Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August.[1][2] Thirty-eight athletes from 27 nations competed.[3] The event was won by Stefan Holm of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump and first medal in the event since Patrik Sjöberg won three in a row from 1984 to 1992. Matt Hemingway took silver, returning the United States to the podium after a one-Games absence. Jaroslav Bába's bronze was the first medal in the event for the Czech Republic.

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Stefan Holm (2013)
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors38 from 27 nations
Winning height2.36
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stefan Holm
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matt Hemingway
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jaroslav Bába
 Czech Republic
← 2000
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Background

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This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were bronze medalist Abderrahmane Hammad of Algeria, fourth-place finisher Stefan Holm of Sweden, sixth-place finishers Mark Boswell of Canada and Staffan Strand of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Vyacheslav Voronin of Russia. Dragutin Topić competed under for the fourth time, under his third flag (the Olympic flag as an Independent Olympic Participant in 1992, Yugoslavia in 1996 and 2000, and now Serbia and Montenegro). Holm was favored; he had placed second at the 2003 world championship (the winner, Jacques Freitag, was present in Athens but injured) and "had won 17 consecutive meets leading up to Athina."[3]

Cyprus, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Sri Lanka each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 24th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's high jump, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had jumped 2.30 metres or higher during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had jumped 2.27 metres or higher could be entered.[4]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.[5]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows.

World record   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1992
Olympic record   Charles Austin (USA) 2.39 Atlanta, United States 28 July 1996
World Leading   Stefan Holm (SWE) 2.37 Stockholm, Sweden 12 February 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 20:00 Qualifying
Sunday, 22 August 2004 19:30 Final

Results

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Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying round

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Rule: Qualifying standard 2.28 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Athlete Nation 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.25 2.28 Height Notes
1 B Stefan Holm   Sweden o o o 2.28 Q
A Jamie Nieto   United States o o o 2.28 Q
A Mark Boswell   Canada o o o 2.28 Q, SB
4 A Andriy Sokolovskyy   Ukraine o o xo o 2.28 Q
B Lisvany Pérez   Cuba o xo o o o 2.28 Q, PB
B Svatoslav Ton   Czech Republic o o xo o o 2.28 Q
7 A Alessandro Talotti   Italy o xo xxo o 2.28 Q
8 A Yaroslav Rybakov   Russia o o o xo 2.28 Q
9 A Dragutin Topić   Serbia and Montenegro o xo o xo 2.28 Q, =SB
B Jaroslav Bába   Czech Republic o o xo xo 2.28 Q
11 B Matt Hemingway   United States o o xxo 2.28 Q
12 B Vyacheslav Voronin   Russia o xo xo xxo 2.28 Q
13 A Hennazdy Maroz   Belarus o o o xxx 2.25
B Nicola Ciotti   Italy o o o xxx 2.25
15 A Ştefan Vasilache   Romania o xo o xxx 2.25
B Abderrahmane Hammad   Algeria xo o o xxx 2.25 SB
17 B Jessé de Lima   Brazil o xxo o xxx 2.25
18 B Staffan Strand   Sweden o xo xxx 2.25
A Kyriakos Ioannou   Cyprus o o o xo xxx 2.25
20 A Grzegorz Sposób   Poland o o xxx 2.20
B Rožle Prezelj   Slovenia o o xxx 2.20
B Jacques Freitag   South Africa o o xxx 2.20
A Manjula Kumara Wijesekara   Sri Lanka o o xxx 2.20
24 A Linus Thörnblad   Sweden o xxo o xxx 2.20
25 A Oskari Frösén   Finland o o xo xxx 2.20
A Roman Fricke   Germany o xo xxx 2.20
B Jean-Claude Rabbath   Lebanon o o xo xxx 2.20
B Robert Wolski   Poland o xo xxx 2.20
B Pyotr Brayko   Russia o xo x- 2.20
30 A Tomáš Janků   Czech Republic o xo xo xxx 2.20
31 B Marko Aleksejev   Estonia o o xxx 2.15
B Javier Bermejo   Spain o o xxx 2.15
33 A László Boros   Hungary xo o xxx 2.15
34 A Tora Harris   United States xo xxx 2.15
35 A Alfredo Deza   Peru o xxx 2.10
36 B Liu Yang   China xxo x 2.10
A Adrian O'Dwyer   Ireland xxx NM
B Aleksey Lesnichiy   Belarus xxx DPG *

* Aleksey Lesnichiy was disqualified after failing an anti-doping test.[6]

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.34 2.36 Height Notes
  Stefan Holm   Sweden o o o xo xxo o 2.36 =PB
  Matt Hemingway   United States o o o o xxx 2.34 SB
  Jaroslav Bába   Czech Republic o o o xxo o xxx 2.34 PB
4 Jamie Nieto   United States o xo o xo xxx 2.34 PB
5 Andriy Sokolovskyy   Ukraine o o o o xxx 2.32
6 Yaroslav Rybakov   Russia o xo o xo xxx 2.32 =SB
7 Mark Boswell   Canada o o xxx 2.29 SB
8 Svatoslav Ton   Czech Republic o xo xo xx- x 2.29
9 Vyacheslav Voronin   Russia o xxo xxx 2.29
10 Dragutin Topić   Serbia and Montenegro xo xxo xxx 2.29
11 Lisvany Pérez   Cuba o xo xxx 2.25
12 Alessandro Talotti   Italy o xxo xxx 2.25

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. ^ "2004 OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS QUALIFYING STANDARDS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's High Jump". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ^ "IOC sanctions high jumper Aleksey Lesnichiy for failing anti-doping test". Olympics. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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