The men's high jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. Thirty-eight athletes from 27 nations competed.
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
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.
Competition format
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.
Records
, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows.
No new records were set during the competition.
Schedule
<small>All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
| Friday, 20 August 2004 || 20:00 || Qualifying
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| Sunday, 22 August 2004 || 19:30 || Final
|}
Results
Qualifying round
Rule: Qualifying standard 2.28 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Group !! Athlete !! Nation !! 2.10 !!2.15!! 2.20 !!2.25 !!2.28 !! Height !! Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|rowspan=3| 1 || B || align="left" | Stefan Holm || align="left" | || — || — || o || o || o||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| A || align="left" | Jamie Nieto || align="left" | || — || — || o || o || o||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| A || align="left" | Mark Boswell || align="left" | || — || — || o || o || o||2.28|| ,
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|rowspan=3| 4 || A || align="left" | Andriy Sokolovskyy || align="left" | || — || o || o || xo || o||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| B || align="left" | Lisvany Pérez || align="left" | || o || xo || o || o || o||2.28|| ,
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| B ||align="left" | Svatoslav Ton || align="left" | || o || o || xo || o || o||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 7 || A || align="left" | Alessandro Talotti || align="left" | || — || o || xo || xxo || o||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 8 || A || align="left" | Yaroslav Rybakov || align="left" | || — || o || o || o || xo||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|rowspan=2| 9 || A || align="left" | Dragutin Topić || align="left" | || — || o || xo || o || xo||2.28|| , =
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| B || align="left" | Jaroslav Bába || align="left" | || — || o || o || xo || xo||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 11 || B || align="left" | Matt Hemingway || align="left" | || — || – || o || o || xxo||2.28||
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 12 || B || align="left" | Vyacheslav Voronin || align="left" | || — || o || xo || xo || xxo||2.28||
|-
|rowspan=2| 13 || A || align="left" | Hennazdy Maroz || align="left" | || — || o || o || o || xxx ||2.25||
|-
| B || align="left" | Nicola Ciotti || align="left" | || — || o || o || o || xxx ||2.25||
|-
|rowspan=2| 15 || A || align="left" | Ştefan Vasilache || align="left" | || — || o || xo || o || xxx ||2.25||
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| B || align="left" | Abderrahmane Hammad || align="left" | || — || xo || o || o || xxx ||2.25||
|-
| 17 || B || align="left" | Jessé de Lima || align="left" | || — || o || xxo || o || xxx ||2.25||
|-
|rowspan=2| 18 || B || align="left" | Staffan Strand || align="left" | || — || – || o || xo || xxx ||2.25||
|-
| A || align="left" | Kyriakos Ioannou || align="left" | || o || o || o || xo || xxx ||2.25||
|-
|rowspan=4| 20 || A || align="left" | Grzegorz Sposób || align="left" | || — || o || o || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| B || align="left" | Rožle Prezelj || align="left" | || — || o || o || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| B || align="left" | Jacques Freitag || align="left" | || — || o || o || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| A || align="left" | Manjula Kumara Wijesekara || align="left" | || — || o || o || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| 24 || A || align="left" | Linus Thörnblad || align="left" | || o || xxo || o || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
|rowspan=5| 25 || A || align="left" | Oskari Frösén || align="left" | || o || o || xo || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| A || align="left" | Roman Fricke || align="left" | || — || o || xo || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| B || align="left" | Jean-Claude Rabbath || align="left" | || o || o || xo || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| B || align="left" | Robert Wolski || align="left" | || — || o || xo || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
| B || align="left" | Pyotr Brayko || align="left" | || — || o || xo || x- || ||2.20||
|-
| 30 || A || align="left" | Tomáš Janků || align="left" | || o || xo || xo || xxx || ||2.20||
|-
|rowspan=2| 31 || B || align="left" | Marko Aleksejev || align="left" | || o || o || xxx ||colspan=2 ||2.15||
|-
| B || align="left" | Javier Bermejo || align="left" | || o || o || xxx ||colspan=2 ||2.15||
|-
| 33 || A || align="left" | László Boros || align="left" | || xo || o || xxx ||colspan=2 ||2.15||
|-
| 34 || A || align="left" | Tora Harris || align="left" | || — || xo || xxx ||colspan=2 ||2.15||
|-
| 35 || A || align="left" | Alfredo Deza || align="left" | || o || xxx ||colspan=3 ||2.10||
|-
| 36 || B || align="left" | Liu Yang || align="left" | || xxo || x ||colspan=3 ||2.10||
|-
|data-sort-value=37| — || A || align="left" | Adrian O'Dwyer || align="left" | || xxx ||colspan=4 ||||
|-
|data-sort-value=38| — || B || align="left" | Aleksey Lesnichiy || align="left" | || — || xxx ||colspan=3 || || <sup>*</sup>
|}
<sup>*</sup> Aleksey Lesnichiy was disqualified after failing an anti-doping test.
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Athlete || Nation !! 2.20!!2.25!!2.29!!2.32!!2.34!!2.36!! Height !! Notes
|-
| ||align="left"| Stefan Holm ||align="left"| || o || o || o || xo || xxo || o || 2.36 || =
|-
| ||align="left"| Matt Hemingway ||align="left"| || o || o || — || o || o || xxx || 2.34 ||
|-
| ||align="left"| Jaroslav Bába ||align="left"| || o || o || o || xxo || o || xxx || 2.34 ||
|-
| 4 ||align="left"| Jamie Nieto ||align="left"| || o || xo || — || o || xo || xxx || 2.34 ||
|-
| 5 ||align="left"| Andriy Sokolovskyy ||align="left"| || o || o || o || o || xxx || || 2.32 ||
|-
| 6 ||align="left"| Yaroslav Rybakov ||align="left"| || o || xo || o || xo || xxx || || 2.32 || =
|-
| 7 ||align="left"| Mark Boswell ||align="left"| || o || — || o || xxx ||colspan=2 || 2.29 ||
|-
| 8 ||align="left"| Svatoslav Ton ||align="left"| || o || xo || xo || xx- || x || || 2.29 ||
|-
| 9 ||align="left"| Vyacheslav Voronin ||align="left"| || o || — || xxo || xxx ||colspan=2 || 2.29 ||
|-
| 10 ||align="left"| Dragutin Topić ||align="left"| || xo || — || xxo || — || xxx || || 2.29 ||
|-
| 11 ||align="left"| Lisvany Pérez ||align="left"| || o || xo || xxx ||colspan=3 || 2.25 ||
|-
| 12 ||align="left"| Alessandro Talotti ||align="left"| || o || xxo || — || xxx ||colspan=2 || 2.25 ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report