1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

None These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Wednesday 1997-08-06. Medalists GoldCUB Javier SotomayorCuba (CUB)SilverPOL Artur PartykaPoland (POL)BronzeAUS Tim ForsythAustralia (AUS) Results Qualifying round 4 August Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Name Nationality 2.15 2.19 2.23 2.26 2.28 Result Notes 1 A Gilmar Mayo o o o o o 2.28 Q, PB 1 A Lee Jin-taek – o – o o 2.28 Q 1 B Artur Partyka Poland – o – o o 2.28 Q 1 B Javier Sotomayor – – o o o 2.28 Q 1 B Steinar Hoen – – o – o 2.28 Q 6 A Lambros Papakostas – o o o xo 2.28 Q 7 A Martin Buß Germany o xo o xo xo 2.28 Q 8 B Tim Forsyth Australia o – – o xxo 2.28 Q 9 B Konstantin Matusevich o o xo xo xxo 2.28 Q 10 B Dalton Grant Great Britain – xo o xxo xxo 2.28 Q, SB 11 B Jan Janků – o xo o xxx 2.26 q 12 B Sergey Klyugin Russia o xxo o o xxx 2.26 q 13 A Charles Austin United States – o – xo xxx 2.26 14 B Steve Smith Great Britain o – xo xo xxx 2.26 15 A Staffan Strand Sweden o – o xxx 2.23 15 A Charles Lefrançois Canada – o o xxx 2.23 15 B Didier Detchénique France o o o xxx 2.23 15 B Stevan Zorić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – o o xxx 2.23 15 B Brian Brown United States o – o xxx 2.23 20 B Dimitrios Kokotis xxo o o xxx 2.23 20 B Mustapha Raifak France xxo o o xxx 2.23 22 A Jarosław Kotewicz Poland o – xo xxx 2.23 22 A Mark Boswell Canada – o xo xxx 2.23 22 A Mark Mandy o o xo xx– x 2.23 22 A Dragutin Topić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia o – xo – xxx 2.23 26 A Elvir Krehmić Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 xxo o xo xxx 2.23 27 A Brendan Reilly Great Britain – o xxo xx– x 2.23 28 A Arturo Ortíz Spain – o – xxx 2.19 28 A Tomáš Janků o o xxx 2.19 30 A Randy Jenkins United States xxo xxo – xxx 2.19 31 A Konstantinos Liapis o xxx 2.15 31 B Glenn Howard New Zealand o xxx 2.15 31 B Julio Luciano o xxx 2.15 34 B Michiya Onoue Japan xo xxx 2.15 35 B Khemraj Naiko xxo xxx 2.15 Final Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.37 2.39 Result Notes Javier Sotomayor – xo – o o xo – 2.37 WL Artur Partyka Poland o – o – xo xx– x 2.35 SB Tim Forsyth Australia o – xo o xo x– xx 2.35 04 4 Steinar Hoen – o o o xx– x 2.32 04 4 Dalton Grant Great Britain – – – o xxx 2.32 SB 06 6 Lambros Papakostas – o o xo xx– x 2.32 SB 07 7 Konstantin Matusevich o o o xxx 2.29 08 8 Lee Jin-taek xo o o xxx 2.29 09 9 Martin Buß Germany xxo o o xxx 2.29 10 Gilmar Mayo o o xo xxx 2.29 11 Sergey Klyugin Russia xo xo xxo r 2.29 12 Jan Janků o o xxx 2.25 See also 1994 Men's European Championships high jump 1995 Men's World Championships high jump 1996 Men's Olympic high jump 1998 Men's European Championships high jump 1999 Men's World Championships high jump References Results H Category:High jump at the World Athletics Championships