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2012 Olympic Games London - Men's High jump

 

 

Host City: London, Great Britain Format: Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 2.32 metres advanced to the final.
Date Started: August 5, 2012  
Date Finished: August 7, 2012  
   
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
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Summary by Sports-reference.com      
This event had no clear favorite. The 2011 World Champion was American Jesse Williams but he had barely made the US team. The 2008 gold medalist was Andrey Silnov of Russia, but he had struggled a bit since 2008, and was recently second to his teammate, Ivan Ukhov, at the Russian Nationals. Ukhov had the year's best jump with 2.39, but had never won a medal at a major international. He would fix that.
Eight jumpers succeeded at 2.29, with three tied for the lead with no misses through that height: Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, Canada's Derek Drouin, and Britain's Robbie Grabarz. But at the next height, 2.33, only Ukhov and American Erik Kynard went clear, both on their first attempts. Ukhov then cleared 2.36 on his first try which would bring him the gold medal. Kynard missed his first attempt and passed to 2.38 where he also missed one try. When Ukhov also cleared that height, Kynard moved up to 2.40, trying to win gold, but missed again and settled for silver. The bronze was a three-way tie among Barshim, Drouin, and Grabarz. Silnov made the final but placed only 12th, and Williams would tie for ninth.
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The men's high jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–7 August.

In the qualifying round, nobody needed to take an attempt at the automatic qualifying mark because they were at a tie for the 12th qualifying position at 2.26 metres with no misses before that height. Because there were two pits going on at the same time, they continued to 2.29 and half the field missed, two heights below the auto-qualifier. All the medalists came from those who made 2.29.

In the final, six athletes did not make it back to the qualifying height, including reigning world champion Jesse Williams and defending champion Andrey Silnov. Derek Drouin, Robert Grabarz and Mutaz Essa Barshim were clean through 2.29 and were in a three-way tie for first place. Erik Kynard cleared the next height 2.33. Somehow between jumps, Ivan Ukhov had taken off his singlet and it had gotten lost. As time clicked down, he pinned his number to a T-shirt and quickly took his jump at that height. It was successful, to move into a tie for first place. After the other three had failed, Jamie Nieto made a strategic decision to take an all or nothing jump at 2.36. It was a close attempt, but he missed it, Nieto finishing in 6th, the three-way tie left for the bronze medal. Kynard missed at 2.36, but Ukhov, again in his singlet, cleared. With silver guaranteed, Kynard passed to 2.38 to try to win. He missed but Ukhov again cleared. Kynard again passed to 2.40 to try to win. He missed, keeping the silver, with Ukhov clearly taking the gold.

 

Records

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

World record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
Olympic record  Charles Austin (USA) 2.39 m Atlanta, United States 28 July 1996
2012 World leading  Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.39 m Cheboksary, Russia 5 July 2012
 
        Results      
 
High jump Men     Final 7 August    

07 AUG 2012 Report

London 2012 - Event Report - Men's High Jump Final

After missing out on so many outdoor global championships podiums, 26-year-old Ivan Ukhov managed to secure his first outdoor title and what a way to start with the Olympic gold medal here in London.

Premises of a champion in the making had been seen when Ukhov won a very high quality Russian national championships with a new outdoor personal best 2.39m, the world’s best performance of the year.

Tonight, it took Ukhov a first-round 2.38m clearance to secure gold, just one centimetre off Charles Austin’s Olympic record of 1996 and the equal second highest ever recorded in the history of the Olympic Games.

"When I came to the stadium this morning, I just wanted to jump," Ukhov explained. "After the first jump, it came very easy for me. I have not seen my wife and daughter for two months. I will call her, and my wife, and grandmother. I will catch the first plane back because I'm missing them."

In a competition which saw the early demise of defending Olympic champion Andrey Silnov and the reigning Daegu World champion Jesse Williams as early as 2.29m, eight men were still in contention as the bar was raised at 2.33m but only two, Ukhov and eventual silver medal winner Erik Kynard sailed over.

The bar moved at 2.36m which proved too high for the 21-year-old American who failed his first attempt before deciding to pass at what would have improved his personal best by 2 centimetres. Next up, Ukhov cleared.

