1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991.

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
30.08.1991 – 16:40h	30.08.1991 – 16:40h
Final Round
01.09.1991 – 15:00h

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification rule: 2.30 (Q) or the 12 best results (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.90	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.20	2.24	2.27	Result	Notes
1	A	Charles Austin	United States									2.27	q
1	A	Dalton Grant	United Kingdom	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	2.27	q
1	A	Marino Drake	Cuba									2.27	q
4	A	Arturo Ortiz	Spain									2.27	q
5	A	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia									2.27	q
5	A	Troy Kemp	Bahamas									2.27	q
5	A	Rick Noji	United States									2.27	q
8	A	Rudolf Povarnitsyn	Soviet Union									2.27	q
9	A	Ian Garrett	Australia									2.24
10	A	Takahisa Yoshida	Japan									2.24
11	A	Róbert Ruffini	Czechoslovakia									2.24
12	A	Georgi Dakov	Bulgaria									2.24
13	A	Håkon Särnblom	Norway									2.20
13	A	Fakhredin Fouad	Jordan									2.20
15	A	Zhou Zhongge	China									2.20
16	A	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	–	–	o	o	xo	x		2.20
17	A	Michael Mikkelsen	Denmark									2.20
18	A	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland									2.15
19	A	Roger Te Puni	New Zealand									2.15
	A	Fernando Moreno	Argentina									NM
1	B	Hollis Conway	United States									2.27	q
1	B	Artur Partyka	Poland									2.27	q
1	B	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba									2.27	q
1	B	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union									2.27	q
5	B	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden									2.27	q
6	B	Steinar Hoen	Norway									2.27	q
7	B	Juha Isolehto	Finland									2.24
8	B	Gustavo Adolfo Becker	Spain	–	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xxx	2.24
8	B	Othmane Belfaa	Algeria									2.24
8	B	Sorin Matei	Romania									2.24
11	B	Tim Forsyth	Australia									2.24
12	B	Alex Zaliauskas	Canada	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.24
13	B	Sergey Dymchenko	Soviet Union									2.20
14	B	Xu Yang	China									2.20
15	B	David Anderson	Australia									2.15
16	B	Karl Scatliffe	British Virgin Islands									2.05
17	B	Valery Abugattas	Peru									2.00
18	B	Khalid Ahmed Mousa	Sudan									1.90
18	B	Emanuel Ngadjadoum	Chad									1.90
	B	Geoff Parsons	Great Britain									DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.24	2.28	2.31	2.34	2.36	2.38	2.40	2.45	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Charles Austin	United States	–	o	o	–	o	o	–	xo	–	xxx	2.38	CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	–	–	o	–	o	–	o	–	xr		2.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Hollis Conway	United States	–	o	o	–	xo	–	xo	xxx			2.36
4	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	xxx			2.36	NR
5	Marino Drake	Cuba	–	o	–	xo	–	o	xxx				2.34	PB
5	Troy Kemp	Bahamas	–	o	–	o	xo	o	xxx				2.34
7	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	–	–	o	–	xxo	xr					2.31
8	Rick Noji	United States	–	o	–	xo	xxx						2.28
9	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	–	xo	o	xo	xxx						2.28
10	Arturo Ortiz	Spain	o	–	o	xx-	x						2.24
10	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	–	o	o	–	xxx						2.24
12	Artur Partyka	Poland	o	–	xo	–	xxx						2.24
13	Rudolf Povarnitsyn	Soviet Union	–	xo	xo	xx-	x						2.24
14	Steinar Hoen	Norway	xo	xo	xxx								2.20

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships High Jump
• 1992 Men's Olympic High Jump
• 1993 Men's World Championships High Jump

References

• Results