1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

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

Gold	Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Artur Partyka Poland (POL)
Bronze	Tim Forsyth Australia (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	Colombia	o	o	o	o	o	2.28	Q, PB
1	A	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	–	o	–	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Artur Partyka	Poland	–	o	–	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	–	o	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	–	o	–	o	2.28	Q
6	A	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	–	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	Israel	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	Czech Republic	–	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	Yugoslavia	–	o	o	xxx		2.23
15	B	Brian Brown	United States	o	–	o	xxx		2.23
20	B	Dimitrios Kokotis	Greece	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	Ireland	o	o	xo	xx–	x	2.23
22	A	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	o	–	xo	–	xxx	2.23
26	A	Elvir Krehmić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	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	Czech Republic	o	o	xxx			2.19
30	A	Randy Jenkins	United States	xxo	xxo	–	xxx		2.19
31	A	Konstantinos Liapis	Greece	o	xxx				2.15
31	B	Glenn Howard	New Zealand	o	xxx				2.15
31	B	Julio Luciano	Dominican Republic	o	xxx				2.15
34	B	Michiya Onoue	Japan	xo	xxx				2.15
35	B	Khemraj Naiko	Mauritius	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	Cuba	–	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
4	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	o	o	o	xx–	x		2.32
4	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	–	–	–	o	xxx			2.32	SB
6	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	–	o	o	xo	xx–	x		2.32	SB
7	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	o	xxx				2.29
8	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	xo	o	o	xxx				2.29
9	Martin Buß	Germany	xxo	o	o	xxx				2.29
10	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	o	o	xo	xxx				2.29
11	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	xo	xo	xxo	r				2.29
12	Jan Janků	Czech Republic	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