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Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon High jump

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Events:

Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 28, 1988
Date Finished: September 28, 1988

Gold:	Christian Schenk
Silver:	Torsten Voss
Bronze:	Dave Steen

High jump

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	H	P(1985AT)
1	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	2.27	1061	OB
2	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	2.15	944
3	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	2.12	915
4T	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	2.06	859
4T	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	2.06	859
4T	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	2.06	859
7T	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	2.03	831
7T	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	2.03	831
7T	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	2.03	831
7T	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	2.03	831
7T	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	2.03	831
12T	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	2.00	803
12T	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	2.00	803
12T	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	2.00	803
12T	Valter Külvet	24	Soviet Union	URS	2.00	803
16T	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	1.97	776
16T	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	1.97	776
16T	Gary Kinder	25	United States	USA	1.97	776
16T	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	1.97	776
16T	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	1.97	776
16T	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	1.97	776
16T	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	1.97	776
16T	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	1.97	776
24T	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	1.94	749
24T	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	1.94	749
24T	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	1.94	749
24T	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	1.94	749
24T	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	1.94	749
24T	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1.94	749
30T	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	1.91	723
30T	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	1.91	723
32T	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	1.88	696
32T	Fidel Solórzano	26	Ecuador	ECU	1.88	696
34	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	1.85	670
35	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	1.82	644
36	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1.79	619
37	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	1.70	544

High jump 1.70 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	xxo

High jump 1.73 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	xxx

High jump 1.76 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	o
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	o
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	xo

High jump 1.79 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	o
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	o
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	o

High jump 1.82 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	o
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	o
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	o
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	o
NP	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	o
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	o
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	o
NP	Fidel Solórzano	26	Ecuador	ECU	xo

High jump 1.85 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	o
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	o
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	o
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	o
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	o
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	xo
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	xo
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	xxo
NP	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	xxx
NP	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	xxx

High jump 1.88 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	o
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	o
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	o
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	o
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	o
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	o
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	o
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	o
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	o
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	o
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	xo
NP	Fidel Solórzano	26	Ecuador	ECU	xo
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	xo
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	xxo
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	xxx

High jump 1.91 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	o
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	o
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	o
NP	Gary Kinder	25	United States	USA	o
NP	Valter Külvet	24	Soviet Union	URS	o
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	o
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	o
NP	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	o
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	o
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	o
NP	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	o
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	o
NP	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	xo
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	xo
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	xo
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	xo
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	xxx
NP	Fidel Solórzano	26	Ecuador	ECU	xxx

High jump 1.94 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	o
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	o
NP	Valter Külvet	24	Soviet Union	URS	o
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	o
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	o
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	o
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	o
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	o
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	o
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	o
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	xo
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	xo
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	xo
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	xo
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	xo
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	xo
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	xxx
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	xxx

High jump 1.97 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	o
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	o
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	o
NP	Gary Kinder	25	United States	USA	o
NP	Valter Külvet	24	Soviet Union	URS	o
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	o
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	o
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	o
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	o
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	xo
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	xo
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	xo
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	xxo
NP	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	xxo
NP	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	xxo
NP	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	xxo
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	xxx
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	xxx
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	xxx
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	xxx
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	xxx
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	xxx

High jump 2.00 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	o
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	o
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Valter Külvet	24	Soviet Union	URS	o
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	o
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	o
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	o
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	o
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	o
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	xo
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	xxo
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	xxo
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	xxx
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	xxx
NP	Gary Kinder	25	United States	USA	xxx
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	xxx
NP	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	xxx
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	xxx
NP	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	xxx
NP	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	xxx

High jump 2.03 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	o
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	o
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	o
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	o
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	xo
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	xxo
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	xxo
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	xxx
NP	Valter Külvet	24	Soviet Union	URS	xxx
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	xxx
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	xxx

High jump 2.06 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	o
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	xo
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	xxo
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	xxo
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	xxx
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	xxx
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	xxx
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	xxx
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	xxx

High jump 2.09 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	xxo
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	xxx
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	xxx
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	xxx

High jump 2.12 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	o
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	o

High jump 2.15 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	xo
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	xxx

High jump 2.18 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	o
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	xxx

High jump 2.21 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	o

High jump 2.24 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	o

High jump 2.27 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	xo

High jump 2.30 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	C/F/P
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	xxx

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