Men High Jump Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart, Germany - Sunday, 22nd August - Gold Medal: Javier Sotomayor, Cuba
Final 15:00
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1. Javier Sotomayor
Cuba
2.40m
CR
-
-
-
O
-
-
O
O
XO
XXr
2. Artur Partyka
Poland
2.37m
NR
-
O
-
XO
-
O
X-
O
XXX
3. Steve Smith
Great Britian
2.37m
=NR
-
-
-
O
-
XXO
XO
O
XXX
4. Ralf Sonn
Germany
2.34m
PB
-
-
O
-
O
O
O
XXX
5. Troy Kemp
Bahamas
2.34m
-
-
-
O
-
XO
O
XXX
6. Hollis Conway
United States
2.34m
-
-
-
XO
-
XO
XO
X-
XX
7. Arturo Ortiz
Spain
2.31m
-
-
O
-
O
XO
XX-
X
8. Tony Barton
United States
2.31m
-
O
-
O
O
XXO
XXX
9. Tim Forsyth
Australia
2.28m
-
-
O
-
O
XXX
10.Oleg Zhukovskiy
Belarus
2.28m
-
O
O
O
XO
XXX
11.Jean-Charles Gicquel
France
2.25m
-O
11.Robert Ruffini
Slovakia
2.25m
-O
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World Record: Javier Sotomayor, Cuba 2.45m Salamanca, Spain 27th July 1993
Championship Record: Patrick Soeberg, Sweden 2.38m Rome, Italy 6th September 1987
Championship Record: Hennadiy Avdeyenko, Soviet Union
2.38m Rome, Italy 6th September 1987
Championship Record: Igor Paklin, Soviet Union 2.38m Rome, Italy 6th September 1987
Championship Record: Charles Austin, United States 2.38m Tokio, Japan 1st September 1991
On his third appearance in a World Championship final, Sotomayor finally won the title. He needed just five jumps, but was pushed by Partyka and Smith. A record total of seven men had attempted 2.37, two of whom (Sonn and Conway) passed after failing once, before going in vain up to 2.40.
The Cuban, Polish and British jumpers all cleared 2.37 on their first attempts. This matched the national records of Partyka and Smith, before both went out at 2.40. Sotomayor made this height on his second attempt, then had two tries at 2.46. The second of these was quite reasonable. He passed his final chance, admitting he had been distracted by the runners in the 10,000m final.
“It was not to be today,” said the world record holder. “I’m content with the result.
The crowd were very good.” The crowd were particularly thrilled by the performance of Sonn, who led briefly after becoming the first man clear at 2.34. This was an outdoor personal best for the German.