Defending champion Bohdan Bondarenko's expression says it all. Are well, I tried but...
With four jumpers all clearing 2.33 and the all four failing at 2.36, the method used to
decide the winner was for them to try and clear 2.34 (the three medalists infact had failed
at 2.36 four times each to find a winner). Derek Droiun was the only one to jump the lower
2.34 and took the gold medal. Bohdan has taken just two jumps to reach and clear 2.33m
whereas Derek and Zhang had taken four - with none of them failing any height.
One failure by Mutaz meant he could not win a medal.
1.
|
Derek
|
DROUIN
|
CAN |
2.33 |
2.
|
Bohdan
|
BONDARENKO |
UKR |
2.33 |
| 3. |
Zhang
|
GUOWEI |
CHI |
2.33 |
| 4. |
Mutaz Essa
|
BARSHIM |
QAT |
2.33 |
| 5. |
Daniil
|
TSYPLAKOV |
RUS |
2.29 |
| 6. |
Donald
|
THOMAS |
BAH |
2.29 |
| 7. |
Jaroslav
|
BABA |
CZH |
2.29 |
| 8. |
Erik
|
KYNARD |
USA |
2.25 |
| 8. |
Gianmarco |
TAMBERI |
ITA |
2.25 |
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Men's high jump final.
| 1. |
Derek Drouin |
Canada |
2.38m |
| 2. |
Mutaz Essa Barshim |
Qatar |
2.36m |
| 3. |
Bohdan Bondarenko |
Ukraine |
2.33m |
| 4. |
Robert Grabarz |
Great Britain |
2.33m
|
| 5. |
Andriy Protsenko |
Ukraine |
2.33m |
| 6. |
Erik Kynard |
United States |
2.33m |
| 7. |
Majededdin Ghazal |
Syria |
2.29m |
| 8. |
Kyriakos Ioannou |
Cyprus |
2.29m |
Bohdan Bondarenko tried 2.40m as his third try at 2.38 (if that makes sense)
having by passed 2.36m.