Men High Jump Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, 1st September - Gold Medal: Charles Austin, United States

Men High Jump Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo, Japan - Sunday, 1st September - Gold Medal: Charles Austin, United States

Final 15:00

Height

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1. Charles Austin

United States

2.38m

XXX

2. Javier Sotomayor

Cuba

2.36m

X-

3. Hollis Conway

United States

2.36m

XXX

4. Dalton Grant

Great Britain

2.36m

XXO

XXX

5. Troy Kemp

Bahamas

2.34m

XXX

5. Marino Drake

Cuba

2.34m

XXX

7. Patrik Sjoberg

Sweden

2.31m

XXO

8. Rick Noji

United States

2.28m

XXX

9. Dragutin Topic

Yugoslavia

2.28m

XXX

10.Arturo Ortiz

Spain

2.24m

XX-

10.Igor Paklin

Soviet Union

2.24m

XXX

12.Artur Partyka

Poland

2.24m

XXX

13.Rudolf Povarnitsyn

Soviet Union

2.24m

XX-

14.Steinar Hoen

Norway

2.20m

XXX

Men High Jump History

In 1989, Sotomayor made history by becoming the first man to leap eight feet (2.43). The Cuban looked set for victory when he cleared 2.36 on his first attempt, but an ankle injury meant that he was forced to retire after one failure at 2.40. This meant that the gold medal went to the unheralded American Charles Austin, who had cleared 2.38 on his second attempt. Sotomayor went over to congratulate both Austin and Conway as soon as he realised he could compete no more.
The 24 year-old Texan had earlier taken a big risk by passing at 2.36. He ended the contest by failing three times at 2.45. The bronze medal also went to the USA, while in fourth place was Grant, who had courageously started the contest at 2.31.

Qualification - Friday 30.08 16:40

Mark 2.30m. Advanced all 14 jumpers, who cleared 2.27m.

Group A		Height	190	200	205	210	215	220	224	227
1. Charles Austin	USA	2.27m								O
1. Dalton Grant	GBR	2.27m	-	-	-	-	-	O	-	O
1. Marino Drake	CUB	2.27m								O
4. Arturo Ortiz	ESP	2.27m								-O
5. Dragutin Topic	YUG	2.27m								-O
5. Troy Kemp	BAH	2.27m								-O
5. Rick Noji	USA	2.27m								-O
8. Rudolf Povarnitsyn	URS	2.27m								-O
9. Ian Garrett	AUS	2.24m							-O
10.Takahisa Yoshida	JPN	2.24m							-O
11.Robert Ruffini	TCH	2.24m							-O
12.Georgi Dakov	BUL	2.24m							-O
13.Hakon Sarnblom	NOR	2.20m						-O
13.Fahredin Fouad	JOR	2.20m						-O
15.Zhongge Zhou	CHN	2.20m						-O
16.Steve Smith	GBR	2.20m	-	-	-	O	O	XO	X
17.Michael Mikkelsen	DEN	2.20m						-O
18.Jaroslaw Kotewicz	POL	2.15m	-	-	-	-	O	XXX
19.Roger Te Puni	NZL	2.15m	-	-	-	-	XO	XXX
-. Fernando Moreno	ARG	NM	XXX

Group B		Height	190	200	205	210	215	220	224	227
1. Hollis Conway	USA	2.27m								-O
1. Artur Partyka	POL	2.27m								-O
1. Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.27m								-O
1. Igor Paklin	URS	2.27m								-O
5. Patrik Sjoberg	SWE	2.27m								-O
6. Steinar Hoen	NOR	2.27m								-O
7. Juha Isolehto	FIN	2.24m							-O
8. Gustavo Becker	ESP	2.24m	-	-	-	-	O	XO	O	XXX
8. Othmane Belfaa	ALG	2.24m							-O
8. Sorin Matei	ROM	2.24m							-O
11.Tim Forsyth	AUS	2.24m							-O
12.Alex Zaliauskas	CAN	2.24m	-	-	-	-	O	O	XXO	XXX
13.Sergey Dymchenko	URS	2.20m						-O
14.Yang Xu	CHN	2.20m						-O
15.David Anderson	AUS	2.15m					-O
16.Karl Scatliffe	BVI	2.05m			-O
17.Valery Abugattas	PER	2.00m		-O
18.Khalid Ahmed Mousa	SUD	1.90m	-O
18.Emanuel Ngadjadoum	CHA	1.90m	-O
-. Geoff Parsons	GBR	DNS