Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Medalists
   Soviet Union
   United States
   Soviet Union
   Sweden
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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
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
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

The Men's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 27 competitors, with two qualifying groups (27 jumpers) before the final (16) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. There were two bronze medals rewarded.

Medalists

Gold Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Hollis Conway
United States (USA)
Bronze Rudolf Povarnitsyn
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Patrik Sjöberg
Sweden (SWE)

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 2.43 Cuba Javier Sotomayor Salamanca (ESP) September 8, 1988
Olympic Record 2.36 East Germany Gerd Wessig Moscow (URS) August 1, 1980

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Height OR WR
September 25, 1988Final  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.38m OR

Final

RANK FINAL HEIGHT
 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) 2.38 m (OR)
 Hollis Conway (USA) 2.36 m
 Rudolf Povarnitsyn (URS) 2.36 m
 Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
5.  Clarence Saunders (BER) 2.34 m
6.  Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) 2.34 m
7.  Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.31 m
 Igor Paklin (URS)
 Dalton Grant (GBR)
10.  Jim Howard (USA) 2.31 m
11.  Brian Stanton (USA) 2.31 m
12.  Krzysztof Krawczyk (POL) 2.31 m
13.  Luca Toso (ITA) 2.25 m
14.  Arturo Ortíz (ESP) 2.25 m
15.  Robert Ruffini (TCH) 2.20 m
16.  Geoff Parsons (GBR) 2.15 m

Non-qualifiers

RANK NON-QUALIFIERS HEIGHT
17.  Milton Ottey (CAN) 2.22 m
 Cho Hyun-Wook (KOR)
 Brian Marshall (CAN)
20.  Sorin Matei (ROU) 2.19 m
 Artur Partyka (POL)
 Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
 Troy Kemp (BAH)
 Floyd Manderson (GBR)
25.  Paul Ngadjadoum (CHA) 2.15 m
26.  Fernando Pastoriza (ARG) 2.10 m
 Cheickak Seynou (BUR) NM

See also

References

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