1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
Appearance
These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Wednesday 1997-08-06.
Medalists
Gold | Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB) |
Silver | Artur Partyka Poland (POL) |
Bronze | Tim Forsyth Australia (AUS) |
Results
Final
Rank | Name | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.37 | WL | |
Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.35 | SB | |
Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.35 | ||
4 | Steinar Hoen (NOR) | 2.32 | |
4 | Dalton Grant (GBR) | 2.32 | SB |
6 | Lambros Papakostas (GRE) | 2.32 | SB |
7 | Konstantin Matusevich (ISR) | 2.29 | |
8 | Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) | 2.29 | |
9 | Martin Buss (GER) | 2.29 | |
10 | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.29 | |
11 | Sergey Klyugin (RUS) | 2.29 | |
12 | Jan Janku (CZE) | 2.25 |
Qualifying round
4 August
Group | Rank | Name | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | 1. | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.28 Q | PB |
A | 1. | Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) | 2.28 Q | |
A | 3. | Lambros Papakostas (GRE) | 2.28 Q | |
A | 4. | Martin Buss (GER) | 2.28 Q | |
A | 5. | Charles Austin (USA) | 2.26 q | |
A | 6. | Staffan Strand (SWE) | 2.23 | |
A | 6. | Charles Lefrançois (CAN) | 2.23 | |
A | 8. | Jarosław Kotewicz (POL) | 2.23 | |
A | 8. | Mark Boswell (CAN) | 2.23 | |
A | 8. | Mark Mandy (IRL) | 2.23 | |
A | 8. | Dragutin Topić (YUG) | 2.23 | |
A | 12. | Elvir Krehmic (BIH) | 2.23 | |
A | 13. | Brendan Reilly (GBR) | 2.23 | |
A | 14. | Arturo Ortíz (ESP) | 2.19 | |
A | 14. | Tomáš Janků (CZE) | 2.19 | |
A | 16. | Randy Jenkins (USA) | 2.19 | |
A | 17. | Konstantinos Liapis (GRE) | 2.15 | |
B | 1. | Artur Partyka (POL) | 2.28 Q | |
B | 1. | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.28 Q | |
B | 1. | Steinar Hoen (NOR) | 2.28 Q | |
B | 4. | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.28 Q | |
B | 5. | Konstantin Matusevich (ISR) | 2.28 Q | |
B | 6. | Dalton Grant (GBR) | 2.28 Q | SB |
B | 7. | Jan Janku (CZE) | 2.26 q | |
B | 8. | Sergey Klyugin (RUS) | 2.26 q | |
B | 9. | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.26 q | |
B | 10. | Didier Detchenique (FRA) | 2.23 | |
B | 10. | Stevan Zorić (YUG) | 2.23 | |
B | 10. | Brian Brown (USA) | 2.23 | |
B | 13. | Dimitrios Kokotis (GRE) | 2.23 | |
B | 13. | Mustapha Raifak (FRA) | 2.23 | |
B | 15. | Glenn Howard (NZL) | 2.15 | |
B | 15. | Julio Luciano (DOM) | 2.15 | |
B | 17. | Michiya Onoue (JPN) | 2.15 | |
B | 18. | Khemraj Naiko (MRI) | 2.15 |
See also
- 1994 Men's European Championships High Jump
- 1995 Men's World Championships High Jump
- 1996 Men's Olympic High Jump
- 1998 Men's European Championships High Jump
- 1999 Men's World Championships High Jump