Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
Men's high jump at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stade de France, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
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Winning height | 2.36 m | ||||||||||||
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The men's high jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.
Background
[edit]The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.
Record | Athlete (Nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
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World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45[1] | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
Olympic record | Charles Austin (USA) | 2.39 | Atlanta, United States | 28 July 1996 |
World leading | Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) | 2.37[2] | Rome, Italy | 11 June 2024 |
Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Height (m) |
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Africa (records) | Jacques Freitag (RSA) | 2.38 |
Asia (records) | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.43 |
Europe (records) | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42 |
Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.42 i | |
North, Central America and Caribbean (records) |
Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 WR |
Oceania (records) | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.36 |
Brandon Starc (AUS) | ||
Hamish Kerr (NZL) | 2.36 i | |
South America (records) | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.33 |
Qualification
[edit]For the men's high jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 2.33 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[4]
Results
[edit]Qualification
[edit]The qualification is being held on 7 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[5][6] All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard 2.29 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[7]
Final
[edit]The final was held on 10 August, starting at 19:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[5][6]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Main competition | Jump-off | Height | Notes | ||||||||
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2.17 | 2.22 | 2.27 | 2.31 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.38 | 2.38 | 2.36 | 2.34 | |||||
Hamish Kerr | New Zealand | o | o | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | x | x | o | 2.36 | =AR | |
Shelby McEwen | United States | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | x | x | x | 2.36 | PB | |
Mutaz Barsham | Qatar | – | o | o | o | o | xx- | x | 2.34 | SB | ||||
4 | Stefano Sottile | Italy | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.34 | PB | ||||
5 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Japan | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.31 | PB | |||||
6 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.31 | PB | |||||
7 | Woo Sang-hyeok | South Korea | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.27 | |||||||
8 | Tihomir Ivanov | Bulgaria | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.27 | SB | ||||||
9 | Jan Štefela | Czech Republic | xxo | o | xxx | 2.22 | ||||||||
10 | Romaine Beckford | Jamaica | o | xo | xxx | 2.22 | ||||||||
11 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy | – | xxo | xxx | 2.22 | ||||||||
12 | Brian Raats | South Africa | o | xxx | 2.17 |
References
[edit]- ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – High jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Records – High jump men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Men's High Jump Qualification Results". Olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's High Jump - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's High Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.