1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Igor Paklin
 Soviet Union
Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
 Soviet Union
Ján Zvara
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.24 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Hennadiy Avdyeyenko  Soviet Union 2.24 Q
1 Jimmy Howard  United States 2.24 Q
1 Sorin Matei  Romania 2.24 Q
1 Milton Ottey  Canada 2.24 Q
1 Igor Paklin  Soviet Union 2.24 Q
1 Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden 2.24 Q
1 Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 2.24 Q
1 Carlo Thränhardt  West Germany 2.24 Q
9 Roland Dalhäuser  Switzerland 2.24 Q
9 James Lott  United States 2.24 Q
9 Ján Zvara  Czechoslovakia 2.24 Q
12 Zhu Jianhua  China 2.24 Q
12 Dalton Grant  Great Britain 2.24 Q
14 Eugen-Cristian Popescu  Romania 2.20
15 André Schneider-Laub  West Germany 2.20
16 Takao Sakamoto  Japan 2.20
Judex Lefou  Mauritius NM
Alexis Neophytou  Cyprus DNS

Final

[2][3]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Igor Paklin  Soviet Union 2.38 CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hennadiy Avdyeyenko  Soviet Union 2.38 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ján Zvara  Czechoslovakia 2.34
4 Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 2.32 AR
5 Roland Dalhäuser  Switzerland 2.32 NR
6 Sorin Matei  Romania 2.32
7 Milton Ottey  Canada 2.28
8 Dalton Grant  Great Britain 2.28
8 Zhu Jianhua  China 2.28
10 James Lott  United States 2.24
10 Jimmy Howard  United States 2.24
Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden NM
Carlo Thränhardt  West Germany NM

References

  1. ^ Qualification results
  2. ^ Official results
  3. ^ "1987 World Indoor Championships, men's high jump final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite.