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Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 9
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Winning height2.30
Medalists
Gold medal   Cuba
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Mexico
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The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Derek Drouin from Canada.


Summary

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Four men made it over 2.26m; Luis Zayas, Michael Mason and Roberto Vílches, on their second try and Fernando Ferreira on his third. Zayas and Vilches had an earlier miss each, putting Mason into the lead. Zayas cleared 2.28 to take the lead, Mason got over on his second attempt. Vilches was left with bronze when he and Ferreira couldn't make the height. At 2.30 m (7 ft 6+12 in), Zayas made his personal best on his second attempt. Mason then passed to try to make 2.32m, 1 cm below his best, for the win.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 Salamanca, Spain July 27, 1993
Pan American Games record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.40 Mar del Plata, Argentine March 25, 1995

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 9, 2019 16:50 Final

Results

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All times shown are in meters.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best DQ Disqualified

Final

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The results were as follows[1]

Rank Name Nationality 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.26 2.28 2.30 2.32 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luis Zayas  Cuba o o o xo xo o xo x- 2.30 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Mason  Canada o o o o o xo xo x- xx 2.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roberto Vílches  Mexico o o o xo o xo xxx 2.26
4 Fernando Ferreira  Brazil o o o o xo xxo xxx 2.26 SB
5 Keenon Laine  United States o o xxo o xxx 2.24
6 Jeron Robinson  United States o xo o xxx 2.21
7 Eure Yáñez  Venezuela o xxo xo xxx 2.21
8 Luis Castro  Puerto Rico o xxo xxx 2.18
9 Arturo Chávez  Peru o xo o xxx 2.15 =SB
9 Edgar Rivera  Mexico xo o xxx 2.15
11 Carlos Layoy  Argentina xxo xxx 2.10
11 Donald Thomas  Bahamas xxo x- xx 2.10
13 Jermaine Francis  Saint Kitts and Nevis xxo xxo xxx 2.10 =SB
Jamal Wilson  Bahamas xxx NM

References

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