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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
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The men's high jump event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium.[1] 33 athletes from 24 nations competed; the total possible number depended on how many nations would use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through mark or ranking (no universality places were used in 2021).[2][3] Italian athlete Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim emerged as joint winners of the event following a tie, as they both cleared 2.37m.[4] Both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal in a rare instance of athletes of different nations agreeing to share the same medal.[5][6] Barshim in particular was heard to ask a competition official "Can we have two golds?" in response to being offered a "jump-off".[7] Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus took bronze. The medals were the first ever in the men's high jump for Italy and Belarus, the first gold in the men's high jump for Italy and Qatar, and the third consecutive medal in the men's high jump for Qatar (all by Barshim). Barshim became only the second man to earn 3 medals in high jump, joining Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden (1984–92).
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 30 July 2021 (qualifying) 1 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning height | 2.37 | ||||||||||||
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