Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics
Venues	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 26 (qualifications); July 28 (final)
Competitors	37 from 28 nations
Winning height	2.39 OR
Medalists

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 38 competitors, with one non-starter.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Charles Austin United States
Silver	Artur Partyka Poland
Bronze	Steve Smith Great Britain

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.45	Javier Sotomayor	Salamanca (ESP)	July 27, 1993
Olympic Record	2.38	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Seoul (KOR)	September 25, 1988

Charles Austin set a new Olympic record with 2.39 metres.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.20	2.24	2.26	2.28	Result	Notes
1	A	Charles Austin	United States	–	–	o	–	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Tim Forsyth	Australia	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Artur Partyka	Poland	–	–	o	–	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.28	Q
5	A	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.28	Q
6	A	Troy Kemp	Bahamas	–	o	–	o	o	xo	2.28	Q
6	A	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland	–	o	–	o	o	xo	2.28	Q
6	A	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	–	–	o	o	o	xo	2.28	Q
9	A	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	–	o	xo	o	o	xo	2.28	Q
9	B	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	–	o	–	xo	xo	2.28	Q
11	A	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	o	–	xo	xo	xo	2.28	Q
11	B	Wolfgang Kreißig	Germany	–	o	xo	xo	o	xo	2.28	Q
13	A	Tomáš Janků	Czech Republic	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	2.28	Q
13	A	Przemysław Radkiewicz	Poland	–	o	o	xo	o	xxo	2.28	Q
15	A	Charles Lefrançois	Canada	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.26
16	B	Viacheslav Tyrtyshnik	Ukraine	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.26
17	B	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	–	xo	o	xxo	o	xxx	2.26
18	B	Arturo Ortíz	Spain	–	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.26
19	B	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	o	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.26
20	B	Ian Thompson	Bahamas	–	o	–	xo	xxo	xxx	2.26
21	B	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	–	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx	2.26
22	B	Marko Turban	Estonia	–	xo	o	o	xxx		2.24
23	A	Mark Mandy	Ireland	o	o	o	xxx			2.20
24	B	Khemraj Naiko	Mauritius	o	o	xo	xxx			2.20
25	A	Julio Luciano	Dominican Republic	o	xo	xo	xxx			2.20
26	A	Cameron Wright	United States	o	o	xxo	xxx			2.20
27	A	Chris Anderson	Australia	o	o	xxx				2.15
27	A	Tomohiro Nomura	Japan	o	o	xxx				2.15
27	A	Stevan Zorić	Yugoslavia	–	o	xxx				2.15
30	B	Loo Kum Zee	Malaysia	xo	o	xxx				2.15
31	B	Ed Broxterman	United States	xxo	o	xxx				2.15
32	A	Kim Tae-hoi	South Korea	xo	xxo	xxx				2.15
33	B	Cho Hyun-wook	South Korea	o	xxx					2.10
34	B	Fakhredin Fouad	Jordan	xxo	xxx					2.10
	A	Hugo Muñoz	Peru	xxx						NM
	A	Wong Yew Tong	Singapore	xxx						NM
	B	Olivier Sanou	Burkina Faso	xxx						NM
	B	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden							DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.37	2.39	2.41	2.46	Result	Notes
	Charles Austin	United States	o	–	o	–	o	o	xx–	o	–	xxx	2.39	OR
	Artur Partyka	Poland	–	o	–	o	–	o	xo	x–	xx		2.37
	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	–	xo	–	o	xo	xx–	x			2.35
4	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	–	o	o	o	o	xx–	x				2.32
5	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	o	o	xo	o	xx–	x				2.32
6	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	–	o	o	o	xo	xx–	x				2.32
7	Tim Forsyth	Australia	–	o	o	o	xxo	xx–	x				2.32
8	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	–	xo	o	o	xxx						2.29
9	Wolfgang Kreißig	Germany	–	xo	xo	o	xxx						2.29
10	Przemysław Radkiewicz	Poland	–	xo	xo	xo	xxx						2.29
11	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland	o	–	o	xxx							2.25
12	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	–	o	–	xxx						2.25
13	Troy Kemp	Bahamas	–	–	xo	–	x–	xx					2.25
14	Tomáš Janků	Czech Republic	xo	xo	xo	xx							2.25

References

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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