2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Men’s HJ by K Ken Nakamura Records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: 1) If Mutaz Essa Barshim wins silver or better, he will be the highest finishing Asian in the Olympics. 2) Can Drouin become first CWG champion to win the OG? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Height Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 2.39 Charles Austin USA 1 Atlanta 1996 2 2 2.38 Gennadiy Avdeyenko URS 1 Seoul 1988 2 2 2.38 Ivan Ukhov RUS 1 London 2012 4 4 2.37 Artur Partyka POL 2 Atlanta 1996 5 5 2.36 Gerd Wessig GDR 1 Moskva 1980 5 5 2.36 Hollis Conway USA 2 Seoul 1988 5 5 2.36 Rudolf Povarnitsyn URS 3= Seoul 1988 5 5 2.36 Patrik Sjöberg 3= Seoul 1988 5 5 2.36 Stefan Holm SWE 1 Athinai 2004 5 5 2.36 Andrey Silnov RUS 1 Beijing 2008 Lowest winning height since 1980: 2.34 by Javier Sotomayor (CUB) in 1992 Margin of Victory Difference Height Name Nat Venue Year Max 16cm 1.81m Ellery Clark USA Athinai 1896 12cm 1.90m Irving Baxter USA Paris 1900 5cm 2.36m Gerd Wessig GDR Moskva 1980 2.38m Ivan Ukhov RUS London 2012 Min 0cm 2.34m Javier Sotomayor CUB Barcelona 1992 2.18m Valeriy Brumel URS Tokyo 1964 2.16m Robert Shavlakadze URS Roma 1960 1.97m Duncan McNaughton CAN Los Angeles 1932 Highest mark in each round Round Height Name Nat Venue Year Final 2.39 Charles Austin USA Atlanta 1996 Qualifying 2.29 Mason, Baba, Spank, Holm .. Beijing 2008 Kynard, Drouin, Grabarz, Ukhov London 2012 Highest non-qualifier for the final Height Position Name Nat Venue Year 2.26 Lefrancois, Tyrtyshnik, et. al. Atlanta 1996 Shustov London 2012 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Height Name Nat Venue Year 1 2.39 Charles Austin USA Atlanta 1996 2 2.37 Artur Partyka POL Atlanta 1996 3 2.36 Rudolf Povarnitsyn URS Seoul 1988 Patrik Sjöberg SWE Seoul 1988 All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Height Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 2.39 Charles Austin USA 1 Atlanta 1996 2 2 2.38 Gennadiy Avdeyenko URS 1 Seoul 1988 2 2 2.38 Ivan Ukhov RUS 1 London 2012 4 4 2.37 Artur Partyka POL 2 Atlanta 1996 5 5 2.36 Gerd Wessig GDR 1 Moskva 1980 5 5 2.36 Hollis Conway USA 2 Seoul 1988 5 5 2.36 Rudolf Povarnitsyn URS 3= Seoul 1988 5 5 2.36 Patrik Sjöberg 3= Seoul 1988 5 5 2.36 Stefan Holm SWE 1 Athinai 2004 5 5 2.36 Andrey Silnov RUS 1 Beijing 2008 11 11 2.35 Dietmar Mögenburg FRG 1 Los Angeles 1984 11 11 2.35 Steve Smith GBR 3 Atlanta 1996 11 11 2.35 Sergey Kliugin RUS 1 Sydney 2000 14 14 2.34 Nick Saunders BER 5 Seoul 1988 14 2.34 Dietmar Mögenburg 6 Seoul 1988 14 14 2.34 Javier Sotomayor CUB 1 Barcelona 1992 14 2.34 Patrik Sjöberg 2 Barcelona 1992 14 2.34 Hollis Conway 3= Barcelona 1992 14 14 2.34 Tim Forsyth AUS 3= Barcelona 1992 14 2.34 Artur Partyka 3= Barcelona 1992 14 14 2.34 Matt Hemingway USA 2 Athinai 2004 14 14 2.34 Jaroslav Baba CZE 3 Athinai 2004 14 14 2.34 James Nieto USA 4 Athinai 2004 14 14 2.34 Germaine Mason GBR 2 Beijing 2008 14 14 2.34 Yaroslav Rybakov RUS 3 Beijing 2008 26 2.33 Patrik Sjöberg 2 Los Angeles 1984 26 22 2.33 Erik Kynard USA 2 London 2012 28 23 2.32 Dragutin Topic YUG 4 Atlanta 1996 28 23 2.32 Steinar Hoen NOR 5 Atlanta 1996 28 23 2.32 Lambros Papakostas GRE 6 Atlanta 1996 28 2.32 