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 |
|
|
