The Men's High Jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

event at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 22 and Sunday, September 24.

The high jump has been ever present since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 in 1896

1896 Summer Olympics

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The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with another three jumps. After these the top eight athletes carry their record forward and then have a further three attempts to decide the gold medal

Gold medal

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Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  22.09.2000 – 19:25h	22.09.2000 – 19:25h
  Final Round
  24.09.2000 – 18:10h

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....		2.45 m	July 27, 1993	Salamanca, Spain
Olympic Record		2.39 m	July 28, 1996	Atlanta, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Results

All distances shown are in meters.

• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best

Qualifying

Held on Friday, September 22, 2000.

The qualifying height was 2.30m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the highest jumps until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Group A

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	T1	Stefan Holm Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...		2.27	q
1	T1	Konstantin Matusevich Konstantin Matusevich Konstantin Matusevich is a retired Israeli high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved in February 2000 in Perth. This is the current Israeli record.-Achievements:-External links:...		2.27	q
3	5	Sergey Kliugin		2.27	q
4	T7	Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is a former Algerian track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian...		2.27	q
5	13	Mark Boswell Mark Boswell Mark Boswell and grew up in Brampton, Ontario is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event....		2.27	q
6	T14	Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth is a retired Australian three-time Olympic high jumper.His first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 the 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his current personal best height of 2.34m...		2.24
6	T14	Elvir Krehmic		2.24
8	T16	Mika Polku Mika Polku Mika Petteri Polku is a retired Finnish high jumper.He was born in Virrat and represented the club Virtain Urheilijat. He won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships and finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001...		2.24
8	T16	Christian Rhoden		2.24
8	T16	Andriy Sokolovskyy Andriy Sokolovskyy Andriy Sokolovskyy is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.38 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Rome .-Achievements:-External links:...		2.24
11	19	Yuriy Pahklyahev		2.24
12	20	Charles Austin Charles Austin Charles Austin is an American athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the owner of So High Sports and Fitness a sports performance and personal training company. He opened his So High Sports and Fitness Studio in 2002 and his...		2.20
13	T27	Benjamin Challenger		2.15
13	T27	Ruslan Glyvynskyy		2.15
13	T27	Takahisa Yoshida		2.15
13	T27	Stevan Zoric		2.15
17	33	Jean Claude Rabbath		2.15
18	34	Aleksei Lelin		2.15

Group B

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	T1	Wolfgang Kreissig		2.27	q
1	T1	Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the high jump.Voronin is a World Champion and European Indoor Champion . His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either...		2.27	q
3	6	Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper is a retired American high jumper.He finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, fourth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2002 World Cup....		2.27	q
4	T7	Kwaku Boateng		2.27	q
4	T7	Sergii Dymchenko		2.27	q
4	T7	Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...		2.27	q
4	T7	Staffan Strand Staffan Strand Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...		2.27	q
8	12	Kenny Evans Kenny Evans Kenny Evans is a retired American high jumper. He finished thirteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Fayetteville.-References:...		2.27	q
9	T21	Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek is a retired South Korean high jumper.-Career:His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved in June 1997 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:...		2.20
9	T21	Dragutin Topic Dragutin Topic -Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four...		2.20
11	T23	Gilmar Mayo Gilmar Mayo Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian record.-Achievements:-References:...		2.20
11	T23	Wilbert Pennings Wilbert Pennings Wilbert Bernard Roger Pennings is a Dutch high jumper. He is a thirteen-time Dutch champion and holds the national indoor and outdoor records....		2.20
11	T23	Brendan Reilly		2.20
14	26	Toni Huikuri Toni Huikuri Toni Olavi Huikuri is a Finnish high jumper.He was born in Helsinki and represented the club HKV Helsinki. He finished sixth at the 1996 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2000 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final...		2.20
15	T27	Petr Brayko		2.15
15	T27	Glenn Howard Glenn Howard Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...		2.15
		Hugo Muñoz Hugo Muñoz Hugo Muñoz Llerena is a retired Peruvian high jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1993 South American Championships. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in...		NM
		Labros Papakostas		DNS

