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Charles Allen Austin (born December 19, 1967) is an American former athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.He was inducted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2012.
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This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1992 Games were gold medalist Javier Sotomayor of Cuba, bronze medalists Artur Partyka of Poland and Tim Forsyth of Australia, seventh-place finisher Troy Kemp of the Bahamas, eighth-place finishers Charles Austin of the United States and ...
The Olympic records for the event are 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) for men, set by Charles Austin in 1996, and 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) for women, set by Yelena Slesarenko in 2004. Gerd Wessig is the only man to have set a world record in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of 2.36 m (7 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 4 in).
Charles Austin: 7 August 1991 Zürich Russia 2.40 m (7 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Vyacheslav Voronin: 5 August 2000 London Canada 2.40 m (7 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Derek Drouin: 25 April 2014 Des Moines China 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Zhu Jianhua: 11 June 1983 Beijing Italy 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) Gianmarco Tamberi: 15 July 2016 Monaco Serbia
The men's high jump was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 43 participating athletes from 27 nations. There were 43 participating athletes from 27 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
The men's high jump event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March. Medalists. Gold: Silver: Bronze: Hollis Conway ... Charles Austin
The men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9. Medalists. Gold: Silver: Bronze: Charles Austin