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High Jump, Men

Date	22 – 24 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	35 from 24 countries

Favored was 1999 World Champion Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) who had the best jump of the year (2.40 (7-10½)) and had won 14 of 20 meets in 2000. Defending champion Charles Austin was back and considered a medal contender. Also returning, and controversially, was Cuban super jumper Javier Sotomayor, the 1992 gold medalist. In 1999, Soto tested positive for cocaine at the Pan-American Games and was given a two-year suspension. But the IAAF reinstated him just before the Olympics, allowing him to compete. In the final seven jumpers got over 2.32 (7-7¼). But of those, only Russian Sergey Klyugin succeeded at 2.35 (7-8½) and that earned him the gold medal. Soto had no misses thru 2.32 (7-7¼) which earned him the silver medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying Round	Final Round
1	2880	Sergey Klyugin	RUS	2.27 (5)	2.35 (1)	Gold
2	1483	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.27 (=7)	2.32 (2)	Silver
3	1011	Abderrahmane Hammad	ALG	2.27 (=7)	2.32 (3)	Bronze
4	3104	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.27 (=1)	2.32 (4)
5	2175	Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.27 (=1)	2.32 (5)
=6	1314	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.27 (13)	2.32 (=6)
=6	3108	Staffan Strand	SWE	2.27 (=7)	2.32 (=6)
8	1876	Wolfgang Kreißig	GER	2.27 (=1)	2.29 (8)
9	3197	Serhiy Dymchenko	UKR	2.27 (=7)	2.29 (9)
10	2920	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.27 (=1)	2.29 (10)
11	3297	Nathan Leeper	USA	2.27 (6)	2.25 (11)
12	1313	Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.27 (=7)	2.25 (12)
13	3271	Kenny Evans	USA	2.27 (12)	2.20 (13)
=14 r1/2	1067	Tim Forsyth	AUS	2.24 (=14)	–
=14 r1/2	1216	Elvir Krehmić	BIH	2.24 (=14)	–
=16 r1/2	1695	Mika Polku	FIN	2.24 (=16)	–
=16 r1/2	1883	Christian Rhoden	GER	2.24 (=16)	–
=16 r1/2	3214	Andriy Sokolovskyi	UKR	2.24 (=16)	–
19 r1/2	2347	Yury Pakhlyayev	KAZ	2.24 (19)	–
20 r1/2	3254	Charles Austin	USA	2.20 (20)	–
=21 r1/2	2420	Lee Jin-Taek	KOR	2.20 (=21)	–
=21 r1/2	3437	Dragutin Topić	SCG	2.20 (=21)	–
=23 r1/2	1426	Gilmar Mayo	COL	2.20 (=23)	–
=23 r1/2	2144	Brendan Reilly	IRL	2.20 (=23)	–
=23 r1/2	2615	Wilbert Pennings	NED	2.20 (=23)	–
26 r1/2	1690	Toni Huikuri	FIN	2.20 (26)	–
=27 r1/2	1783	Ben Challenger	GBR	2.15 (=27)	–
=27 r1/2	2328	Takahisa Yoshida	JPN	2.15 (=27)	–
=27 r1/2	2678	Glenn Howard	NZL	2.15 (=27)	–
=27 r1/2	2867	Pyotr Brayko	RUS	2.15 (=27)	–
=27 r1/2	3439	Stevan Zorić	SCG	2.15 (=27)	–
=27 r1/2	3198	Ruslan Hlivinskyi	UKR	2.15 (=27)	–
33 r1/2	2482	Jean-Claude Rabbath	LBN	2.15 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1228	Aliaksei Lelin	BLR	2.15 (34)	–
AC r1/2	2695	Hugo Muñoz	PER	– (NH)	–
DNS	1977	Lampros Papakostas	GRE	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (22 September 2000)

Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 2.30 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses
=1	Wolfgang Kreißig	GER	2.27	0	0	q
=1	Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.27	0	0	q
=1	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.27	0	0	q
=1	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.27	0	0	q
5	Sergey Klyugin	RUS	2.27	0	1	q
6	Nathan Leeper	USA	2.27	0	2	q
=7	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.27	1	1	q
=7	Abderrahmane Hammad	ALG	2.27	1	1	q
=7	Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.27	1	1	q
=7	Staffan Strand	SWE	2.27	1	1	q
=7	Serhiy Dymchenko	UKR	2.27	1	1	q
12	Kenny Evans	USA	2.27	1	2	q
13	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.27	2	3	q
=14	Tim Forsyth	AUS	2.24	0	0
=14	Elvir Krehmić	BIH	2.24	0	0
=16	Christian Rhoden	GER	2.24	1	1
=16	Mika Polku	FIN	2.24	1	1
=16	Andriy Sokolovskyi	UKR	2.24	1	1
19	Yury Pakhlyayev	KAZ	2.24	2	2
20	Charles Austin	USA	2.20	0	0
=21	Lee Jin-Taek	KOR	2.20	0	1
=21	Dragutin Topić	SCG	2.20	0	1
=23	Gilmar Mayo	COL	2.20	1	1
=23	Brendan Reilly	IRL	2.20	1	1
=23	Wilbert Pennings	NED	2.20	1	1
26	Toni Huikuri	FIN	2.20	2	2
=27	Stevan Zorić	SCG	2.15	0	0
=27	Ben Challenger	GBR	2.15	0	0
=27	Takahisa Yoshida	JPN	2.15	0	0
=27	Glenn Howard	NZL	2.15	0	0
=27	Pyotr Brayko	RUS	2.15	0	0
=27	Ruslan Hlivinskyi	UKR	2.15	0	0
33	Jean-Claude Rabbath	LBN	2.15	1	1
34	Aliaksei Lelin	BLR	2.15	2	2
NH	Hugo Muñoz	PER	–	–	–
DNS	Lampros Papakostas	GRE	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (22 September 2000 — 19:25)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	2.15 m	2.20 m	2.24 m	2.27 m
=1	Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.27	0	0	o	o	o	o
=1	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.27	0	0	-	o	o	o
3	Sergey Klyugin	RUS	2.27	0	1	-	xo	o	o
4	Abderrahmane Hammad	ALG	2.27	1	1	-	o	o	xo
5	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.27	2	3	-	o	xo	xxo
=6	Tim Forsyth	AUS	2.24	0	0	o	o	o	xxx
=6	Elvir Krehmić	BIH	2.24	0	0	o	o	o	xxx
=8	Christian Rhoden	GER	2.24	1	1	o	o	xo	xxx
=8	Mika Polku	FIN	2.24	1	1	o	o	xo	xxx
=8	Andriy Sokolovskyi	UKR	2.24	1	1	o	o	xo	xxx
11	Yury Pakhlyayev	KAZ	2.24	2	2	o	o	xxo	xxx
12	Charles Austin	USA	2.20	0	0	-	o	x--	xx-
=13	Stevan Zorić	SCG	2.15	0	0	o	xxx	–	–
=13	Ben Challenger	GBR	2.15	0	0	o	xxx	–	–
=13	Takahisa Yoshida	JPN	2.15	0	0	o	xxx	–	–
=13	Ruslan Hlivinskyi	UKR	2.15	0	0	o	xxx	–	–
17	Jean-Claude Rabbath	LBN	2.15	1	1	xo	xxx	–	–
18	Aliaksei Lelin	BLR	2.15	2	2	xxo	xxx	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (22 September 2000 — 19:25)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	2.15 m	2.20 m	2.24 m	2.27 m
=1	Wolfgang Kreißig	GER	2.27	0	0	-	o	o	o
=1	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.27	0	0	-	o	o	o
3	Nathan Leeper	USA	2.27	0	2	-	o	xxo	o
=4	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.27	1	1	-	o	-	xo
=4	Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.27	1	1	o	-	o	xo
=4	Staffan Strand	SWE	2.27	1	1	-	o	o	xo
=4	Serhiy Dymchenko	UKR	2.27	1	1	o	o	o	xo
8	Kenny Evans	USA	2.27	1	2	o	xo	o	xo
=9	Lee Jin-Taek	KOR	2.20	0	1	x-	o	xxx	–
=9	Dragutin Topić	SCG	2.20	0	1	xo	o	xx-	x--
=11	Gilmar Mayo	COL	2.20	1	1	o	xo	xxx	–
=11	Brendan Reilly	IRL	2.20	1	1	-	xo	xxx	–
=11	Wilbert Pennings	NED	2.20	1	1	-	xo	-	xxx
14	Toni Huikuri	FIN	2.20	2	2	o	xxo	xxx	–
=15	Glenn Howard	NZL	2.15	0	0	o	xxx	–	–
=15	Pyotr Brayko	RUS	2.15	0	0	o	xxx	–	–
NH	Hugo Muñoz	PER	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	Lampros Papakostas	GRE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round (24 September 2000 — 18:10)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	2.20 m	2.25 m	2.29 m	2.32 m	2.35 m
1	Sergey Klyugin	RUS	2.35	0	1	o	-	o	xo	o
2	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.32	0	0	-	o	-	o	xxx
3	Abderrahmane Hammad	ALG	2.32	0	1	o	o	xo	o	xxx
4	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.32	0	2	o	o	xxo	o	xxx
5	Konstantin Matusevich	ISR	2.32	2	2	o	o	o	xxo	xxx
=6	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.32	2	3	xo	o	-	xxo	xxx
=6	Staffan Strand	SWE	2.32	2	3	-	xo	o	xxo	xxx
8	Wolfgang Kreißig	GER	2.29	0	0	o	o	o	xxx	–
9	Serhiy Dymchenko	UKR	2.29	0	1	o	xo	o	xxx	–
10	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.29	2	2	o	o	xxo	xxx	–
11	Nathan Leeper	USA	2.25	0	0	o	o	xxx	–	–
12	Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.25	1	2	xo	xo	xxx	–	–
13	Kenny Evans	USA	2.20	1	1	xo	xxx	–	–	–