Tim Forsyth 7 Atlanta 1996 28 2.32 Javier Sotomayor 2 Sydney 2000 28 23 2.32 Abderahmane Hammad ALG 3 Sydney 2000 28 2.32 Stefan Holm 4 Sydney 2000 28 23 2.32 Konstantin Matusevich ISR 5 Sydney 2000 28 23 2.32 Staffan Strand SWE 6= Sydney 2000 28 23 2.32 Mark Boswell CAN 6= Sydney 2000 28 23 2.32 Andrey Sokolovskiy UKR 5 Athinai 2004 28 2.32 Yaroslav Rybakov 6 Athinai 2004 28 2.32 Stefan Holm 4 Beijing 2008 28 23 2.32 Raul Spank GER 5 Beijing 2008 Lowest winning height since 1980: 2.34 by Javier Sotomayor (CUB) in 1992 Margin of Victory Difference Height Name Nat Venue Year Max 16cm 1.81m Ellery Clark USA Athinai 1896 12cm 1.90m Irving Baxter USA Paris 1900 5cm 2.36m Gerd Wessig GDR Moskva 1980 2.38m Ivan Ukhov RUS London 2012 Min 0cm 2.34m Javier Sotomayor CUB Barcelona 1992 2.18m Valeriy Brumel URS Tokyo 1964 2.16m Robert Shavlakadze URS Roma 1960 1.97m Duncan McNaughton CAN Los Angeles 1932 Difference between first and third Diff Winning height 3rd place height Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 15cm 1.90m 1.75m Irving Baxter USA Pa ris 1900 9cm 2.38m 2.29m Ivan Ukhov RUS London 2012 6cm 1.98m 1.92m Harold Osborn USA Paris 1924 2.04m 1.98m Walt Davis USA Helsinki 1952 Min 0cm 1.97m 1.97m Duncan McNaughton CAN Los Angeles 1932 2.34m 2.34m Javier Sotomayor CUB Barcelona 1992 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place height Name of bronze medalist Nat Venue Year Max 5cm 1.90 Bo Ekelund SWE Antwerp 1920 1.75 Lajos Gonczy HUN Paris 1900 Min 0cm 2.34 Jaroslav Baba CZE Athinai 2004 2.32 Abderahmane Hammad ALG Sydney 2000 2.31 Zhu Jianhua CHN Los Angeles 1984 2.21 Dwight Stone USA Montreal 1976 2.14 John Thomas USA Roma 1960 1.98 Jose Telles da Conceicao BRA Helsinki 1952 1.95 George Stanich USA London 1948 2.00 Delos Thurber USA Berlin 1936 1.97 Simeon Toribio PHI Los Angeles 1932 1.91 Claude Menard FRA Amsterdam 1928 Highest mark in each round Round Height Name Nat Venue Year Final 2.39 Charles Austin USA Atlanta 1996 Qualifying 2.29 Mason, Baba, Spank, Holm .. Beijing 2008 Kynard, Drouin, Grabarz, Ukhov London 2012 Highest non-qualifier for the final Height Position Name Nat Venue Year 2.26 Lefrancois, Tyrtyshnik, et. al. Atlanta 1996 Shustov London 2012 Average from last eight Olympics Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning He ight 2.36 2.38 2.36 2.36 2.35 2.39 2.34 2.38 2.35 Winning Medal 2.33 2.29 2.34 2.34 2.32 2.35 2.34 2.36 2.31 Missing Medal (4 th ) 2.33 2.29 (=3) 2.32 2.34 2.32 2.32 2.34 (=3) 2.36 (=3) 2.31 8th place 2.28 2.29 2.25 2.29 2.29 2.29 2.28 2.31 2.27 Lowes t to make final 2.26 2.26 2.25 2.28 2.27 2.28 2.26 2.25 2.24 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Height Name Nat Venue Year 1 2.39 Charles Austin USA Atlanta 1996 2 2.37 Artur Partyka POL Atlanta 1996 3 2.36 Rudolf Povarnitsyn URS Seoul 1988 Patrik Sjöberg SWE Seoul 1988 4 2.34 James Nieto USA Athinai 2004 5 2.34 Nick Saunders BER Seoul 1988 6 2.34 Dietmar Mögenburg FRG Seoul 1988 7 2.32 Tim Forsyth AUS Atlanta 1996 Best Marks for Places - all competitions Pos Height Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 2.45 Javier Sotomayor CUB Salamanca 27 July 1993 2 2.42 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT New York 14 June 2014 2.40 Andrey