1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

Events at the 1999 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

Medalists[]

Gold	Vyacheslav Voronin Russia (RUS)
Silver	Mark Boswell Canada (CAN)
Bronze	Martin Buß Germany (GER)

Schedule[]

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations[]

• All results shown are in metres

Results[]

Qualifying round[]

• Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.23	2.26	2.29	Result	Notes
1	A	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	–	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
1	A	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
1	A	Dragutin Topić	FR Yugoslavia	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
4	A	Charles Austin	United States	o	–	o	xo	o	2.29	Q
4	B	Mark Boswell	Canada	o	–	xo	o	o	2.29	Q
4	B	Stefan Holm	Sweden	o	o	–	xo	o	2.29	Q
7	A	Martin Buß	Germany	–	xxo	o	o	o	2.29	Q
8	A	Staffan Strand	Sweden	–	o	o	o	xo	2.29	Q
9	A	Wilbert Pennings	Netherlands	o	o	–	xo	xo	2.29	Q
9	B	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	o	o	–	xo	xo	2.29	Q
11	A	Abderahmane Hammad	Algeria	xxo	o	xo	xxo	xxo	2.29	Q
12	B	Brendan Reilly	Ireland	o	o	–	o	xxx	2.26	q
12	B	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	o	–	o	x–	2.26	q
14	B	Wolfgang Kreissig	Germany	–	xo	o	o	xxx	2.26
15	B	Tim Forsyth	Australia	o	–	xo	xxo	xxx	2.26
16	B		Slovenia	o	xo	o	xxx		2.23
17	B	Sergey Dymchenko	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxx		2.23
18	B	Jan Janků	Czech Republic	o	xo	xo	xxx		2.23
19	A	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	o	o	xxo	x–	xx	2.23
20	A	Anthony Idiata	Nigeria	o	o	xxx			2.20
20	A	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	xxx			2.20
22	A	Elvir Krehmić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	xo	o	–	xxx		2.20
23	B	Jean-Claude Rabbath	Lebanon	o	xo	xxx			2.20
24	B	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	xo	xo	xxx			2.20
25	A	Ben Challenger	Great Britain	o	xxo	xxx			2.20
25	B		United States	o	xxo	–	xxx		2.20
27	A	Andriy Sokolovskyy	Ukraine	o	xxx				2.15
27	B	Charles Clinger	United States	o	xxx				2.15
29	A	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	xo	–	xxx			2.15
29	B	Takahiro Kimino	Japan	xo	xxx				2.15
	A		Turkey	xxx					NM

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.37	2.40	Result	Notes
	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.37
	Mark Boswell	Canada	o	–	xxo	–	o	xxx		2.35
	Martin Buß	Germany	o	o	o	o	xxx			2.32
4	Dragutin Topić	FR Yugoslavia	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			2.32
5	Staffan Strand	Sweden	o	–	o	xxx				2.29
6	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	o	xxo	o	xxx				2.29
6	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	o	xxo	o	xxx				2.29
8	Charles Austin	United States	o	–	xxo	xx–	x			2.29
8	Brendan Reilly	Ireland	–	o	xxo	xxx				2.29
10	Wilbert Pennings	Netherlands	o	o	–	xxx				2.25
10	Abderahmane Hammad	Algeria	o	o	–	xxx				2.25
10	Stefan Holm	Sweden	o	o	x–	xx				2.25
	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	–	–	–	x–	xx		NM

References[]

• IAAF
• trackandfieldnews
• Full results