Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Men's high jump; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	22 September 2000 (qualifications); 24 September 2000 (finals)
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning height	2.35
Medalists
	← 1996 2004 →

The Men's High Jump event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 22 September and Sunday, 24 September.^[1]

The high jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Kliugin Russia
Silver	Javier Sotomayor Cuba
Bronze	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
22.09.2000 – 19:25h	22.09.2000 – 19:25h
Final Round
24.09.2000 – 18:10h

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	27 July 1993	Salamanca, Spain
Olympic Record	Charles Austin (USA)	2.39 m	28 July 1996	Atlanta, United States

Results

All distances shown are in meters.

DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
AR denotes area/continental record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best

Qualification

Held on Friday, 22 September 2000.

The qualifying height was 2.30m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the highest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Qualification: 2.30 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)^[2]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.24	2.29	Result	Notes
1	A	Stefan Holm	Sweden	–	o	o	o	2.27	q
1	A	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	o	o	2.27	q
1	B	Wolfgang Kreissig	Germany	–	o	o	o	2.27	q
1	B	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	–	o	o	o	2.27	q
5	A	Sergey Kliugin	Russia	–	xo	o	o	2.27	q
6	B	Nathan Leeper	United States	–	o	xxo	o	2.27	q
7	A	Abderrahmane Hammad	Algeria	–	o	o	xo	2.27	q
7	B	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	o	–	o	xo	2.27	q
7	B	Sergii Dymchenko	Ukraine	o	o	o	xo	2.27	q
7	B	Staffan Strand	Sweden	–	o	o	xo	2.27	q
7	B	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	o	–	xo	2.27	q
12	B	Kenny Evans	United States	o	xo	o	xo	2.27	q
13	A	Mark Boswell	Canada	–	o	xo	xxo	2.27	q
14	A	Elvir Krehmić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	o	o	o	xxx	2.24
14	A	Tim Forsyth	Australia	o	o	o	xxx	2.24
16	A	Christian Rhoden	Germany	o	o	xo	xxx	2.24
16	A	Andriy Sokolovskyy	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxx	2.24
16	A	Mika Polku	Finland	o	o	xo	xxx	2.24
19	A	Yuriy Pakhlyayev	Kazakhstan	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.24
20	A	Charles Austin	United States	–	o	x–	xx	2.20
21	B	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	x–	o	xxx		2.20
21	B	Dragutin Topić	FR Yugoslavia	xo	o	xx–	x	2.20
23	B	Wilbert Pennings	Netherlands	–	xo	–	xxx	2.20
23	B	Brendan Reilly	Ireland	–	xo	xxx		2.20
23	B	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	o	xo	xxx		2.20
26	B	Toni Huikuri	Finland	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
27	A	Benjamin Challenger	Great Britain	o	xxx			2.15
27	A	Ruslan Glyvynskyy	Ukraine	o	xxx			2.15
27	A	Takahisa Yoshida	Japan	o	xxx			2.15
27	A	Stevan Zorić	FR Yugoslavia	o	xxx			2.15
27	B	Pyotr Brayko	Russia	o	xxx			2.15
27	B	Glenn Howard	New Zealand	o	xxx			2.15
33	A	Jean-Claude Rabbath	Lebanon	xo	xxx			2.15
34	A	Aleksei Lelin	Belarus	xxo	xxx			2.15
	B	Hugo Muñoz	Peru	xxx				NM
	B	Labros Papakostas	Greece					DNS

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	Result	Notes
	Sergey Kliugin	Russia	o	–	o	xo	o	2.35	SB
	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	o	–	o	xxx	2.32	SB
	Abderrahmane Hammad	Algeria	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.32
4	Stefan Holm	Sweden	o	o	xxo	o	xxx	2.32
5	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.32
6	Mark Boswell	Canada	xo	o	–	xxo	xxx	2.32
6	Staffan Strand	Sweden	–	xo	o	xxo	xxx	2.32
8	Wolfgang Kreissig	Germany	o	o	o	xxx		2.29
9	Sergii Dymchenko	Ukraine	o	xo	o	xxx		2.29
10	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.29
11	Nathan Leeper	United States	o	o	xxx			2.25
12	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	xo	xo	xxx			2.25
13	Kenny Evans	United States	xo	xxx				2.20

References

^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ "Qualification results". IAAF. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ "Final results". Retrieved 15 October 2018.

External links

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[2] "Qualification results". IAAF. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[3] "Final results". Retrieved 15 October 2018.

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Athletics at the 2000 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
Wheelchair races
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