Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The event was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on 10–11 August 1984.

Summary

Eight out of 16 event finalists at the 1980 Olympics were absent as a result of the Soviet-led boycott, including all three medalists (although bronze-winning East German jumper Jörg Freimuth had retired in 1982). Another major absence, due to the boycott, was Soviet Union's young Hennadiy Avdyeyenko who won the inaugural 1983 World Championship less than a year prior to the 1984 Olympics. Avdyeyenko later went on to win gold in 1988. 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 m on 10 June 1984, less than two months before the Games in Los Angeles.

Schedule

Records

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

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

Results

Key

Qualifying round

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

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	Result	Note
1=	A	Milton Goode	United States	–	–	–	o	o	o	2.24	Q
1=	A	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.24	Q
1=	A	Zhu Jianhua	China	–	o	–	o	o	o	2.24	Q
1=	B	Liu Yunpeng	China	–	o	o	–	o	o	2.24	Q
1=	A	Doug Nordquist	United States	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.24	Q
1=	A	Milton Ottey	Canada	–	o	o	o	o	o	2.24	Q
1=	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
9=	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
13=	B	Thomas Eriksson	Sweden	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.21
15=	A	Eddy Annys	Belgium	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx	2.21
15=	B	Geoff Parsons	Great Britain	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx	2.21
15=	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
22=	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	Chin-Chiang Liu	Chinese Taipei	o	xo	xxx				2.10
26=	B	Tin-Sau Lam	Hong Kong	o	xo	xxx				2.10
28	B	Mutale Mulenga	Zambia	xo	xxx					2.05	NR
N/A	A	Stephen Wray	Bahamas	–	–	xxx				NM
N/A	B	Mark Naylor	Great Britain	–	xxx					NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	2.29	2.31	2.33	2.35	2.40	Result	Note
01 !	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany	o	–	o	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx	2.35
02 !	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	–	–	o	–	xo	o	xo	xo	xxx		2.33
03 !	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
N/A	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland	–	–	xxx								NM
N/A	Milton Goode	United States	–	–	xxx								NM

References

• Official Report
• Results
• Results
• Sports-Reference.com