Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump

The Men's high jump athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 29 to September 3, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested in this discipline.

Schedule edit

R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[1] Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E
T47 F
T63 F
T64 F

Medal summary edit

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all high jump events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T47
details
Roderick Townsend-Roberts
  United States
2.15 WR Nishad Kumar
  India
2.06 =AR shared silver
Dallas Wise
  United States
2.06
T63
details
Sam Grewe
  United States
1.88 Mariyappan Thangavelu
  India
1.86 Sharad Kumar
  India
1.83
T64
details
Jonathan Broom-Edwards
  Great Britain
2.10 Praveen Kumar
  India
2.07 AR Maciej Lepiato
  Poland
2.04

Results edit

T47 edit

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Paralympic, and area records were as follows:[2]

World Record   Roderick Townsend-Roberts (USA) 2.14 Torrance, California 20 April 2019
Paralympic Record   Roderick Townsend-Roberts (USA) 2.09 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 September 2016
Area Height (m) Athlete Nation
Africa 1.92 David Roos   South Africa
America 2.14 Roderick Townsend-Roberts   United States
Asia 2.06 Nishad Kumar   India
Europe 1.97 Reinhold Bötzel   Germany
Oceania 2.05 Aaron Chatman   Australia

Results

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021:[3]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.74 1.79 1.84 1.89 1.94 1.98 2.02 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.15 2.18 Best Notes
  Roderick Townsend-Roberts   United States o o o o o xxx 2.15 WR
  Dallas Wise   United States xo xo xxx 2.06
Nishad Kumar   India o o xo o xo xxx 2.06 =AR
4 Chen Hongjie   China o o o o xxo xxx 1.98 SB
5 Ram Pal   India o o xo xxx 1.94 =PB
6 Georgii Margiev   RPC o o o o xxx 1.89
7 Angkarn Chanaboon   Thailand xo o xxx 1.89
8 Paulo Guerra   Brazil o o xxx 1.84
9 Jordan Lee   Ireland o xxx 1.74

T63 edit

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Paralympic and area records were as follows:[2]

World Record   Sam Grewe (USA) 1.90 Lima, Peru 25 August 2019
Paralympic Record   Sam Grewe (USA) 1.88 Tokyo, Japan
Area Height (m) Athlete Nation
Africa 1.69 Hamada Hassan   Egypt
America 1.90 Sam Grewe   United States
Asia 1.86 Mariyappan Thangavelu   India
Europe 1.82 Łukasz Mamczarz   Poland
Oceania Vacant

Results

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 19:25:[4]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.45 1.50 1.55 1.60 1.65 1.69 1.73 1.77 1.80 1.83 1.86 1.88 1.91 Best Notes
  Sam Grewe   United States xo o o o xxo xxo xxx 1.88
  Mariyappan Thangavelu   India o o o o xxo xxx 1.86 SB
  Sharad Kumar   India o o o o xxx 1.83 SB
4 Łukasz Mamczarz   Poland o o o o xxx 1.80 SB
5 Ezra Frech   United States o o o xo xxx 1.80 =PB
6 Flávio Reitz   Brazil o o o o o xxx 1.77 SB
7 Varun Singh Bhati   India o xxo o xxx 1.77 SB
8 Hamada Hassan   Egypt o o o xxx 1.69
9 Yusif Amadu   Ghana o o xr 1.50 SB

T64 edit

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Paralympic, and area records were as follows:[2]

World Record   Jeff Skiba (USA) 2.11 Beijing, China 14 September 2008
Paralympic Record Vacant
Area Height (m) Athlete Nation
Africa Vacant
American 2.11 Jeff Skiba   United States
Asia 2.07 Praveen Kumar   India
Europe 1.87 Tarık Taha Buyrukoğlu   Turkey
Oceania Vacant

Results

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021, at 11:02:[5]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.83 1.88 1.93 1.97 2.01 2.04 2.07 2.10 2.13 Best Notes
  Jonathan Broom-Edwards   Great Britain o o o xo xxo xo r 2.10 SB
  Praveen Kumar   India o o xo o xo xxx 2.07 AR
  Maciej Lepiato   Poland o o xo o xxx 2.04
4 Jeohsah Bezerra   Brazil o xo xxx 1.88 SB
5 Toru Suzuki   Japan o xo xxx 1.88 SB
6 Temurbek Giyazov   Uzbekistan xo xo xxx 1.88
Rafael Augusto Uribe Pimentel   Venezuela xxr NM

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ "T47 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ "T63 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "T64 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.