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

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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
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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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stefan Holm  Sweden o o o xo xxo o 2.36 =PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matt Hemingway  United States o o o o xxx 2.34 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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