1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday September 6, 1987.
Medalists[]
| Gold |  Patrik SjöbergSweden (SWE) |
| Silver |  Igor PaklinSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union (URS) |
Schedule[]
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 05.09.1987 – ??:??h | 05.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round | |
| 06.09.1987 – 16:30h | |
Abbreviations[]
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records[]
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) |
2.42 m | June 30, 1987 | Stockholm, Sweden
|
| Event Record | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS) |
2.32 m | August 13, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland
|
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) |
2.38 m | September 6, 1987 |  Rome, Italy
|
Results[]
Qualifying round[]
- Held on Saturday 1987-09-05
Final[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.38 | 2.40 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden |
– | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.38 | CR |
 |
Igor Paklin | Soviet Union |
– | – | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.38 | CR |
|
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | Soviet Union |
– | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.38 | CR |
| 4 | Dietmar Mögenburg |  West Germany |
– | – | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 2.35 | |
| 5 | Clarence Saunders |  Bermuda |
– | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.32 | |||
| 6 | Sorin Matei |  Romania |
– | – | o | xxo | o | o | x– | xx | 2.32 | ||
| 7 | Ján Zvara |  Czechoslovakia |
– | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.32 | |||
| 8 | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany |
– | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| 9 | Javier Sotomayor |  Cuba |
– | – | o | o | xo | xx | 2.29 | ||||
| 10 | Krzysztof Krawczyk |  Poland |
2.25 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Geoff Parsons |  Great Britain |
– | o | – | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 12 | Tom McCants |  United States |
2.25 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Arturo Ortiz |  Spain |
2.25 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Gerd Nagel | West Germany |
2.20 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Robert Marinov |  Bulgaria |
2.20 | ||||||||||
| Sergey Malchenko | Soviet Union |
NM |
See also[]
- 1983 Men's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
- 1984 Men's Friendship Games High Jump (Moscow)
- 1986 Men's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
- 1988 Men's Olympic High Jump (Seoul)
- 1990 Men's European Championships High Jump (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)
References[]
- ^ "Detailed results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics
- High jump at the World Athletics Championships