Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
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		women
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 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 38 competitors, with one non-starter.

Medalists

Gold	Charles Austin United States (USA)
Silver	Artur Partyka Poland (POL)
Bronze	Steve Smith Great Britain (GBR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.45	Javier Sotomayor	Salamanca (ESP)	July 27, 1993
Olympic Record	2.38	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Seoul (KOR)	September 25, 1988

Charles Austin set a new Olympic record with 2.39 metres.

Results

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
	Charles Austin (USA)	2.39 m OR
	Artur Partyka (POL)	2.35 m
	Steve Smith (GBR)	2.35 m
4.	Dragutin Topić (YUG)	2.32 m
5.	Steinar Hoen (NOR)	2.32 m
6.	Lambros Papakostas (GRE)	2.32 m
7.	Tim Forsyth (AUS)	2.32 m
8.	Lee Jin-Taek (KOR)	2.29 m
9.	Wolfgang Kreissig (GER)	2.29 m
10.	Przemysław Radkiewicz (POL)	2.29 m
11.	Jarosław Kotewicz (POL)	2.25 m
12.	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.25 m
13.	Troy Kemp (BAH)	2.25 m
14.	Tomáš Janků (CZE)	2.25 m

Non-qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	HEIGHT
—	Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik (UKR)	2.26 m
—	Charles Lefrançois (CAN)	2.26 m
—	Konstantin Matusevich (ISR)	2.26 m
—	Arturo Ortíz (ESP)	2.26 m
—	Dalton Grant (GBR)	2.26 m
—	Ian Thompson (BAH)	2.26 m
—	Gilmar Mayo (COL)	2.26 m
—	Marko Turban (EST)	2.24 m
—	Mark Mandy (IRL)	2.20 m
—	Julio Luciano (DOM)	2.20 m
—	Cameron Wright (USA)	2.20 m
—	Khemraj Naiko (MRI)	2.20 m
—	Loo Kum Zee (MAS)	2.15 m
—	Ed Broxterman (USA)	2.15 m
—	Chris Anderson (AUS)	2.15 m
—	Tomohiro Nomura (JPN)	2.15 m
—	Stevan Zorić (YUG)	2.15 m
—	Kim Tae-Hoi (KOR)	2.15 m
—	Cho Hyun-Wook (KOR)	2.10 m
—	Fakhredin Fouad (JOR)	2.10 m
—	Olivier Sanou (BUR)	NM
—	Hugo Muñoz (PER)	NM
—	Yew Tong Wong (SIN)	NM
—	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	DNS

See also

• 1994 Men's European Championships (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships High Jump (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's World Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships (Budapest)

References

• Official Report
• Results