Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–7 August.[1]
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 5–7 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning height | 2.38 | ||||||||||||||||
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In the qualifying round, nobody needed to take an attempt at the automatic qualifying mark because they were at a tie for the 12th qualifying position at 2.26 metres, with no misses before that height. Because there were two pits going on at the same time, they continued to 2.29 and half the field missed, two heights below the auto-qualifier. All the medalists came from those who made 2.29.
In the final, six athletes did not make it back to the qualifying height, including reigning world champion Jesse Williams and defending champion Andrey Silnov. Derek Drouin, Robert Grabarz and Mutaz Essa Barshim were clean through 2.29 and were in a three-way tie for first place. Erik Kynard cleared the next height at 2.33. Somehow between jumps, Ivan Ukhov had taken off his singlet and it got lost. As time clicked down, he pinned his number to a T-shirt and quickly took his jump at that height. It was successful, to move him into a tie for first place. After the other three had failed, Jamie Nieto made a strategic decision to take an all or nothing jump at 2.36. It was a close attempt, but he missed it.
Nieto finished in 6th, with a three-way tie for the bronze medal. Kynard missed at 2.36, but Ukhov, again in his singlet, cleared. With silver guaranteed, Kynard passed to 2.38 to try to win. He missed but Ukhov again cleared. Kynard again passed to 2.40 to try to winx but he missed, keeping the silver, and Ukhov took the gold.
On February 1 2019, gold medalist Ivan Ukhov was stripped of the gold medal by the Court of Arbitration in Sport for doping offences. At this time, medals have not yet been reallocated.[2]
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if they failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump.[3]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 19:05 | Qualifications |
| Tuesday, 7 August 2012 | 19:00 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the 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 | 28 July 1996 |
| 2012 World leading |  |
2.39 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 5 July 2012 |
Results
Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 2.32m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
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Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.33 | 2.36 | 2.38 | 2.40 | Result | Note[5] |
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 | Erik Kynard | | o | xo | o | o | x- | x- | x | 2.33 | |
 | Derek Drouin |  | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| Robert Grabarz |  | - | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | |||||
| Mutaz Essa Barshim |  | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | |||||
| 6 | Jamie Nieto | | o | o | xo | xx- | x | 2.29 | |||
| 7 | Bohdan Bondarenko |  | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| 8 | Michael Mason | | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| 9 | Wanner Miller |  | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| Jesse Williams | | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | ||||||
| Andriy Protsenko | | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | ||||||
| 12 | Andrey Silnov | | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 13 | Kyriakos Ioannou |  | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||||
| 14 | Mickael Hanany |  | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||||
| N/A | Ivan Ukhov | | DQ (doping) |
References
- Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) ISSUES DECISIONS IN 12 FIRST-INSTANCE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES CONCERNING RUSSIAN TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES" (PDF). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- "Men's High Jump competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- "Men's High Jump – Qualification". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- "Men's High Jump – Final". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 7 August 2012.