1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Vyacheslav Voronin Russia (RUS)
Silver	Mark Boswell Canada (CAN)
Bronze	Martin Buß Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
21.08.1999 – 19:10h	21.08.1999 – 19:10h
Final Round
23.08.1999 – 19:25h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results

Qualifying round

• Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.23	2.26	2.29	Result	Notes
1	A	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	–	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
1	A	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
1	A	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
4	A	Charles Austin	United States	o	–	o	xo	o	2.29	Q
4	B	Mark Boswell	Canada	o	–	xo	o	o	2.29	Q
4	B	Stefan Holm	Sweden	o	o	–	xo	o	2.29	Q
7	A	Martin Buß	Germany	–	xxo	o	o	o	2.29	Q
8	A	Staffan Strand	Sweden	–	o	o	o	xo	2.29	Q
9	A	Wilbert Pennings	Netherlands	o	o	–	xo	xo	2.29	Q
9	B	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	o	o	–	xo	xo	2.29	Q
11	A	Abderahmane Hammad	Algeria	xxo	o	xo	xxo	xxo	2.29	Q
12	B	Brendan Reilly	Ireland	o	o	–	o	xxx	2.26	q
12	B	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	o	–	o	x–	2.26	q
14	B	Wolfgang Kreissig	Germany	–	xo	o	o	xxx	2.26
15	B	Tim Forsyth	Australia	o	–	xo	xxo	xxx	2.26
16	B	Dejan Miloševic	Slovenia	o	xo	o	xxx		2.23
17	B	Sergey Dymchenko	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxx		2.23
18	B	Jan Janků	Czech Republic	o	xo	xo	xxx		2.23
19	A	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	o	o	xxo	x–	xx	2.23
20	A	Anthony Idiata	Nigeria	o	o	xxx			2.20
20	A	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	xxx			2.20
22	A	Elvir Krehmić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	xo	o	–	xxx		2.20
23	B	Jean-Claude Rabbath	Lebanon	o	xo	xxx			2.20
24	B	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	xo	xo	xxx			2.20
25	A	Ben Challenger	Great Britain	o	xxo	xxx			2.20
25	B	Henry Patterson	United States	o	xxo	–	xxx		2.20
27	A	Andriy Sokolovskyy	Ukraine	o	xxx				2.15
27	B	Charles Clinger	United States	o	xxx				2.15
29	A	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	xo	–	xxx			2.15
29	B	Takahiro Kimino	Japan	xo	xxx				2.15
	A	Metin Dormushev	Turkey	xxx					NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.37	2.40	Result	Notes
	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.37
	Mark Boswell	Canada	o	–	xxo	–	o	xxx		2.35
	Martin Buß	Germany	o	o	o	o	xxx			2.32
4	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			2.32
5	Staffan Strand	Sweden	o	–	o	xxx				2.29
6	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	o	xxo	o	xxx				2.29
6	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	o	xxo	o	xxx				2.29
8	Charles Austin	United States	o	–	xxo	xx–	x			2.29
8	Brendan Reilly	Ireland	–	o	xxo	xxx				2.29
10	Wilbert Pennings	Netherlands	o	o	–	xxx				2.25
10	Abderahmane Hammad	Algeria	o	o	–	xxx				2.25
10	Stefan Holm	Sweden	o	o	x–	xx				2.25
	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	–	–	–	x–	xx		NM

References

• IAAF
• trackandfieldnews
• Full results