Overall Qualifying Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	Qual	Record
1	Stefan Holm Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...		A	2.27	q
	Konstantin Matusevich Konstantin Matusevich Konstantin Matusevich is a retired Israeli high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved in February 2000 in Perth. This is the current Israeli record.-Achievements:-External links:...		A	2.27	q
	Wolfgang Kreissig		B	2.27	q
	Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the high jump.Voronin is a World Champion and European Indoor Champion . His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either...		B	2.27	q
5	Sergey Kliugin		A	2.27	q
6	Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper is a retired American high jumper.He finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, fourth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2002 World Cup....		B	2.27	q
7	Kwaku Boateng		B	2.27	q
	Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is a former Algerian track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian...		A	2.27	q
	Staffan Strand Staffan Strand Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...		B	2.27	q
	Sergii Dymchenko		B	2.27	q
	Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...		B	2.27	q
12	Kenny Evans Kenny Evans Kenny Evans is a retired American high jumper. He finished thirteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Fayetteville.-References:...		B	2.27	q
13	Mark Boswell Mark Boswell Mark Boswell and grew up in Brampton, Ontario is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event....		B	2.27	q
14	Elvir Krehmic		A	2.24
	Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth is a retired Australian three-time Olympic high jumper.His first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 the 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his current personal best height of 2.34m...		A	2.24
16	Christian Rhoden		A	2.24
	Andriy Sokolovskyy Andriy Sokolovskyy Andriy Sokolovskyy is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.38 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Rome .-Achievements:-External links:...		A	2.24
	Mika Polku Mika Polku Mika Petteri Polku is a retired Finnish high jumper.He was born in Virrat and represented the club Virtain Urheilijat. He won the bronze medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships and finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001...		A	2.24
19	Yuriy Pahklyahev		A	2.24
20	Charles Austin Charles Austin Charles Austin is an American athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the owner of So High Sports and Fitness a sports performance and personal training company. He opened his So High Sports and Fitness Studio in 2002 and his...		A	2.20
21	Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek Lee Jin-Taek is a retired South Korean high jumper.-Career:His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved in June 1997 in Seoul. This is the current South Korean record.-Achievements:-References:...		B	2.20
	Dragutin Topic Dragutin Topic -Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four...		B	2.20
23	Wilbert Pennings Wilbert Pennings Wilbert Bernard Roger Pennings is a Dutch high jumper. He is a thirteen-time Dutch champion and holds the national indoor and outdoor records....		B	2.20
	Brendan Reilly		B	2.20
	Gilmar Mayo Gilmar Mayo Gilmar Jalith Mayo Lozano is a Colombian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in October 1994 in Pereira. This is the current Colombian record.-Achievements:-References:...		B	2.20
26	Toni Huikuri Toni Huikuri Toni Olavi Huikuri is a Finnish high jumper.He was born in Helsinki and represented the club HKV Helsinki. He finished sixth at the 1996 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2000 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final...		B	2.20
27	Stevan Zoric		A	2.15
	Glenn Howard Glenn Howard Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...		B	2.15
	Ruslan Glyvynskyy		A	2.15
	Petr Brayko		B	2.15
	Benjamin Challenger		A	2.15
	Takahisa Yoshida		A	2.15
33	Jean Claude Rabbath		A	2.15
34	Aleksei Lelin		A	2.15
	Hugo Muñoz Hugo Muñoz Hugo Muñoz Llerena is a retired Peruvian high jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1993 South American Championships. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships, the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in...		B	NM
	Labros Papakostas		B	DNS

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Notes
1	Sergey Kliugin		2.35	SB
2	Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the...		2.32	SB
3	Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is a former Algerian track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian...		2.32
4	Stefan Holm Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...		2.32
5	Konstantin Matusevich Konstantin Matusevich Konstantin Matusevich is a retired Israeli high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved in February 2000 in Perth. This is the current Israeli record.-Achievements:-External links:...		2.32
6	Mark Boswell Mark Boswell Mark Boswell and grew up in Brampton, Ontario is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event....		2.32
	Staffan Strand Staffan Strand Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...		2.32
8	Wolfgang Kreissig		2.29
9	Sergii Dymchenko		2.29
10	Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the high jump.Voronin is a World Champion and European Indoor Champion . His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either...		2.29
11	Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper Nathan Leeper is a retired American high jumper.He finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, fourth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2002 World Cup....		2.25
12	Kwaku Boateng		2.25
13	Kenny Evans Kenny Evans Kenny Evans is a retired American high jumper. He finished thirteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Fayetteville.-References:...		2.20