Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump

Qualifying round

Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 2.32 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	2.10	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	Result	Notes
1	A	Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába is a Czech high jumper.At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships he jumped 2.25 metres and won a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache...	-	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
1	B	Jessé de Lima Jessé de Lima Jessé Farias de Lima is a Brazilian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in September 2008 in Lausanne. This is the current Brazilian record.-Achievements:-References:...	-	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
1	B	Tomáš Janků Tomáš Janku Tomáš Janků is a Czech high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. In 2010, he married a former Czech pole vaulter Kateřina Baďurová. His older brother Jan Janků is also a prominent high jumper.-Achievements:-References:...	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
1	A	Germaine Mason Germaine Mason Germaine Mason is a Jamaican-born athlete competing in high jump. In 2006 he switched sporting allegiance, and now represents Great Britain. He attended Wolmer's School in Kingston...	-	o	o	o	o	2.29	q
5	A	Raúl Spank Raúl Spank Raúl Roland Spank is a German athlete from Dresden who specialises in the high jump.He competed on the world stage for the first time at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Marrakesh. He finished in seventh in the final, jumping a personal best of 2.11 metres...	-	o	o	xo	o	2.29	q
6	B	Martyn Bernard Martyn Bernard Martyn John Bernard is a British athlete competing in high jump.He has won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medal in the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.In Osaka in 2007 he set an outdoor best of 2.29 in qualifying, and in the final after...	-	o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
6	A	Stefan Holm Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...	-	o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
6	B	Andrey Silnov Andrey Silnov Andrey Alexandrovich Silnov is a Russian high jumper and the 2008 Olympic champion. Born in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, he is 1.98 m and weighs 83 kg ....	-	o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
9	B	Filippo Campioli Filippo Campioli Filippo Campioli is a male high jumper from Italy. His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Formia....	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
9	A	Rožle Prezelj Rožle Prezelj Rožle Prezelj is a Slovenian high jumper. Prezelj respresented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 12th in high jump.-References:...	-	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
9	A	Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba....	-	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
12	B	Tom Parsons Tom Parsons (athlete) Thomas Martin Parsons is a British athlete competing in high jump.Parsons has yet to make a major international breakthrough but he has competed at a high level finishing 20th in the 2003 European Juniors, 17th in the 2005 European U23 championships, 10th in the 2005 World University Games, 11th...	-	o	xo	o	xxx	2.25	q
13	A	Andra Manson Andra Manson Andra Manson is a male high jumper from the United States. His personal best jump is 2.35 metres, achieved in April 2009 in Austin. He has 2.33 on the indoor track, from February 2007 in Fayetteville....	-	xo	xo	o	xxx	2.25
14	A	Andrea Bettinelli Andrea Bettinelli Andrea Bettinelli is an Italian high jumper.He was born in Bergamo. He finished ninth at the 2002 European Championships, sixth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, eleventh at the 2006 European Championships and fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships...	-	o	o	xo	xxx	2.25
14	A	Mickael Hanany Mickaël Hanany Mickaël Hanany is a French high jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final round.His personal best jump is 2.32 metres,...	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.25
14	A	Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Voronin Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Voronin is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the high jump.Voronin is a World Champion and European Indoor Champion . His personal best is 2.40 metres, set in London in August 2000. He competed in Athens 2004 and Helsinki 2005, but did not win medals in either...	-	o	o	xo	xxx	2.25
17	A	Dragutin Topić Dragutin Topic -Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four...	-	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.25
18	B	Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou is a Cypriot high jumper.His personal best jump and Cypriot national record is 2.35 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships held in Osaka where he won the bronze medal. He became the first World Championships medalist from Cyprus...	-	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.25
19	B	Mike Mason	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.25
19	B	Jesse Williams Jesse Williams (athlete) Jesse Daniel Williams is an American high jumper and the current World Champion. He was ranked the #2 jumper in the world, outdoors, in 2010...	-	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.25
21	B	Dmytro Demyanyuk	o	o	o	xxx		2.20
21	A	Niki Palli	o	o	o	xxx		2.20
21	A	Donald Thomas Donald Thomas (athlete) Donald Thomas is a Bahamian high jumper.Thomas took up the sport in early 2006, having previously played basketball at Lindenwood University...	-	o	o	xxx		2.20
24	A	Michał Bieniek	-	xo	o	xxx		2.20
24	A	Majed Aldin Gazal	o	xo	o	xxx		2.20	=NR
26	A	Dusty Jonas Dusty Jonas Dusty Jonas is an American high jumper.-Career:Jonas was the NCAA National Champion in the high jump at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships...	o	o	xo	xxx		2.20
26	B	Linus Thörnblad Linus Thörnblad Linus Thörnblad is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m....	-	o	xo	xxx		2.20
28	B	James Grayman James Grayman James Grayman is a male high jumper from Antigua and Barbuda. He was born and raised in Parham Town by his mother Evelyn Sheppard. He is the cousin of St. Peter's Youth Branch Chairperson Chaneil Jackson....	xo	xxo	xo	xxx		2.20
29	B	Javier Bermejo	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
29	B	Kabelo Kgosiemang Kabelo Kgosiemang Kabelo Kgosiemang is a male high jumper from Botswana. He won the 2006 African Championships in Athletics with a personal best jump of 2.30 metres, the best result since Abderrahmane Hammad won with 2.34 m in 2000....	-	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
29	B	Alessandro Talotti Alessandro Talotti Alessandro Talotti is an Italian high jumper.Talotti was born in Udine.He finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games...	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.20
32	B	Hup Wei Lee	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.20
33	A	Peter Horák Peter Horák Peter Horák is a Slovak high jumper.-Achievements:-References:...	o	xo	xxx			2.15
33	B	Yuriy Krymarenko Yuriy Krymarenko Yuriy Krymarenko is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.Krymarenko won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, clearing the height of 2.32 m which was the lowest winning result for men's high jump in a long time. The favorites of the contest, most...	o	xo	xxx			2.15
33	A	Gerardo Martínez Gerardo Martínez Gerardo Eugenio Martínez Dibene is a Mexican high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in April 2007 in Walnut. This is the current Mexican record....	o	xo	xxx			2.15
36	B	Naoyuki Daigo Naoyuki Daigo is a male high jumper from Japan. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Kobe.-Achievements:-References:...	xxo	xxo	xxx			2.15
37	A	Konstadínos Baniótis Konstadinos Baniotis Konstadinos Baniotis is a Greek high jumper.He finished sixth at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the 2009 European Team Championships , seventh at the 2009 World Athletics Final, eighth at the 2010 European Championships, while he took the 4th place in the 2011 European Indoor...	xo	xxx				2.10
37	B	Sergey Zasimovich Sergey Zasimovich Sergey Sergeyevich Zasimovich is a Kazakhstani high jumper.He was born in Karagandinskaya. He won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games, and finished twelfth at the 2005 Asian Championships. He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the...	xo	xxx				2.10
39	A	Oleksandr Nartov Oleksandr Nartov Oleksandr Nartov is a Ukrainian high jumper.He won the silver medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships and the 2005 World Youth Championships, the gold medal at the 2007 European Junior Championships, the bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and the silver medal at the 2009 European U23...	xxo	xxx				2.10

