29 - Q

4 Stefan Holm (SWE) 2.29 - Q

5 Rožle Prezelj (SLO) 2.25 - Q
5 Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2.25 - Q

7 Andra Manson (USA) 2.25

8 Andrea Bettinelli (ITA) 2.25
8 Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) 2.25
8 Mickael Hanany (FRA) 2.25

11 Dragutin Topić (SRB) 2.25

12 Niki Palli (ISR) 2.20
12 Donald Thomas (BAH) 2.20

14 Majed Tarad Ghazal (SYR) 2.20 NR
14 Michał Bieniek (POL) 2.20

16 Dusty Jonas (USA) 2.20

17 Gerardo Martínez (MEX) 2.15
17 Peter Horák (SVK) 2.15

19 Konstadínos Baniótis (GRE) 2.10

20 Oleksandr Nartov (UKR) 2.10

Group B

1. Jessé de Lima (BRA) 2.29 - Q
1. Tomáš Janků (CZE) 2.29 - Q

3. Martyn Bernard (GBR) 2.29 - Q
3. Andrey Silnov (RUS) 2.29 - Q

5. Filippo Campioli (ITA) 2.25 - Q

6. Tom Parsons (GBR) 2.25 - Q

7. Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP) 2.25

8. Mike Mason (CAN) - 2.25
8. Jesse Williams (USA) - 2.25

10. Dmytro Demyanyuk (UKR) - 2.20

11. Linus Thörnblad (SWE) - 2.20

12. James Grayman (ANT) - 2.20

13. Javier Bermejo (ESP) - 2.20
13. Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT) - 2.20
13. Alessandro Talotti (ITA) - 2.20

16. Hup Wei Lee (MAL) - 2.20

17. Yuri Krimarenko (UKR) - 2.15

18. Naoyuki Daigo (JAP) - 2.15

19. Sergey Zasimovich (KAZ) - 2.10

20. Haiqiang Huang (CHN)

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.34	2.36	2.42	Height	Notes
1	Andrey Silnov	Russia	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.36
2	Germaine Mason	Great Britain	–	o	o	x–	o	o	xxx		2.34	=PB
3	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx		2.34	SB
4	Stefan Holm	Sweden	–	o	o	o	o	x–	xx		2.32
5	Raul Spank	Germany	o	o	o	o	xxo	xx–	x		2.32	PB
6	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	o	o	o	o	x–	x–	x		2.29
7	Tomáš Janků	Czech Republic	o	o	o	xo	x–	xx			2.29
8	Tom Parsons	Great Britain	o	o	o	xxx					2.25
9	Martyn Bernard	Great Britain	o	o	xo	x–	xx				2.25
10	Jessé de Lima	Brazil	o	o	xxx						2.20
10	Filippo Campioli	Italy	–	o	xxx						2.20
12	Rožle Prezelj	Slovenia	o	xxo	xxx						2.20