Protsenko UKR Lausanne 3 July 2014 Bogdan Bondarenko UKR Bruxelles 5 Sept 2014 3 2.38 Derek Drouin CAN Moskva 15 Aug 2013 Ivan Ukhov RUS Lausanne 3 July 2014 2.37 Steve Smith GBR Stuttgart 22 Aug 1993 Robbie Grabarz GBR Lausanne 23 Aug 2012 4 2.38 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT Lausanne 3 July 2014 2.37 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT Doha 9 May 2014 2.36 Dalton Grant GBR Tokyo 1 Sept 1991 Troy Kemp BAH Eberstadt 3 July 1993 5 2.35 Derek Drouin CAN Lausanne 3 July 2014 2.34 Nick Saunders BER Seoul 25 Sept 1988 Troy Kemp BAH Tokyo 1 Sept 1991 Marion Drake CUB Tokyo 1 Sept 1991 Troy Kemp BAH Stuttgart 22 Aug 1993 Derek Drouin CAN Monaco 18 July 2014 6 2.34 Dietmar Mögenburg GER Seoul 25 Sept 1988 Hollis Conway USA Stuttgart 22 Aug 1993 Andrey Protsenko UKR Monaco 18 July 2014 Multiple Gold Medalists: None Multiple Medalists: Artur Partyka (POL): 1992 Bronze, 1996 Silver Hollis Conway (USA): 1988 Silver, 1992 Bronze Patrik Sjöberg (SWE): 1984 Silver, 1988 Bronze, 1992 Silver Javier Sotomayor (CUB): 1992 Gold, 2000 Silver Jacek Wszola (POL): 1976 Gold, 1980 Silver Dwight Stone (USA): 1972 Bronze, 1976 Bronze John Thomas (USA): 1960 Bronze, 1964 Silver Valeriy Brumel (URS): 1960 Silver, 1964 Gold Con Leahy (GBR): 1906 Gold, 1908 Silver Lajos Gonczy (HUN) 1900 Bronze, 1906 Silver Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2008 Andrey Silnov Yaroslav Rybakov URS 1988 Gennadiy Avdeyenko Rudolf Povrnitsyn GDR 1980 Gerd Wessig Jörg Freimuth USA 1968 Dick Fosbury Ed Caruthers USA 1964 John Thomas John Rambo URS 1960 Robert Shavlakadze Valeriy Brumel USA 1952 Walt Davis Ken Wiesner USA 1936 Cornelius Johnson Dave Albritton Delos Thurber USA 1928 Robert King Ben Hedges USA 1924 Harold Osborn Leroy Brown USA 1920 Richmond Landon Harold Muller USA 1912 Alma Richards George Horine USA 1904 Samuel Jones Garrett Serviss USA 1896 Ellery Clark James Connolly Robert Garrett Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year RUS Ivan Ukhov Anna Chicherova London 2012 RUS Sergey Klyugin Yelena Yelesina Sydney 2000 FRG Dietmar Mögenburg Ulrike Meyfarth Los Angeles 1984 USA Charles Dumas Mildred McDaniel Melbourne 1956 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 13 12+2= 7+2= URS 4 1 2+1= GBR 1 2+1= 1+1= CAN 1 1 1= AUS 1 1 1= POL 1 2 1= GDR 1 1 1 SWE 1 2 1+1= FRG 1 CUB 1 1 RUS 3 1 HUN 1+1= 1 FRA 1= 2 GER 1 1 NOR 1 GRE 1= PHI 1 CZE 1 ALG 1 BRA 1 CHN 1 QAT 1= World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Charles Austin USA 1991 1996 Javier Sotomayer CUB 1993, 1997 1992 Gennadiy Avdyeyenko URS 1983 1988 Olympic champion with World Indoor gold medal Name Nat World Indoor Championships Olympics Ivan Ukhov RUS 2010 2012 Stefan Holm SWE 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008 2004 Javier Sotomayor CUB 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999 1992 Charles Austin USA 1997 1996 Olympic Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal Name Nat Olympics World Junior Championships Javier Sotomayor CUB 1992 1986 Olympic medalists who previously won World Youth medal: None Olympic Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympics European Championships Dietmar Mögenburg FRG 1984 1982 Valeriy Brumel URS 1964