Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
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Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 38 competitors, with one non-starter.

Medalists

GoldCharles Austin
 United States
SilverArtur Partyka
 Poland
BronzeSteve Smith
 Great Britain

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 2.45 Cuba Javier Sotomayor Salamanca (ESP) July 27, 1993
Olympic Record 2.38 Soviet Union Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Seoul (KOR) September 25, 1988

Charles Austin set a new Olympic record with 2.39 metres.

Results

RANK FINAL HEIGHT
 Charles Austin (USA) 2.39 m OR
 Artur Partyka (POL) 2.37 m
 Steve Smith (GBR) 2.35 m
4.  Dragutin Topić (YUG) 2.32 m
5.  Steinar Hoen (NOR) 2.32 m
6.  Lambros Papakostas (GRE) 2.32 m
7.  Tim Forsyth (AUS) 2.32 m
8.  Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) 2.29 m
9.  Wolfgang Kreissig (GER) 2.29 m
10.  Przemysław Radkiewicz (POL) 2.29 m
11.  Jarosław Kotewicz (POL) 2.25 m
12.  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.25 m
13.  Troy Kemp (BAH) 2.25 m
14.  Tomáš Janků (CZE) 2.25 m

Non-qualifiers

RANK HEATS HEIGHT
 Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik (UKR) 2.26 m
 Charles Lefrançois (CAN) 2.26 m
 Konstantin Matusevich (ISR) 2.26 m
 Arturo Ortíz (ESP) 2.26 m
 Dalton Grant (GBR) 2.26 m
 Ian Thompson (BAH) 2.26 m
 Gilmar Mayo (COL) 2.26 m
 Marko Turban (EST) 2.24 m
 Mark Mandy (IRL) 2.20 m
 Julio Luciano (DOM) 2.20 m
 Cameron Wright (USA) 2.20 m
 Khemraj Naiko (MRI) 2.20 m
 Loo Kum Zee (MAS) 2.15 m
 Ed Broxterman (USA) 2.15 m
 Chris Anderson (AUS) 2.15 m
 Tomohiro Nomura (JPN) 2.15 m
 Stevan Zorić (YUG) 2.15 m
 Kim Tae-Hoi (KOR) 2.15 m
 Cho Hyun-Wook (KOR) 2.10 m
 Fakhredin Fouad (JOR) 2.10 m
 Olivier Sanou (BUR) NM
 Hugo Muñoz (PER) NM
 Yew Tong Wong (SIN) NM
 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) DNS

See also

References

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