Ivan Ukhov Wins Gold and Erik Kynard Gets First Olympic Medal!!

Ivan Ukhov - Gold Medalist


Erik Kynard - Silver Medalist

It was a tight high jump final as 2011 World Bronze medalist Ivan Ukhov of Russia won gold in 2.38 meters and was followed by Kansas State grad Erik Kynard in 2.33 for Silver, his first Olympic medal! Bronze was a three-way tie as Derek Droubin of Canada, Essa Barshim of Quatar, and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain all jumped the same height of 2.29, each earning medals.  Jamie Nieto and Jesse Williams had less than stellar days. Nieto, 4th place finisher in Athens 2004 finished in 6th place with a height of 2.29m and 2011 World Champion Williams finished in 9th place with a height of 2.25m. 

Final Results: 
Final start lists:

Order	Bib	Athlete	Country	SB 2012	PB
1	3142	Andriy Protsenko	UKR	2.31	2.31
2	3124	Bohdan Bondarenko	UKR	2.31	2.31
3	2755	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	2.37	2.37
4	1510	Kyriakos Ioannou	CYP	2.30	2.35
5	2832	Andrey Silnov	RUS	2.37	2.38
6	3230	Erik Kynard	USA	2.34	2.34
7	2838	Ivan Ukhov	RUS	2.39	2.40
8	3263	Jesse Williams	USA	2.36	2.37
9	3242	Jamie Nieto	USA	2.31	2.34
10	1286	Derek Drouin	CAN	2.31	2.33
11	1416	Wanner Miller	COL	2.28	2.28
12	1295	Michael Mason	CAN	2.31	2.31
13	1753	Mickael Hanany	FRA	2.31	2.32
14	1810	Robert Grabarz	GBR	2.36	2.36

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last updated: July 19th at 6:05pm CT

Men's High Jump Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games


High Jump Schedule:
Day 3, Aug 5th - Qualification (3:05pm CT)
Day 5, Aug 7th - Final (1:00pm CT)

High Jump Records:
World Record - 2.45m - Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 7/27/1993
Olympic Record - 2.39m - Charles Austin (USA) 7/28/1996
American Record - 2.40m - Charles Austin 8/7/1991

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. IvanUkhov, Russia (2.39m/2.39m)
2. Andrey Silnov, Russia (2.38m/2.37m)
3. Jesse Williams, USA (2.37m/2.36m)

The Americans:
1. Jamie Nieto (2.34m/2.31m)
2. Erik Kynard Jr. (2.34m/2.34m)
3. Jesse Williams (2.37m/2.36m) 

Past High Jump Olympic Results: (from wiki)

2000 Olympic Games 1 Sergey Kliugin  Russia 2.35 SB 2 Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 2.32 SB 3 Abderrahmane Hammad  Algeria 2.32   4 Stefan Holm  Sweden 2.32   5 Konstantin Matusevich  Israel 2.32   6 Mark Boswell  Canada 2.32   Staffan Strand  Sweden 2.32   8 Wolfgang Kreissig  Germany 2.29   9 Sergii Dymchenko  Ukraine 2.29   10 Vyacheslav Voronin  Russia 2.29   11 Nathan Leeper  United States 2.25   12 Kwaku Boateng  Canada 2.25   13 Kenny Evans  United States 2.20

2004 Olympic Games Stefan Holm  Sweden 2.36 Matt Hemingway  United States 2.34 Jaroslav Bába  Czech Republic 2.34 4 Jamie Nieto  United States 2.34 5 Andriy Sokolovskyy  Ukraine 2.32 6 Yaroslav Rybakov  Russia 2.32 7 Mark Boswell  Canada 2.29 8 Svatoslav Ton  Czech Republic 2.29 9 Vyacheslav Voronin  Russia 2.29 10 Dragutin Topic  Serbia and Montenegro 2.29 11 Lisvany Pérez  Cuba 2.25 12 Alessandro Talotti  Italy 2.25

2008 Olympic Games Andrey Silnov  Russia 2.36   Germaine Mason  Great Britain 2.34 PB Yaroslav Rybakov  Russia 2.34 SB 4 Stefan Holm  Sweden 2.32   5 Raúl Spank  Germany 2.32 PB 6 Jaroslav Bába  Czech Republic 2.29   7 Tomáš Janků  Czech Republic 2.29   8 Tom Parsons  Great Britain 2.25   9 Martyn Bernard  Great Britain 2.25   10 Jessé de Lima  Brazil 2.20   10 Filippo Campioli  Italy 2.20   12 Rožle Prezelj  Slovenia 2.20

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