1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

Medalists edit

Gold   Vyacheslav Voronin
Russia (RUS)
Silver   Mark Boswell
Canada (CAN)
Bronze   Martin Buß
Germany (GER)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
21.08.1999 – 19:10h 21.08.1999 – 19:10h
Final Round
23.08.1999 – 19:25h

Abbreviations edit

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Results edit

Qualifying round edit

  • Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.15 2.20 2.23 2.26 2.29 Result Notes
1 A Kwaku Boateng   Canada o o o o 2.29 Q
1 A Vyacheslav Voronin   Russia o o o o o 2.29 Q
1 A Dragutin Topić   Yugoslavia o o o o o 2.29 Q
4 A Charles Austin   United States o o xo o 2.29 Q
4 B Mark Boswell   Canada o xo o o 2.29 Q
4 B Stefan Holm   Sweden o o xo o 2.29 Q
7 A Martin Buß   Germany xxo o o o 2.29 Q
8 A Staffan Strand   Sweden o o o xo 2.29 Q
9 A Wilbert Pennings   Netherlands o o xo xo 2.29 Q
9 B Lee Jin-taek   South Korea o o xo xo 2.29 Q
11 A Abderahmane Hammad   Algeria xxo o xo xxo xxo 2.29 Q
12 B Brendan Reilly   Ireland o o o xxx 2.26 q
12 B Steve Smith   Great Britain o o x– 2.26 q
14 B Wolfgang Kreissig   Germany xo o o xxx 2.26
15 B Tim Forsyth   Australia o xo xxo xxx 2.26
16 B Dejan Miloševic   Slovenia o xo o xxx 2.23
17 B Sergey Dymchenko   Ukraine o o xo xxx 2.23
18 B Jan Janků   Czech Republic o xo xo xxx 2.23
19 A Gilmar Mayo   Colombia o o xxo x– xx 2.23
20 A Anthony Idiata   Nigeria o o xxx 2.20
20 A Konstantin Matusevich   Israel o o xxx 2.20
22 A Elvir Krehmić   Bosnia and Herzegovina xo o xxx 2.20
23 B Jean-Claude Rabbath   Lebanon o xo xxx 2.20
24 B Sergey Klyugin   Russia xo xo xxx 2.20
25 A Ben Challenger   Great Britain o xxo xxx 2.20
25 B Henry Patterson   United States o xxo xxx 2.20
27 A Andriy Sokolovskyy   Ukraine o xxx 2.15
27 B Charles Clinger   United States o xxx 2.15
29 A Lambros Papakostas   Greece xo xxx 2.15
29 B Takahiro Kimino   Japan xo xxx 2.15
A Metin Dormushev   Turkey xxx NM

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.37 2.40 Result Notes
  Vyacheslav Voronin   Russia o o o o o xxx 2.37
  Mark Boswell   Canada o xxo o xxx 2.35
  Martin Buß   Germany o o o o xxx 2.32
4 Dragutin Topić   Yugoslavia o o o xxo xxx 2.32
5 Staffan Strand   Sweden o o xxx 2.29
6 Kwaku Boateng   Canada o xxo o xxx 2.29
6 Lee Jin-taek   South Korea o xxo o xxx 2.29
8 Charles Austin   United States o xxo xx– x 2.29
8 Brendan Reilly   Ireland o xxo xxx 2.29
10 Wilbert Pennings   Netherlands o o xxx 2.25
10 Abderahmane Hammad   Algeria o o xxx 2.25
10 Stefan Holm   Sweden o o x– xx 2.25
Steve Smith   Great Britain x– xx NM

References edit