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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

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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

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Gold Cuba Javier Sotomayor
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Poland Artur Partyka
Poland (POL)
Bronze Australia Tim Forsyth
Australia (AUS)

Results

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Qualifying round

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4 August

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.15 2.19 2.23 2.26 2.28 Result Notes
1 A Gilmar Mayo  Colombia o o o o o 2.28 Q, PB
1 A Lee Jin-taek  South Korea o o o 2.28 Q
1 B Artur Partyka  Poland o o o 2.28 Q
1 B Javier Sotomayor  Cuba o o o 2.28 Q
1 B Steinar Hoen  Norway o o 2.28 Q
6 A Lambros Papakostas  Greece o o o xo 2.28 Q
7 A Martin Buß  Germany o xo o xo xo 2.28 Q
8 B Tim Forsyth  Australia o o xxo 2.28 Q
9 B Konstantin Matusevich  Israel o o xo xo xxo 2.28 Q
10 B Dalton Grant  Great Britain xo o xxo xxo 2.28 Q, SB
11 B Jan Janků  Czech Republic o xo o xxx 2.26 q
12 B Sergey Klyugin  Russia o xxo o o xxx 2.26 q
13 A Charles Austin  United States o xo xxx 2.26
14 B Steve Smith  Great Britain o xo xo xxx 2.26
15 A Staffan Strand  Sweden o o xxx 2.23
15 A Charles Lefrançois  Canada o o xxx 2.23
15 B Didier Detchénique  France o o o xxx 2.23
15 B Stevan Zorić  Yugoslavia o o xxx 2.23
15 B Brian Brown  United States o o xxx 2.23
20 B Dimitrios Kokotis  Greece xxo o o xxx 2.23
20 B Mustapha Raifak  France xxo o o xxx 2.23
22 A Jarosław Kotewicz  Poland o xo xxx 2.23
22 A Mark Boswell  Canada o xo xxx 2.23
22 A Mark Mandy  Ireland o o xo xx– x 2.23
22 A Dragutin Topić  Yugoslavia o xo xxx 2.23
26 A Elvir Krehmić  Bosnia and Herzegovina xxo o xo xxx 2.23
27 A Brendan Reilly  Great Britain o xxo xx– x 2.23
28 A Arturo Ortíz  Spain o xxx 2.19
28 A Tomáš Janků  Czech Republic o o xxx 2.19
30 A Randy Jenkins  United States xxo xxo xxx 2.19
31 A Konstantinos Liapis  Greece o xxx 2.15
31 B Glenn Howard  New Zealand o xxx 2.15
31 B Julio Luciano  Dominican Republic o xxx 2.15
34 B Michiya Onoue  Japan xo xxx 2.15
35 B Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius xxo xxx 2.15

Final

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Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.37 2.39 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Javier Sotomayor  Cuba xo o o xo 2.37 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Artur Partyka  Poland o o xo xx– x 2.35 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tim Forsyth  Australia o xo o xo x– xx 2.35
4 Steinar Hoen  Norway o o o xx– x 2.32
4 Dalton Grant  Great Britain o xxx 2.32 SB
6 Lambros Papakostas  Greece o o xo xx– x 2.32 SB
7 Konstantin Matusevich  Israel o o o xxx 2.29
8 Lee Jin-taek  South Korea xo o o xxx 2.29
9 Martin Buß  Germany xxo o o xxx 2.29
10 Gilmar Mayo  Colombia o o xo xxx 2.29
11 Sergey Klyugin  Russia xo xo xxo r 2.29
12 Jan Janků  Czech Republic o o xxx 2.25

See also

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References

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