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 SotomayorCuba (CUB)Silver Artur PartykaPoland (POL)Bronze Tim ForsythAustralia (AUS)

Results Qualifying round 4 August

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or 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 o o o o o 2.28 Q, PB 1 A Lee Jin-taek – o – o o 2.28 Q 1 B Artur Partyka – o – o o 2.28 Q 1 B Javier Sotomayor – – o o o 2.28 Q 1 B Steinar Hoen – – o – o 2.28 Q 6 A Lambros Papakostas – o o o xo 2.28 Q 7 A Martin Buß o xo o xo xo 2.28 Q 8 B Tim Forsyth o – – o xxo 2.28 Q 9 B Konstantin Matusevich o o xo xo xxo 2.28 Q 10 B Dalton Grant – xo o xxo xxo 2.28 Q, SB 11 B Jan Janků – o xo o xxx 2.26 q 12 B Sergey Klyugin o xxo o o xxx 2.26 q 13 A Charles Austin – o – xo xxx 2.26 14 B Steve Smith o – xo xo xxx 2.26 15 A Staffan Strand o – o xxx 2.23 15 A Charles Lefrançois – o o xxx 2.23 15 B Didier Detchénique o o o xxx 2.23 15 B Stevan Zorić – o o xxx 2.23 15 B Brian Brown o – o xxx 2.23 20 B Dimitrios Kokotis xxo o o xxx 2.23 20 B Mustapha Raifak xxo o o xxx 2.23 22 A Jarosław Kotewicz o – xo xxx 2.23 22 A Mark Boswell – o xo xxx 2.23 22 A Mark Mandy o o xo xx– x 2.23 22 A Dragutin Topić o – xo – xxx 2.23 26 A Elvir Krehmić xxo o xo xxx 2.23 27 A Brendan Reilly – o xxo xx– x 2.23 28 A Arturo Ortíz – o – xxx 2.19 28 A Tomáš Janků o o xxx 2.19 30 A Randy Jenkins xxo xxo – xxx 2.19 31 A Konstantinos Liapis o xxx 2.15 31 B Glenn Howard o xxx 2.15 31 B Julio Luciano o xxx 2.15 34 B Michiya Onoue xo xxx 2.15 35 B Khemraj Naiko 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 – xo – o o xo – 2.37 WL Artur Partyka o – o – xo xx– x 2.35 SB Tim Forsyth o – xo o xo x– xx 2.35 Steinar Hoen – o o o xx– x 2.32 Dalton Grant – – – o xxx 2.32 SB Lambros Papakostas – o o xo xx– x 2.32 SB Konstantin Matusevich o o o xxx 2.29 Lee Jin-taek xo o o xxx 2.29 Martin Buß xxo o o xxx 2.29 10 Gilmar Mayo o o xo xxx 2.29 11 Sergey Klyugin xo xo xxo r 2.29 12 Jan Janků 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

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