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.
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.