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Final

The final was held on August 19.

Rank	Athlete	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.34	2.36	2.42	Result	Notes
	Andrey Silnov Andrey Silnov Andrey Alexandrovich Silnov is a Russian high jumper and the 2008 Olympic champion. Born in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, he is 1.98 m and weighs 83 kg ....	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.36
	Germaine Mason Germaine Mason Germaine Mason is a Jamaican-born athlete competing in high jump. In 2006 he switched sporting allegiance, and now represents Great Britain. He attended Wolmer's School in Kingston...	–	o	o	x–	o	o	xxx		2.34	PB
	Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Rybakov Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov is a Russian high jumper.He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Victor Moya of Cuba....	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx		2.34	SB
4	Stefan Holm Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...	–	o	o	o	o	x–	xx		2.32
5	Raúl Spank Raúl Spank Raúl Roland Spank is a German athlete from Dresden who specialises in the high jump.He competed on the world stage for the first time at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Marrakesh. He finished in seventh in the final, jumping a personal best of 2.11 metres...	o	o	o	o	xxo	xx–	x		2.32	PB
6	Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába is a Czech high jumper.At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships he jumped 2.25 metres and won a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache...	o	o	o	o	x–	x–	x		2.29
7	Tomáš Janků Tomáš Janku Tomáš Janků is a Czech high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. In 2010, he married a former Czech pole vaulter Kateřina Baďurová. His older brother Jan Janků is also a prominent high jumper.-Achievements:-References:...	o	o	o	xo	x–	xx			2.29
8	Tom Parsons Tom Parsons (athlete) Thomas Martin Parsons is a British athlete competing in high jump.Parsons has yet to make a major international breakthrough but he has competed at a high level finishing 20th in the 2003 European Juniors, 17th in the 2005 European U23 championships, 10th in the 2005 World University Games, 11th...	o	o	o	xxx					2.25
9	Martyn Bernard Martyn Bernard Martyn John Bernard is a British athlete competing in high jump.He has won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medal in the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.In Osaka in 2007 he set an outdoor best of 2.29 in qualifying, and in the final after...	o	o	xo	x–	xx				2.25
10	Jessé de Lima Jessé de Lima Jessé Farias de Lima is a Brazilian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.32 metres, achieved in September 2008 in Lausanne. This is the current Brazilian record.-Achievements:-References:...	o	o	xxx						2.20
10	Filippo Campioli Filippo Campioli Filippo Campioli is a male high jumper from Italy. His personal best jump is 2.30 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Formia....	–	o	xxx						2.20
12	Rožle Prezelj Rožle Prezelj Rožle Prezelj is a Slovenian high jumper. Prezelj respresented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 12th in high jump.-References:...	o	xxo	xxx						2.20

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