Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
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4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
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20 km walk men
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Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
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Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The event was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 10–11 August 1984.

Summary

Eight out of 16 event finalists at the 1980 Olympics were absent as a result of the Soviet-led boycott, including all three medalists (although bronze-winning East German jumper Jörg Freimuth had retired in 1982). Another major absence, due to the boycott, was Soviet Union's young Hennadiy Avdyeyenko who won the inaugural 1983 World Championship less than a year prior to the 1984 Olympics. Avdyeyenko later went on to win gold in 1988. Going into the competition, a clear favourite was China's Zhu Jianhua, who won bronze in the 1983 World Championships and who had set a new world record of 2.39 m on 10 June 1984, less than two months before the Games in Los Angeles.

Schedule

Date Round
Friday, 10 August 1984 Qualifications
Saturday, 11 August 1984 Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Zhu Jianhua (CHN) 2.39 m Eberstadt, West Germany 10 June 1984
Olympic record  Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.36 m Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August 1980

Results

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

Qualification rule: qualifying performance 2.24 m (Q) or twelve best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 Result Note
1= A Milton Goode United States o o o 2.24 Q
1= A Patrik Sjöberg Sweden o o o o 2.24 Q
1= A Zhu Jianhua China o o o o 2.24 Q
1= B Liu Yunpeng China o o o o 2.24 Q
1= A Doug Nordquist United States o o o o 2.24 Q
1= A Milton Ottey Canada o o o o o 2.24 Q
1= A Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany o o o 2.24 Q
8 A Dwight Stones United States o o xo o 2.24 Q
9= B Cai Shu China o o o xo 2.24 Q
9= A Erkki Niemi Finland o o o o xo 2.24 Q
11 A Roland Dalhäuser Switzerland xxo xo 2.24 Q
12 A Carlo Thränhardt West Germany o x– o xxo 2.24 Q
13= B John Atkinson Australia oo o xo o xxx 2.21
13= B Thomas Eriksson Sweden o o xo o xxx 2.21
15= A Eddy Annys Belgium o xo xxx 2.21
15= B Geoff Parsons Great Britain o xo xxx 2.21
15= A Takao Sakamoto Japan o o o xo xxx2.21
18 A Gerd Nagel West Germany o xo oo xxx 2.18
19 B Hrvoje Fižuleto Yugoslavia o xxo xo o xxx 2.18
20 B Alain Metellus Canada o o xo xxx 2.18
21 B Nick Saunders Bermuda o o xxo xxx 2.18
22= B Novica Čanović Yugoslavia o xxx 2.15
22= B Dimitrios Kattis Greece o xxx 2.15
24 A Franck Verzy France o xo xxx 2.15
25 B Desmond Morris Jamaica xo xo xxx 2.15
26= B Chin-Chiang Liu Chinese Taipei o xo xxx 2.10
26= B Tin-Sau Lam Hong Kong o xo xxx 2.10
28 B Mutale Mulenga Zambia xo xxx 2.05 NR
N/A A Stephen Wray Bahamas xxx NM
N/A B Mark Naylor Great Britain xxx NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.27 2.29 2.31 2.33 2.35 2.40 Result Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany o o o o o o xxx 2.35
2nd, silver medalist(s) Patrik Sjöberg Sweden o xo o xo xo xxx 2.33
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Zhu Jianhua China o o o o x– xx 2.31
4 Dwight Stones United States o o x– o xxx 2.31
5Doug Nordquist United States o o o o xxx 2.29
6 Milton Ottey Canada o o xo xo o xxx 2.29
7 Liu Yunpeng China o o o xxo xo xxx 2.29
8Cai Shu China o xo o xo x– xx 2.27
9Erkki Niemi Finland o xo xxo xxx 2.24
10 Carlo Thränhardt West Germany xo xx– 2.15
N/A Roland Dalhäuser Switzerland xxx NM
N/A Milton Goode United States xxx NM

References

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