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Events at the 1997 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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
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 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, "with two qualifying groups." And the "final held on Wednesday 1997-08-06."

Medalists※

Gold	Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Artur Partyka Poland (POL)
Bronze	Tim Forsyth Australia (AUS)

Results※

Qualifying round※

4 August

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q)/at least 12 best performers (q) advance——to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.19	2.23	2.26	2.28	Result	Notes
1	A	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	o	o	o	o	o	2.28	Q, PB
1	A	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	–	o	–	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Artur Partyka	Poland	–	o	–	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	–	o	o	o	2.28	Q
1	B	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	–	o	–	o	2.28	Q
6	A	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	–	o	o	o	xo	2.28	Q
7	A	Martin Buß	Germany	o	xo	o	xo	xo	2.28	Q
8	B	Tim Forsyth	Australia	o	–	–	o	xxo	2.28	Q
9	B	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	2.28	Q
10	B	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	–	xo	o	xxo	xxo	2.28	Q, SB
11	B	Jan Janků	Czech Republic	–	o	xo	o	xxx	2.26	q
12	B	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	o	xxo	o	o	xxx	2.26	q
13	A	Charles Austin	United States	–	o	–	xo	xxx	2.26
14	B	Steve Smith	Great Britain	o	–	xo	xo	xxx	2.26
15	A	Staffan Strand	Sweden	o	–	o	xxx		2.23
15	A	Charles Lefrançois	Canada	–	o	o	xxx		2.23
15	B	Didier Detchénique	France	o	o	o	xxx		2.23
15	B	Stevan Zorić	Yugoslavia	–	o	o	xxx		2.23
15	B	Brian Brown	United States	o	–	o	xxx		2.23
20	B	Dimitrios Kokotis	Greece	xxo	o	o	xxx		2.23
20	B	Mustapha Raifak	France	xxo	o	o	xxx		2.23
22	A	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland	o	–	xo	xxx		2.23
22	A	Mark Boswell	Canada	–	o	xo	xxx		2.23
22	A	Mark Mandy	Ireland	o	o	xo	xx–	x	2.23
22	A	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	o	–	xo	–	xxx	2.23
26	A	Elvir Krehmić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	xxo	o	xo	xxx		2.23
27	A	Brendan Reilly	Great Britain	–	o	xxo	xx–	x	2.23
28	A	Arturo Ortíz	Spain	–	o	–	xxx		2.19
28	A	Tomáš Janků	Czech Republic	o	o	xxx			2.19
30	A	Randy Jenkins	United States	xxo	xxo	–	xxx		2.19
31	A	Konstantinos Liapis	Greece	o	xxx				2.15
31	B	Glenn Howard	New Zealand	o	xxx				2.15
31	B	Julio Luciano	Dominican Republic	o	xxx				2.15
34	B	Michiya Onoue	Japan	xo	xxx				2.15
35	B	Khemraj Naiko	Mauritius	xxo	xxx				2.15

Final※

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.37	2.39	Result	Notes
	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	xo	–	o	o	xo	–	2.37	WL
	Artur Partyka	Poland	o	–	o	–	xo	xx–	x	2.35	SB
	Tim Forsyth	Australia	o	–	xo	o	xo	x–	xx	2.35
4	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	o	o	o	xx–	x		2.32
4	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	–	–	–	o	xxx			2.32	SB
6	Lambros Papakostas	Greece	–	o	o	xo	xx–	x		2.32	SB
7	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	o	o	o	xxx				2.29
8	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	xo	o	o	xxx				2.29
9	Martin Buß	Germany	xxo	o	o	xxx				2.29
10	Gilmar Mayo	Colombia	o	o	xo	xxx				2.29
11	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	xo	xo	xxo	r				2.29
12	Jan Janků	Czech Republic	o	o	xxx					2.25

See also※

• 1994 Men's European Championships high jump
• 1995 Men's World Championships high jump
• 1996 Men's Olympic high jump
• 1998 Men's European Championships high jump
• 1999 Men's World Championships high jump

References※

• Results