1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

Events at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
2000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's high jump event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Javier Sotomayor  Cuba
Silver	Hollis Conway  United States
Bronze	Thomas Müller  East Germany

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	2.25
	Hollis Conway	United States	2.22
	Thomas Müller	East Germany	2.22
4	Vyacheslav Galushko	Soviet Union	2.19
5	Róbert Ruffíni	Czechoslovakia	2.16
6	Joey Johnson	United States	2.16
7	Philip Henderson	Australia	2.16
8	Lámbros Papakóstas	Greece	2.13
9	Junichi Takemoto	Japan	2.13
10	Timo Ruuskanen	Finland	2.13
11	Normunds Sietins	Soviet Union	2.10
12	Patrick Renaud	Canada	2.10

Qualifications

19 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Junichi Takemoto	Japan	2.15	Q
2	Vyacheslav Galushko	Soviet Union	2.15	Q
3	Joey Johnson	United States	2.13	q
4	Plamen Florov	Bulgaria	2.11
5	Pantelis Papageorgiou	Greece	2.09
6	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland	2.06
7	Patrick O'Donaghue	Canada	2.03
8	Rachid Lalmi	Algeria	2.00
9	Uwe Bellmann	East Germany	2.00
10	Lou Cwee Peng	Malaysia	2.00
11	José Escalera	Puerto Rico	2.00
12	Awail Abou Oulya	Egypt	1.95
13	Bruce Butcher	Guyana	1.95
14	Rohit Kateel	India	1.95
15	Johann Ómarsson	Iceland	1.95
16	Mahmoud Mukhtar	Pakistan	1.90
17	Omran Hafizi Al-Mahmoud	Palestine	1.90
18	Marino Drake	Cuba	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Philip Henderson	Australia	2.13	q
2	Patrick Renaud	Canada	2.13	q
3	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	2.13	q
4	Timo Ruuskanen	Finland	2.13	q
5	Thomas Müller	East Germany	2.13	q
6	Lámbros Papakóstas	Greece	2.13	q
7	Róbert Ruffíni	Czechoslovakia	2.13	q
8	Normunds Sietins	Soviet Union	2.13	q
9	Hollis Conway	United States	2.13	q
10	Fabrizio Borellini	Italy	2.11
11	Artur Partyka	Poland	2.11
12	Robert Koch	Austria	2.06
13	Kesavan Sivabalan	Malaysia	2.06
14	Humberto Sarubbi	Paraguay	2.06
15	Nai Hui-Fang	Chinese Taipei	2.06
16	Dharminder Singh	India	1.85
17	Fayaka Dumbar	Liberia	1.80
18	Muhammad Azah Alam Manaka	Pakistan	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Cuba (2)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  East Germany (2)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Greece (2)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Iceland (1)
•  India (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Liberia (1)
•  Malaysia (2)
•  Pakistan (2)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015