Javier Sotomayor wins mens high jump 1997 World Championships - Artur Partyka, Tim Forsyth.

At the World Athletics Championships in Athens, Cuba's Javier Sotomayor won the men's high jump gold medal with a 1997 world-leading jump of 2.37 m. Poland's Artur Partyka secured the silver medal, and Australia's Tim Forsyth took bronze, both clearing 2.35 m. Apologies for the poor video quality as the original was a very small file. High Jump Final: Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.37 2.39 1st place, gold medalist Javier Sotomayor Cuba – xo – o o xo – 2.37 WL 2nd place, silver medalist Artur Partyka Poland o – o – xo xx– x 2.35 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist Tim Forsyth Australia o – xo o xo x– xx 2.35 4th= Steinar Hoen Norway – o o o xx– x 2.32 4th= Dalton Grant Great Britain – – – o xxx 2.32 SB 6th Lambros Papakostas Greece – o o xo xx– x 2.32 SB 7th Konstantin Matusevich Israel o o o xxx 2.29 8th Lee Jin-taek South Korea xo o o xxx 2.29 9th Martin Buß Germany xxo o o xxx 2.29 1ht Gilmar Mayo Colombia o o xo xxx 2.29 11th Sergey Klyugin Russia xo xo xxo r 2.29 12th Jan Janků Czech Republic o o xxx 2.25