Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's High Jump
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The Men's High Jump
event at the 2004 Summer Olympics
as part of the athletics program
was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.
Jamie Nieto
, United States
2.28m - Q
1.
Mark Boswell
, Canada
2.28m - Q SB
3.
Andriy Sokolovskyy
, Ukraine
2.28m - Q
4.
Alessandro Talotti
, Italy
2.28m -Q
5.
Yaroslav Rybakov
, Russia
2.28m -Q
6.
Dragutin Topic
, Serbia and Montenegro
2.28m -Q Equal SB
7.
Gennadiy Moroz
, Belarus
2.25m
8.
Ştefan Vasilache
, Romania
2.25m
9.
Kyriakos Ioannou
, Cyprus
2.25m
10.
Grzegorz Sposob
, Poland
2.20m
10.
Manjula Kumara Wijesekera, Sri Lanka
2.20m
12.
Linus Thornblad
, Sweden
2.20m
13.
Roman Fricke
, Germany
2.20m
13.
Oskari Frosen
, Finland
2.20m
15.
Tomáš Janků
, Czech Republic
2.20m
16.
Laszlo Boros
, Hungary
2.15m
17. Tora Harris
, United States 2.15m
18.
Alfredo Deza, Peru
2.10m
Adrian O Dwyer, Ireland
NM
Stefan Holm
, Sweden 2.28m -Q
2.
Lisvany Perez
, Cuba
2.28m -Q PB
2. Svatoslav Ton
, Czech Republic 2.28m -Q
4. Jaroslav Baba
, Czech Republic 2.28m -Q
5. Matt Hemingway
, United States 2.28m -Q
6. Vyacheslav Voronin
, Russia 2.28m -Q
7. Nicola Ciotti
, Italy 2.25m
8.
Abderrahmane Hammad
, Algeria
2.25m SB
9.
Jessé de Lima
, Brazil
2.25m
10. Staffan Strand
, Sweden 2.25m
11.
Jacques Freitag
, South Africa
2.20m
11.
Rozle Prezelj
, Slovenia
2.20m
13. Pyotr Brayko, Russia 2.20m
13.
Jean Claude Rabbath, Lebanon
2.20m
13. Robert Wolski
, Poland 2.20m
16.
Marko Aleksejev, Estonia
2.15m
16.
Javier Bermejo, Spain
2.15m
18.
Yang Liu, China
2.10m
Aleksey Lesnichiy, Belarus DISQ
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 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
as part of the athletics program
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.
Medalists
Schedule
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)Qualification Round Group A Group B 20.08.2004 – 20:02h 20.08.2004 – 20:02h Final Round 22.08.2004 – 19:30h
Abbreviations
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| OR | Olympic record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 2.45 m | July 27, 1992 |  Salamanca, Spain |
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| Olympic Record | 2.39 m | July 28, 1996 |  Atlanta, United StatesUnited States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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Heat 1
1. Jamie NietoJamie Nieto
Jamie Nieto in Seattle, Washington is an American high jumper and Actor who resides in Chula Vista, California. Nieto is currently training at the Olympic Training Center....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
2.28m - Q
1.
Mark BoswellMark 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....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
2.28m - Q SB
3.
Andriy SokolovskyyAndriy 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:...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
2.28m - Q
4.
Alessandro TalottiAlessandro Talotti
Alessandro Talotti is an Italian high jumper.Talotti was born in Udine.He finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
2.28m -Q
5.
Yaroslav RybakovYaroslav Rybakov
Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
2.28m -Q
6.
Dragutin TopicDragutin 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...
, Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
2.28m -Q Equal SB
7.
Gennadiy MorozGennadiy Moroz
Hennazdy Maroz is a Belarusian high jumper.In 2003 he equalled his indoor personal best of 2.30 metres to win the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships. His outdoor personal best of 2.33 metres was set in July 2001 in Brest....
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
2.25m
8.
Ştefan VasilacheStefan Vasilache
Ştefan Vasilache is a Romanian high jumper.Vasilache finished eleventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade. At the 2004 World Indoor Championships, he jumped 2.25 metres which was enough to secure a surprising bronze medal, alongside Jaroslav Bába and Germaine Mason who achieved the same result...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
2.25m
9.
Kyriakos IoannouKyriakos Ioannou
Kyriakos Ioannou is a Cypriot high jumper.His personal best jump and Cypriot national record is 2.35 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships held in Osaka where he won the bronze medal. He became the first World Championships medalist from Cyprus...
, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
2.25m
10.
Grzegorz SposobGrzegorz Sposób
Grzegorz Sposób is a Polish high jumper. He finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris with a jump of 2.29 metres. The next year he competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
2.20m
10.
Manjula Kumara Wijesekera, Sri LankaSri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
2.20m
12.
Linus ThornbladLinus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
2.20m
13.
Roman FrickeRoman Fricke
Roman Fricke is a German high jumper, who won two national titles in the men's high jump event.He finished thirteenth 2003 World Championships in Paris with a jump of 2.20 metres. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool.His personal best jump is 2.30 metres,...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
2.20m
13.
Oskari FrosenOskari Frösén
Oskari Frösén is a Finnish high jumper, who won a total of five national titles in the men's high jump event....
