Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 1992 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
10 km walk		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

These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes. The qualification mark was set at 2.29 metres (two + twelve athletes).

Medalists

Gold	Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Patrik Sjöberg Sweden (SWE)
Bronze	Artur Partyka Poland (POL)
Bronze	Tim Forsyth Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Hollis Conway United States (USA)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.44	Javier Sotomayor	San Juan (PUR)	July 29, 1989
Olympic Record	2.38	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Seoul (KOR)	September 25, 1988

Final

Held on August 2, 1992

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.34 m (at 1st try)
	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.34 m (at 2nd try)
	Artur Partyka (POL)	2.34 m (at 3rd try)
	Tim Forsyth (AUS)
	Hollis Conway (USA)
6.	Ralf Sonn (GER)	2.31 m
7.	Troy Kemp (BAH)	2.31 m
8.	Marino Drake (CUB)	2.28 m
	Charles Austin (USA)
	Dragutin Topić (IOP)
11.	Gustavo Adolfo Becker (ESP)	2.24 m
12.	Steve Smith (GBR)	2.24 m
13.	Sorin Matei (ROU)	2.24 m
14.	Georgi Dakov (BUL)	2.24 m

Qualification

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.26 m
2.	Sorin Matei (ROU)	2.26 m
3.	Hollis Conway (USA)	2.26 m
4.	Georgi Dakov (BUL)	2.26 m
5.	Artur Partyka (POL)	2.26 m
6.	Tim Forsyth (AUS)	2.26 m
7.	Steinar Hoen (NOR)	2.23 m
8.	Ian Thompson (BAH)	2.23 m
9.	Darrin Plab (USA)	2.20 m
10.	Lee Jin-Taek (KOR)	2.20 m
11.	Yuriy Sergiyenko (EUN)	2.20 m
12.	Wolf-Hendrik Beyer (GER)	2.20 m
13.	Xu Yang (CHN)	2.20 m
14.	Arturo Ortíz (ESP)	2.15 m
14.	Dietmar Mögenburg (GER)	2.15 m
16.	Dalton Grant (GBR)	2.15 m
16.	Stevan Zorić (IOP)	2.15 m
18.	Khemraj Naiko (MRI)	2.10 m
	Kosmas Michalopoulos (GRE)
	Hossein Shayan (IRI)
21.	Karl Scatliffe (IVB)	2.10 m
22.	Hilaire Onwanlele (GAB)	2.05 m

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.	Marino Drake (CUB)	2.29 m
2.	Steve Smith (GBR)	2.29 m
3.	Charles Austin (USA)	2.26 m
	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
	Dragutin Topić (IOP)
6.	Ralf Sonn (GER)	2.26 m
7.	Gustavo Adolfo Becker (ESP)	2.26 m
8.	Troy Kemp (BAH)	2.26 m
9.	Brendan Reilly (GBR)	2.23 m
10.	Lambros Papakostas (GRE)	2.20 m
10.	Håkon Särnblom (NOR)	2.20 m
12.	Igor Paklin (EUN)	2.20 m
12.	Lochsley Thomson (AUS)	2.20 m
14.	Alex Zaliauskas (CAN)	2.15 m
14.	David Anderson (AUS)	2.15 m
16.	Danny Beauchamp (SEY)	2.10 m
	Yacine Mousli (ALG)
	Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib (QAT)
19.	Cho Hyun-Uk (KOR)	2.10 m
20.	Fakhredin Fouad (JOR)	2.05 m
—	Clarence Saunders (BER)	NM

References

High jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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