1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

Events at the 1996 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		women
10,000 m		men
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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
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 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 24 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Mark Boswell  Canada
Silver	Svatoslav Ton  Czech Republic
Silver	Ben Challenger  United Kingdom

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Mark Boswell	Canada	2.24
	Svatoslav Ton	Czech Republic	2.21
	Ben Challenger	United Kingdom	2.21
4	Dave Furman	United States	2.18
5	Toni Huikuri	Finland	2.18
6	Dejan Vreljakovic	Yugoslavia	2.18
7	James Brierley	United Kingdom	2.15
7	Roman Fricke	Germany	2.15
9	François Potgieter	South Africa	2.15
10	Yannick Tregaro	Sweden	2.10
11	Tivadar Kovács	Hungary	2.10
12	Noriyasu Arai	Japan	2.05

Qualifications

22 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Svatoslav Ton	Czech Republic	2.14	q
1	Toni Huikuri	Finland	2.14	q
1	James Brierley	United Kingdom	2.14	q
1	Noriyasu Arai	Japan	2.14	q
5	Yannick Tregaro	Sweden	2.14	q
5	Dejan Vreljakovic	Yugoslavia	2.14	q
7	Alfredo Deza	Peru	2.10
8	Vagner Principe	Brazil	2.10
9	Alberto Juantorena Jr.	Cuba	2.10
10	Marcin Kaczocha	Poland	2.10
11	Andrey Krasulya	Ukraine	2.05
12	David Larsen	United States	2.05
13	Ronald Garlett	Australia	2.00
13	Oleg Prokopov	Belarus	2.00
15	Felipe Apablaza	Chile	2.00
16	Luis Soto Caballero	Puerto Rico	2.00
17	Zoltán Akacz	Hungary	NH

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Mark Boswell	Canada	2.14	q
1	Ben Challenger	United Kingdom	2.14	q
1	Roman Fricke	Germany	2.14	q
1	Tivadar Kovács	Hungary	2.14	q
1	Dave Furman	United States	2.14	q
6	François Potgieter	South Africa	2.14	q
7	Sauli Niemi	Finland	2.10
7	Katsuyoshi Miyamichi	Japan	2.10
9	Marat Rakipov	Russia	2.10
10	Adi Mordel	Israel	2.10
11	Fabrício Romero	Brazil	2.10
12	Abderahmane Hammad	Algeria	2.05
12	Luke Temme	Australia	2.05
14	Aleksey Lesnichiy	Belarus	2.05
15	Ha Chung-Soo	South Korea	2.00
16	Dejan Dokleja	Croatia	2.00
17	Fawzi Warsame	Somalia	NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chile (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Israel (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Peru (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Somalia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015