In a desperate attempt to snatch gold from the Russian, Kynard passed to the next height but there again 2.38m proved impossible to master. Next up, Ukhov cleared with his first attempt, again.

Kynard passed again his final attempt and the bar moved to 2.40m. As expected he was unable to clear but having already secured the silver, Kynard became the first American to medal in the men’s High Jump since Athens 2004.

Kynard who was wearing stars and stripes socks declared: "I would have liked to win, I didn't, but it felt good. It was all right. It was the most humbling and greatest defeat I have ever had. Actually, I won't say defeat, it was the greatest loss I have ever had."

"I'm young, I'll be around for a while, I'm blessed and I did my best. I've come a long way and I'm just 21 years old."

For the second time in the history of the Olympic Games – the last time was 20 years ago - three men will stand on the lowest step of the podium and share the bronze medal having cleared 2.29m the first time of asking and having no previous failure on their cards.

To the delight of the 80,000 spectators Great Britain’s Robert Grabarz who had improved his personal best to 2.36m earlier this year was one of the three bronze medallists alongside former World Junior champion Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Derek Drouin of Canada.

After a superb first half of the season one may have expected Grabarz to be disappointed with the minor medal but he declared: "A bronze medal, I'm over the moon. If someone had said I'd get a medal at the 2012 Olympics I would not have believed it.

"That I've got a bronze medal is incredible. I've come from nowhere. Who is this kid with a medal round his neck? It all seems slightly surreal. I knew I had the talent to achieve it but to make it true is incredible, it hasn't sunk in."

Barshim’s bronze equals his country’s best ever placing and came as a pleasant surprise for the youngest man in the field who was in fact competing with an injury.

"I was not sure when I came here (to London) because I was injured," he confessed. "and in qualifying I did not do very well. But I tried to stay calm. My injury was in my spinal chord, it was a stress fracture and it was serious. I'm not really fit now. I'm OK - 85%.

"This bronze is better than a gold medal. I am very proud and I feel very excited."

The only slight disappointment tonight was that Ukhov, who is now the fifth Russian ever to win the High Jump Olympic gold medal, did not take his remaining attempts at the would-be Olympic record 2.40 but he revealed that misplacing his vest and bib was a distraction too many.

"I kept jumping higher, but then at the 2.33m bar I could not find my T-shirt with my bib, and Andrey had to lend me his.

"I am grateful to the judges that gave me time to look for the T-shirt.

"The T-shirt distracted me, and the medal ceremony, and the camera so I decided to stop. I could have jumped even higher at 2.40m."

Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF

Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date
1 2.38     Ivan Ukhov Russia RUS 29 Mar 86
2 2.33     Erik Kynard United States USA 3 Feb 91
3 2.29     Derek Drouin Canada CAN 6 Mar 90
3 2.29     Robbie Grabarz Great Britain GBR 3 Oct 87
3 2.29     Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar QAT 24 Jun 91
6 2.29     Jamie Nieto United States USA 2 Nov 76
7 2.29     Bogdan Bondarenko Ukraine UKR 30 Aug 89
8 2.29     Michael Mason Canada CAN 30 Sep 86
9 2.25     Wanner Miller Colombia COL 22 Jul 87
9 2.25     Andrii Protsenko Ukraine UKR 20 May 88
9 2.25     Jesse Williams United States USA 27 Dec 83
12 2.25     Andrey Silnov Russia RUS 9 Sep 84
13 2.20     Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus CYP 26 Jul 84
14 2.20     Mickaël Hanany France FRA 25 Mar 83

05 AUG 2012 Report

London 2012 - Event Report - Men's High Jump Qualification

After two and half hours and 35 names on the start list for the men’s High Jump qualification round, the bar didn’t even need to be raised at the 2.32m automatic qualification standard to determine the names of those who would compete in Tuesday’s final.

In the end it will be a 14-man final after the judges decided it would not be necessary to continue after only six men cleared 2.29 and nine more were successful at 2.26.

As it turned out the only man who managed to clear 2.26 not to make the cut was Aleksandr Shushtov who incredibly after jumping 2.35 for third at the Russian national was unable to sail over 2.29 today.

The 28-year-old European champion in Barcelona 2010 went clear at 2.26 with his third attempt but a previous failure at 2.21 would end up costing him a place in a final where the three Russians were expected to rule supreme.

