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 Sjöberg Sweden (SWE)
Silver	Igor Paklin Soviet 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

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	Result	Notes
1	A	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden							2.27	q
1	A	Tom McCants	United States							2.27	q
1	A	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany							2.27	q
1	A	Ján Zvara	Czechoslovakia							2.27	q
1	A	Sergey Malchenko	Soviet Union							2.27	q
6	A	Zhu Jianhua	China							2.24
6	A	Luca Toso	Italy							2.24
6	A	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland							2.24
9	A	Lee Balkin	United States							2.21
9	A	Georgi Dakov	Bulgaria							2.21
11	A	Markus Einberger	Austria							2.18
12	A	Sašo Apostolovski	Yugoslavia							2.10
12	A	Motochika Inoue	Japan							2.10
12	A	Jean-Charles Gicquel	France							2.10
12	A	Milton Francisco	Brazil							2.10
	A	Fakhredin Fouad	Jordan							NM
	A	Hilaire Onwanlele	Gabon							NM
1	B	Geoff Parsons	Great Britain							2.27	q
1	B	Sorin Matei	Romania							2.27	q
1	B	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba							2.27	q
1	B	Robert Marinov	Bulgaria							2.27	q
1	B	Clarence Saunders	Bermuda							2.27	q
1	B	Arturo Ortiz	Spain							2.27	q
1	B	Krzysztof Krawczyk	Poland							2.27	q
1	B	Dietmar Mögenburg	West Germany							2.27	q
1	B	Gerd Nagel	West Germany							2.27	q
1	B	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union							2.27	q
1	B	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Soviet Union							2.27	q
12	B	Jerome Carter	United States							2.24
12	B	Troy Kemp	Bahamas							2.24
14	B	Róbert Ruffini	Czechoslovakia							2.21
15	B	Othmane Belfaa	Algeria							2.15
15	B	Mikko Levola	Finland							2.15
15	B	Paul Ngadjadoum	Chad							2.15

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.38	2.40	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx	2.38	CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	–	–	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx	2.38	CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	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	–	o	o	o	xxx					2.25
10	Geoff Parsons	Great Britain	–	o	–	o	xxx					2.25
12	Tom McCants	United States	–	–	o	xo	xxx					2.25
12	Arturo Ortiz	Spain	–	o	o	xo	xxx					2.25
14	Gerd Nagel	West Germany	–	–	o	xxx						2.20
15	Robert Marinov	Bulgaria	o	o	xo	xxx						2.20
	Sergey Malchenko	Soviet Union	–	xxx								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)

External links

• Results