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
2.20m
15.
Tomáš JankůTomáš Janku
Tomáš Janků is a Czech high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. In 2010, he married a former Czech pole vaulter Kateřina Baďurová. His older brother Jan Janků is also a prominent high jumper.-Achievements:-References:...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
2.20m
16.
Laszlo BorosLászló Boros
László Boros is a retired Hungarian high jumper.He was born in Budapest. He finished twelfth at the 1999 World Youth Championships. He also competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final round.He became Hungarian...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
2.15m
17.
Tora HarrisTora Harris
Tora Harris is an American high jumper.He won bronze medals at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the 2006 IAAF World Cup.His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Indianapolis.-Achievements:-References:*...
, United States 2.15m
18.
Alfredo Deza, PeruPeru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
2.10m
Adrian O Dwyer, IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
NM
Heat 2
1. Stefan HolmStefan 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...
, Sweden 2.28m -Q
2.
Lisvany PerezLisvany Pérez
Lisvany Arlys Pérez Rodríguez is a Cuban high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.29 metres, achieved in March 2005 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
2.28m -Q PB
2.
Svatoslav TonSvatoslav Ton
Svatoslav Ton is a Czech high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Prague.-Achievements:-External links:...
, Czech Republic 2.28m -Q
4.
Jaroslav BabaJaroslav Bába
Jaroslav Bába is a Czech high jumper.At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships he jumped 2.25 metres and won a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache...
, Czech Republic 2.28m -Q
5.
Matt HemingwayMatt Hemingway
Matt Hemingway is an American track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games by clearing a height of 2.34 meters . Reflecting on this he said: "I'm ecstatic about winning the silver. You don’t lose gold medals. People win them...
, United States 2.28m -Q
6.
Vyacheslav VoroninVyacheslav 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...
, Russia 2.28m -Q
7.
Nicola CiottiNicola Ciotti
Nicola Ciotti is an Italian high jumper. He is the twin brother of Giulio Ciotti.He finished fifth at the 2005 World Championships and sixth at the 2006 European Championships...
, Italy 2.25m
8.
Abderrahmane HammadAbderrahmane 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...
, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
2.25m SB
9.
Jessé de LimaJessé de Lima
Jessé Farias de Lima is a Brazilian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in September 2008 in Lausanne. This is the current Brazilian record.-Achievements:-References:...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
2.25m
10.
Staffan StrandStaffan Strand
Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...
, Sweden 2.25m
11.
Jacques FreitagJacques Freitag
Jacques Freitag a South African high jumper. He grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng . He is 2.04 m and weighs 87 kg. His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was in 1973 a South African high jump champion with PB 1.74m...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
2.20m
11.
Rozle PrezeljRožle Prezelj
Rožle Prezelj is a Slovenian high jumper. Prezelj respresented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 12th in high jump.-References:...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
2.20m
13.
Pyotr Brayko, Russia 2.20m13.
Jean Claude Rabbath, LebanonLebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
2.20m
13.
Robert WolskiRobert Wolski
Robert Wolski is a Polish high jumper.He finished eighth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool....
, Poland 2.20m
16.
Marko Aleksejev, EstoniaEstonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
2.15m
16.
Javier Bermejo, SpainSpain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
2.15m
18.
Yang Liu, ChinaPeople's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
2.10m
Aleksey Lesnichiy, Belarus DISQFinal
The final was held on August 19.| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Mark | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.36 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
2.36 | o | o | o | xo | xxo | o | =PB | ||
| Matt Hemingway Matt Hemingway Matt Hemingway is an American track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games by clearing a height of 2.34 meters . Reflecting on this he said: "I'm ecstatic about winning the silver. You don’t lose gold medals. People win them... |
2.34 | o | o | - | o | o | xxx | SB | ||
| Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába is a Czech high jumper.At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships he jumped 2.25 metres and won a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache... |
2.34 | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | PB | ||
| 4 | Jamie Nieto Jamie Nieto Jamie Nieto in Seattle, Washington is an American high jumper and Actor who resides in Chula Vista, California. Nieto is currently training at the Olympic Training Center.... |
2.34 | o | xo | ||||||
| o | xo | xxx | PB | |||||||
| 5 | 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:... |
2.32 | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||
| 6 | Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba.... |
2.32 | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | =SB | ||
| 7 | 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.... |
2.29 | o | - | o | xxx | SB | |||
| 8 | Svatoslav Ton Svatoslav Ton Svatoslav Ton is a Czech high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Prague.-Achievements:-External links:... |
2.29 | o | xo | xo | xx- | x | |||
| 9 | 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 | o | |||||||
| xxo | xxx | |||||||||
| 10 | 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... |
2.29 | xo | |||||||
| xxo | ||||||||||
| xxx | ||||||||||
| 10 | Lisvany Pérez Lisvany Pérez Lisvany Arlys Pérez Rodríguez is a Cuban high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.29 metres, achieved in March 2005 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:*... |
2.25 | o | xo | xxx | |||||
| 12 | Alessandro Talotti Alessandro Talotti Alessandro Talotti is an Italian high jumper.Talotti was born in Udine.He finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games... |
2.25 | o | xxo | ||||||
| xxx |