But there will only be two. Defending Olympic champion Andrey Silnov did not have one of his best days as 2.29 proved too high but his second-time clearance at 2.26 eventually proved enough for him to advance.

Meanwhile Russian champion and the season’s world leader at 2.39, Ivan Ukhov was one of only two men clearing 2.29 at his first time of asking and looks poised to go for his first gold medal at a major outdoor championships.

Ukhov’s main challenge in the final will come from Great Britain’s Robert Grabarz the only man to have a clean sheet tonight clearing 2.21, 2.26 and 2.29. Grabarz is having the season of his life having broken his personal best seven times between indoor and outdoor and taken the European title in Helsinki this summer.

Other qualifiers at 2.29 included the reigning World champion Jesse Williams of the US, Ukraine’s Andrey Protsenko from group B and Erik Kynard of the US and Derek Drouin of Canada from group A.

Although unable to sail over 2.29, Jamie Nieto ensured there will be three Americans in the final courtesy of his first-time effort at 2.26.

One to also advance to the final Qatar’s former World Junior champion Mutaz Essa Barshim decided to pass to the next height after failing twice at 2.29 but the gamble wasn’t even necessary and the 21-year-old will be the youngest of the finalists having successfully cleared 2.26 with his second attempt.

Bohdan Bondarenko and Mickael Hanani, the European bronze medallist also needed two tries at 2.26 and will be joined by Canada’s Michael Mason and Cyprus’ Kyriakos Ioannou.

Wanner Miller created his little piece of history as he became the first ever Colombian to qualify for a men’s Athletics track and field final and it came on a night where Caterine Ibargüen took the country’s second ever Olympic medal, the Triple Jump silver.

The major casualties tonight included Daegu bronze medallist Trevor Barry of the Bahamas, 2004 Olympic bronze medallist Jaroslav Baba of the Czech Republic and World Junior record holder Dragutin Topic who bowed out of his sixth Olympic Games at age 41 failing to clear his opening 2.16!

The question now is: will Grabarz improve on Germaine Mason’s silver for Great Britain from Beijing 2008 or will gold remain in Russia’s hands?

But do not rule out any of the other finalists just yet especially none of the Americans who will be looking forward to getting the ultimate prize back to the USA, a feat last achieved by Charles Austin in 1996.

Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF

High jump Men     Qualification 5 August    
               
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date
1 2.29   Q Robbie Grabarz Great Britain GBR 3 Oct 87
2 2.29   Q Ivan Ukhov Russia RUS 29 Mar 86
3 2.29   Q Erik Kynard United States USA 3 Feb 91
3 2.29   Q Jesse Williams United States USA 27 Dec 83
5 2.29   Q Andrii Protsenko Ukraine UKR 20 May 88
6 2.29   Q Derek Drouin Canada CAN 6 Mar 90
7 2.26   Q Jamie Nieto United States USA 2 Nov 76
8 2.26   Q Mickaël Hanany France FRA 25 Mar 83
8 2.26   Q Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar QAT 24 Jun 91
8 2.26   Q Andrey Silnov Russia RUS 9 Sep 84
8 2.26   Q Bogdan Bondarenko Ukraine UKR 30 Aug 89
12 2.26   Q Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus CYP 26 Jul 84
12 2.26   Q Michael Mason Canada CAN 30 Sep 86
12 2.26   Q Wanner Miller Colombia COL 22 Jul 87
15 2.26     Aleksandr Shustov Russia RUS 29 Jun 84
16 2.21     Osku Torro Finland FIN 21 Aug 79
16 2.21     Dmytro Demyanyuk Ukraine UKR 30 Jun 83
16 2.21     Trevor Barry Bahamas BAH 14 Jun 83
16 2.21     Guilherme Cobbo Brazil BRA 1 Oct 87
20 2.21     Víctor Moya Cuba CUB 24 Oct 82
21 2.21     Zhang Guowei China CHN 4 Jun 91
21 2.21     Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic CZE 2 Sep 84
21 2.21     Diego Ferrín Ecuador ECU 21 Mar 88
21 2.21     Gianmarco Tamberi Italy ITA 1 Jun 92
25 2.21     Konstadínos Baniótis Greece GRE 6 Nov 86
25 2.21     Rožle Prezelj Slovenia SLO 26 Sep 79
27 2.16     Raivydas Stanys Lithuania LTU 3 Feb 87
28 2.16     Majed El Dein Ghazal Syria SYR 21 Apr 87
28 2.16     Viktor Ninov Bulgaria BUL 19 Jun 88
30 2.16     Donald Thomas Bahamas BAH 1 Jul 84
30 2.16     Lee Hup Wei Malaysia MAS 5 May 87
30 2.16     Michal Kabelka Slovakia SVK 4 Feb 85
  NH     Andrei Churyla Belarus BLR 19 May 93
  NH     Darwin Edwards Saint Lucia LCA 11 Sep 86
  NH     Dragutin Topić Serbia SRB 12 Mar 71

