Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump (original) (raw)

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Men's high jumpat the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
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Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates 10–11 August
Competitors 30 from 20 nations
Winning height 2.35
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrik Sjöberg Sweden3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhu Jianhua China
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The men's high jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 10–11 August 1984.[1] Thirty athletes from 20 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump (mirroring East Germany's victory in 1980). Patrik Sjöberg's silver was Sweden's first medal in the event since 1920. Zhu Jianhua won bronze in the People's Republic of China's first appearance. The United States, which had made the podium in each of the 18 editions of the high jump before the 1980 boycott, now missed the podium for the first time in which the country competed, as Dwight Stones in fourth place fell just short of becoming the first man to earn three medals in the event.

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1980 Games were fifth-place finisher Roland Dalhäuser of Switzerland and ninth-place finisher Mark Naylor of Great Britain. Two-time bronze medalist (1972 and 1976) Dwight Stones of the United States, who had missed the Moscow Games due to the boycott, was back, however. Going into the competition, a clear favourite was China's Zhu Jianhua, who won bronze in the 1983 World Championships and who had set a new world record of 2.39 metres on 10 June 1984, less than two months before the Games in Los Angeles. Stones was also a contender, along with Dietmar Mögenburg of West Germany.[2]

The People's Republic of China (as "China"), Hong Kong, and Zambia each made their debut in the event; the Republic of China appeared for the first time as "Chinese Taipei". The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. Jumpers were eliminated if they had three consecutive failures, whether at a single height or between multiple heights if they attempted to advance before clearing a height.

The qualifying round had the bar set at 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.15 metres, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, and 2.24 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.24 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 jumpers could achieve it, the top 12 (including ties) would advance to the final.

The final had jumps at 2.15 metres, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, 2.24 metres, 2.27 metres, 2.29 metres, 2.31 metres, 2.33 metres, 2.35 metres, and 2.40 metres.[2][3]

Prior to the competition[update], the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Zhu Jianhua (CHN) 2.39 Eberstadt, West Germany 10 June 1984
Olympic record Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.36 Moscow, Soviet Union 1 August 1980

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Friday, 10 August 1984 9:30 Qualifying
Saturday, 11 August 1984 16:30 Final

Key

Qualification rule: qualifying performance 2.24 m (Q) or twelve best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 Height Notes
1 A Milton Goode United States — — — o o o 2.24 Q
A Patrik Sjöberg Sweden — — o o o o 2.24 Q
A Zhu Jianhua China — o — o o o 2.24 Q
B Liu Yunpeng China — o o — o o 2.24 Q
A Doug Nordquist United States — — o o o o 2.24 Q
A Milton Ottey Canada — o o o o o 2.24 Q
A Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany — — o — o o 2.24 Q
8 A Dwight Stones United States — — o o xo o 2.24 Q
9 B Cai Shu China — o o — o xo 2.24 Q
A Erkki Niemi Finland — o o o o xo 2.24 Q
11 A Roland Dalhäuser Switzerland — — — — xxo xo 2.24 Q
12 A Carlo Thränhardt West Germany o — x– — o xxo 2.24 Q
13 B John Atkinson Australia o o o xo o xxx 2.21
B Thomas Eriksson Sweden — o o xo o xxx 2.21
15 A Eddy Annys Belgium — — o — xo xxx 2.21
B Geoff Parsons Great Britain — — o — xo xxx 2.21
A Takao Sakamoto Japan – o o o xo xxx 2.21
18 A Gerd Nagel West Germany o xo o o xxx — 2.18
19 B Hrvoje Fižuleto Yugoslavia o xxo xo o xxx — 2.18
20 B Alain Metellus Canada — o o xo xxx — 2.18
21 B Nick Saunders Bermuda — o o xxo xxx — 2.18
22 B Novica Čanović Yugoslavia — — o — xxx — 2.15
B Dimitrios Kattis Greece — — o xxx — 2.15
24 A Franck Verzy France — o xo — xxx — 2.15
25 B Desmond Morris Jamaica — xo xo xxx — 2.15
26 B Liu Chin-chiang Chinese Taipei o xo xxx — 2.10
B Lam Tin Sau Hong Kong o xo xxx — 2.10
28 B Mutale Mulenga Zambia xo xxx — 2.05 NR
— A Stephen Wray Bahamas — — xxx — No mark
B Mark Naylor Great Britain — xxx — No mark
Rank Athlete Nation 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.27 2.29 2.31 2.33 2.35 2.40 Height
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany o — o — o — o o o xxx 2.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrik Sjöberg Sweden — — o — xo o xo xo xxx — 2.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhu Jianhua China o — o — o — o x– xx — 2.31
4 Dwight Stones United States — o — o — x– o xxx — 2.31
5 Doug Nordquist United States — o — o o o xxx — 2.29
6 Milton Ottey Canada o — o xo xo o xxx — 2.29
7 Liu Yunpeng China o — o o xxo xo xxx — 2.29
8 Cai Shu China o — xo o xo x– xx — 2.27
9 Erkki Niemi Finland o — xo xxo xxx — 2.24
10 Carlo Thränhardt West Germany xo — xx– — 2.15
— Roland Dalhäuser Switzerland — — xxx — No mark
Milton Goode United States — — xxx — No mark
  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 285.