Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
Men's high jump at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date |
17 August 2008 (qualification) 19 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 2.36 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 17–19 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 2.30 m (7.55 ft) (A standard) and 2.27 m (7.45 ft) (B standard).[2]
Notably, reigning world champion Donald Thomas, who cleared 2.32 metres in Osaka 2007, finished only in twenty-first place, but failed to advance into the final round.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 2.45 m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 | |
Olympic record | 2.39 m | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 2.32 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Final
The final was held on August 19.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.42 | Result | Notes |
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Andrey Silnov | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.36 | |||
Germaine Mason | – | o | o | x– | o | o | xxx | 2.34 | PB | |||
Yaroslav Rybakov | – | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.34 | SB | |||
4 | Stefan Holm | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 2.32 | |||
5 | Raúl Spank | o | o | o | o | xxo | xx– | x | 2.32 | PB | ||
6 | Jaroslav Bába | o | o | o | o | x– | x– | x | 2.29 | |||
7 | Tomáš Janků | o | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 2.29 | ||||
8 | Tom Parsons | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | ||||||
9 | Martyn Bernard | o | o | xo | x– | xx | 2.25 | |||||
10 | Jessé de Lima | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | |||||||
Filippo Campioli | – | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||||||
12 | Rožle Prezelj | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 |
References
- ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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