Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing Olympic Stadium
Date	17 August 2008 (qualification); 19 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	40 from 28 nations
Winning distance	2.36
Medalists

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	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	Salamanca, Spain	27 July 1993
Olympic record	Charles Austin (USA)	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.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	Result	Notes
1	A	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	-	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
	B	Jessé de Lima	Brazil	-	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
	B	Tomáš Janků	Czech Republic	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
	A	Germaine Mason	Great Britain	-	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
5	A	Raúl Spank	Germany	-	o	o	xo	o	2.29	q
6	B	Martyn Bernard	Great Britain	-	o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
	A	Stefan Holm	Sweden	-	o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
	B	Andrey Silnov	Russia	-	o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
9	B	Filippo Campioli	Italy	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
	A	Rožle Prezelj	Slovenia	-	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
	A	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	-	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
12	B	Tom Parsons	Great Britain	-	o	xo	o	xxx	2.25	q
13	A	Andra Manson	United States	-	xo	xo	o	xxx	2.25
14	A	Andrea Bettinelli	Italy	-	o	o	xo	xxx	2.25
	A	Mickael Hanany	France	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.25
	A	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	-	o	o	xo	xxx	2.25
17	A	Dragutin Topić	Serbia	-	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.25
18	B	Kyriakos Ioannou	Cyprus	-	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.25
19	B	Michael Mason	Canada	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.25
19	B	Jesse Williams	United States	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.25
21	B	Dmytro Demyanyuk	Ukraine	o	o	o	xxx		2.20
	A	Niki Palli	Israel	o	o	o	xxx		2.20
	A	Donald Thomas	Bahamas	-	o	o	xxx		2.20
24	A	Michał Bieniek	Poland	-	xo	o	xxx		2.20
24	A	Majed Aldin Gazal	Syria	o	xo	o	xxx		2.20	=NR
26	A	Dusty Jonas	United States	o	o	xo	xxx		2.20
26	B	Linus Thörnblad	Sweden	-	o	xo	xxx		2.20
28	B	James Grayman	Antigua and Barbuda	xo	xxo	xo	xxx		2.20
29	B	Javier Bermejo	Spain	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
	B	Kabelo Kgosiemang	Botswana	-	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
	B	Alessandro Talotti	Italy	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
32	B	Lee Hup Wei	Malaysia	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.20
33	A	Peter Horák	Slovakia	o	xo	xxx			2.15
	B	Yuriy Krymarenko	Ukraine	o	xo	xxx			2.15
	A	Gerardo Martínez	Mexico	o	xo	xxx			2.15
36	B	Naoyuki Daigo	Japan	xxo	xxo	xxx			2.15
37	A	Konstadínos Baniótis	Greece	xo	xxx				2.10
37	B	Sergey Zasimovich	Kazakhstan	xo	xxx				2.10
39	A	Oleksandr Nartov	Ukraine	xxo	xxx				2.10
	B	Huang Haiqiang	China	xxx					NM

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
	Andrey Silnov	Russia	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.36
	Germaine Mason	Great Britain	–	o	o	x–	o	o	xxx		2.34	PB
	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	Raúl 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

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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[1] "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[2] "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.

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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