Men High Jump Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Saturday, 13th August - Gold Medal: Gennadiy Avdeyenko, Soviet Union

Men High Jump Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Saturday, 13th August - Gold Medal: Gennadiy Avdeyenko, Soviet Union

Final 18:00		Height	210	215	219	223	226	229	232	234
1. Gennadiy Avdeyenko	Soviet Union	2.32m	-	O	O	O	O	XO	O	XXX
2. Tyke Peacock	United States	2.32m	-	O	O	XO	O	O	XXO	XXX
3. Jianhua Zhu	China	2.29m	-	O	O	O	O	O	XXX
4. Dietmar Mogenburg	West Germany	2.29m	-	O	O	XO	-	O	XXX
4. Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	2.29m	O	O	O	O	XO	O	XXX
6. Dwight Stones	United States	2.29m	-	O	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
7. Carlo Thranhardt	West Germany	2.26m	-	O	O	O	O	-	XXX
8. Valeriy Sereda	Soviet Union	2.26m	O	O	XO	O	O	XXX
9. Milton Ottey	Canada	2.26m	-	XO	O	O	O	XXX
10.Luca Toso	Italy	2.26m	O	XO	O	XXO	XXO	XXX
11.Patrik Sjoberg	Sweden	2.23m	-	O	-	O	XXX
12.Leo Williams	United States	2.23m	-	O	XO	XO	XXX
13.Jacek Wszola	Poland	2.23m		O	-	XXO	-	XXX
14.Eddy Annys	Belgium	2.19m	-	-	O	XXX
15.Francisco Centelles	Cuba	2.19m	-	-	XO	XXX
16.Paul Frommeyer	West Germany	2.19m	XO	XO	XO	XXX
17.Sorin Matei	Romania	2.15m	O	XXO	XXX

World Record: Zhu Jianhua, China 2.37m Beijing 11 June 1983

Of the six men still in at 2.29, world record holder Zhu had the best record, with no failures from five jumps. The Chinese went on to fail three times at 2.32 and was forced to settle for the bronze – the first medal won at this level by an athlete from mainland China. Meanwhile, a first-time clearance at 2.32 proved to be the winning leap for the little-known Avdyeyenko, a 19 year-old soldier.

Men High Jump History

Formerly a triple jumper, the Ukrainian had been a controversial selection for the Soviet team after placing only sixth in the 1983 Spartakiad. The silver went to the popular American, Peacock, who was the only other jumper successful at 2.32.

Qualification - Saturday 12.08

Mark 3+12 Athletes with 2.21m

Group A		Height.	195	200	205	210	215	218	221	224
1. Leo Williams	USA	2.21m							-O
2. Francisco Centelles	CUB	2.21m							-O
3. Takao Sakamoto	JPN	2.18m						-O
4. Takashi Katamine	JPN	2.18m						-O
5. Othmane Belfaa	ALG	2.15m					-O
5. Moussa Fall	SEN	2.15m					-O
7. Eugen-Cristian Popescu	ROU	2.15m					-O
8. Roberto Cabrejas	ESP	2.15m					-O
8. Clarence Saunders	BER	2.15m					-O
8. Wolfgang Tschirk	AUT	2.15m					-O
11.Jouko Kilpi	FIN	2.10m				-O
11.Constantin Militaru	ROU	2.10m				-O
13.Gianni Davito	ITA	2.10m				-O
14.Alain Metellus	CAN	2.10m				-O
15.Chin-Chiang Liu	TPE	2.00m		-O
16.Alphonse Gaglozoun	BEN	1.95m	-O
16.France-Henry Lisette	MRI	1.95m	-O
-. Ardeshir Ghandoomi	IRI	NM
-. Joseph Rajo	SUD	DNS

Group B		Height.	195	200	205	210	215	218	221	224
1. Igor Paklin	URS	2.24m								-O
1. Milton Ottey	CAN	2.24m								-O
1. Jianhua Zhu	CHN	2.24m								-O
4. Carlo Thranhardt	FRG	2.21m							-O
4. Gennadiy Avdeyenko	URS	2.21m							-O
4. Sorin Matei	ROU	2.21m							-O
4. Valeriy Sereda	URS	2.21m							-O
4. Patrik Sjoberg	SWE	2.21m							-O
4. Dwight Stones	USA	2.21m							-O
10.Jacek Wszola	POL	2.21m							-O
10.Luca Toso	ITA	2.21m							-O
12.Paul Frommeyer	FRG	2.21m							-O
13.Eddy Annys	BEL	2.21m							-O
13.Dietmar Mogenburg	FRG	2.21m							-O
15.Tyke Peacock	USA	2.21m							-O
16.Roland Dalhauser	SUI	2.15m					-O
17.Dariusz Biczysko	POL	2.15m					-O
18.Franck Verzy	FRA	2.10m				-O
18.Stephen Wray	BAH	2.10m				-O