Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 2004 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
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

The Men's High Jump event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.

Medalists

Gold	Stefan Holm Sweden (SWE)
Silver	Matt Hemingway United States (USA)
Bronze	Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic (CZE)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
20.08.2004 – 20:02h	20.08.2004 – 20:02h
Final Round
22.08.2004 – 19:30h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
OR	Olympic record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	July 27, 1992	Salamanca, Spain
Olympic Record	Charles Austin (USA)	2.39 m	July 28, 1996	Atlanta, United States

Qualification

Heat 1

1. Jamie Nieto, United States 2.28m - Q
1. Mark Boswell, Canada 2.28m - Q SB
3. Andriy Sokolovskyy, Ukraine 2.28m - Q
4. Alessandro Talotti, Italy 2.28m -Q
5. Yaroslav Rybakov, Russia 2.28m -Q
6. Dragutin Topic, Serbia and Montenegro 2.28m -Q Equal SB
7. Gennadiy Moroz, Belarus 2.25m
8. Ştefan Vasilache, Romania 2.25m
9. Kyriakos Ioannou, Cyprus 2.25m
10. Grzegorz Sposob, Poland 2.20m
10. Manjula Kumara Wijesekera, Sri Lanka 2.20m
12. Linus Thornblad, Sweden 2.20m
13. Roman Fricke, Germany 2.20m
13. Oskari Frosen, Finland 2.20m
15. Tomáš Janků, Czech Republic 2.20m
16. Laszlo Boros, Hungary 2.15m
17. Tora Harris, United States 2.15m
18. Alfredo Deza, Peru 2.10m
Adrian O Dwyer, Ireland NM

Heat 2

1. Stefan Holm, Sweden 2.28m -Q
2. Lisvany Perez, Cuba 2.28m -Q PB
2. Svatoslav Ton, Czech Republic 2.28m -Q
4. Jaroslav Baba, Czech Republic 2.28m -Q
5. Matt Hemingway, United States 2.28m -Q
6. Vyacheslav Voronin, Russia 2.28m -Q
7. Nicola Ciotti, Italy 2.25m
8. Abderrahmane Hammad, Algeria 2.25m SB
9. Jessé de Lima, Brazil 2.25m
10. Staffan Strand, Sweden 2.25m
11. Jacques Freitag, South Africa 2.20m
11. Rozle Prezelj, Slovenia 2.20m
13. Pyotr Brayko, Russia 2.20m
13. Jean Claude Rabbath, Lebanon 2.20m
13. Robert Wolski, Poland 2.20m
16. Marko Aleksejev, Estonia 2.15m
16. Javier Bermejo, Spain 2.15m
18. Yang Liu, China 2.10m
Aleksey Lesnichiy, Belarus DISQ

Final

The final was held on August 19.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Mark	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.34	2.36	Notes
1 !	Stefan Holm	Sweden	2.36	o	o	o	xo	xxo	o	=PB
2 !	Matt Hemingway	United States	2.34	o	o	-	o	o	xxx	SB
3 !	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	2.34	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx	PB
4	Jamie Nieto	United States	2.34	o	xo	-	o	xo	xxx	PB
5	Andriy Sokolovskyy	Ukraine	2.32	o	o	o	o	xxx
6	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	2.32	o	xo	o	xo	xxx		=SB
7	Mark Boswell	Canada	2.29	o	-	o	xxx			SB
8	Svatoslav Ton	Czech Republic	2.29	o	xo	xo	xx-	x
9	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	2.29	o	-	xxo	xxx
10	Dragutin Topic	Serbia and Montenegro	2.29	xo	-	xxo	-	xxx
10	Lisvany Pérez	Cuba	2.25	o	xo	xxx
12	Alessandro Talotti	Italy	2.25	o	xxo	-	xxx

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results