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Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 2.32m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.16 2.21 2.26 2.29 Result Note[3]
1 B Robert Grabarz Great Britain o o o 2.29 q
2 B Ivan Ukhov Russia o o xo o 2.29 q
3 A Erik Kynard United States o o o xo 2.29 q
3 B Jesse Williams United States o o o xo 2.29 q
5 B Andriy Protsenko Ukraine o xo xo xo 2.29 q
6 A Derek Drouin Canada o xxo xo xxo 2.29 q
7 B Jamie Nieto United States o o o xxx 2.26 q
8 A Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar o o xo xx- 2.26 q
8 A Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine o o xo xx- 2.26 q
8 A Mickael Hanany France o o xo xxx 2.26 q
8 A Andrey Silnov Russia o o xo xxx 2.26 q
12 A Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus o o xxo xxx 2.26 q
12 B Michael Mason Canada o o xxo xxx 2.26 q
12 B Wanner Miller Colombia o o xxo xxx 2.26 q
15 A Aleksandr Shustov Russia o xo xxo xxx 2.26  
16 B Trevor Barry Bahamas o o xxx   2.21  
16 B Guilherme Cobbo Brazil o o xxx   2.21  
16 A Dmytro Dem'yanyuk Ukraine o o xxx   2.21  
16 A Osku Torro Finland o o xxx   2.21  
20 B Víctor Moya Cuba xo o xx- x 2.21  
21 B Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic o xo xxx   2.21  
21 B Diego Ferrín Ecuador o xo xxx   2.21  
21 B Gianmarco Tamberi Italy o xo xxx   2.21  
21 A Zhang Guowei China o xo xxx   2.21  
25 A Konstadínos Baniótis Greece o xxo xxx   2.21  
25 B Rožle Prezelj Slovenia o xxo xxx   2.21  
27 B Raivydas Stanys Lithuania o xxx     2.16  
28 A Majed Aldin Ghazal Syria xo xxx     2.16  
28 B Viktor Ninov Bulgaria xo xxx     2.16  
30 A Michal Kabelka Slovakia xxo xxx     2.16  
30 A Lee Hup Wei Malaysia xxo xxx     2.16  
30 A Donald Thomas Bahamas xxo xxx   2.16  
N/A A Andrei Churyla Belarus xxx       NM  
N/A A Darvin Edwards Saint Lucia xxx       NM  
N/A B Dragutin Topic Serbia xxx       NM  

Final

Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.33 2.36 2.38 2.40 Result Note[4]
1st Ivan Ukhov Russia o o xo o o o x 2.38  
2nd Erik Kynard United States o xo o o x- x- x 2.33  
3rd Derek Drouin Canada o o o xxx       2.29  
3rd Robert Grabarz Great Britain - o o xxx       2.29  
3rd Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar o o o xxx       2.29  
6 Jamie Nieto United States o o xo xx- x     2.29  
7 Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine xo o xo xxx       2.29  
8 Michael Mason Canada o o xxo xxx       2.29  
9 Wanner Miller Colombia o o xxx         2.25  
9 Jesse Williams United States o o xxx         2.25  
9 Andriy Protsenko Ukraine o o xxx         2.25  
12 Andrey Silnov Russia o xo xxx         2.25  
13 Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus o xxx           2.20  
14 Mickael Hanany France xo xxx           2.20

 

 

 

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