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

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date 24 September
Competitors 27 from 11 nations
Winning height 2.38 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
 Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hollis Conway
 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Rudolf Povarnitsyn
 Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Patrik Sjöberg
 Sweden

The Men's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 27 competitors, with two qualifying groups (27 jumpers) before the final (16) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. There were two bronze medals awarded.[1]

Medalists

GoldHennadiy Avdyeyenko
 Soviet Union
SilverHollis Conway
 United States
BronzeRudolf Povarnitsyn
 Soviet Union
BronzePatrik Sjöberg
 Sweden

Records

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

World Record 2.43 Cuba Javier Sotomayor Salamanca (ESP) September 8, 1988
Olympic Record 2.36 East Germany Gerd Wessig Moscow (URS) August 1, 1980

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteHeightORWR
September 25, 1988Final Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)2.38mOR

Final

RANK FINAL HEIGHT
 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.38 m (OR)
 Hollis Conway (USA) 2.36 m
 Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) 2.36 m
 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
5.  Clarence Saunders (BER) 2.34 m
6.  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) 2.34 m
7.  Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.31 m
 Igor Paklin (URS)
 Dalton Grant (GBR)
10.  Jim Howard (USA) 2.31 m
11.  Brian Stanton (USA) 2.31 m
12.  Krzysztof Krawczyk (POL) 2.31 m
13.  Luca Toso (ITA) 2.25 m
14.  Arturo Ortíz (ESP) 2.25 m
15.  Robert Ruffini (TCH) 2.20 m
16.  Geoff Parsons (GBR) 2.15 m

Non-qualifiers

RANK NON-QUALIFIERS HEIGHT
17.  Milton Ottey (CAN) 2.22 m
 Cho Hyun-Wook (KOR)
 Brian Marshall (CAN)
20.  Sorin Matei (ROU) 2.19 m
 Artur Partyka (POL)
 Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
 Troy Kemp (BAH)
 Floyd Manderson (GBR)
25.  Paul Ngadjadoum (CHA) 2.15 m
26.  Fernando Pastoriza (ARG) 2.10 m
–  Cheick Seynou (BUR) NM

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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