Olympic Track and Field 2016: Men's High Jump Medal Winners, Scores and Results

The field for the men's high jump final on Tuesday night was wide open, and Canada's Derek Drouin seized the day as he bested the competition with a winning jump of 2.38 meters.  

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, who won bronze in 2012, came away with silver, while Ukraine's Bohdan Bondarenko now boasts a bronze following a strong run. 

According to TSN's Nabil Karim, Drouin became the first Canadian in 84 years to capture medals in consecutive Olympics in track and field. Team Canada PR on Twitter added that Drouin is also "the first Canadian gold medalist in a field event since Duncan McNaughton won the high jump at Los Angeles in 1932." 

Here's a look at the final standings and official results from Tuesday's final: 

Place	Athlete	Country	Top Height Cleared (meters)
Gold	Derek Drouin	Canada	2.38
Silver	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	2.36
Bronze	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	2.33
4	Robert Grabarz	Great Britain	2.33
5	Andriy Protsenko	Ukraine	2.33
6	Erik Kynard Jr.	United States	2.33
7	Majd Eddin Ghazal	Syria	2.29
8	Kyriakos Ioannou	Cyprus	2.29
9	Donald Thomas	Bahamas	2.29
10	Tihomir Ivanov	Bulgaria	2.29
11	Trevor Barry	Bahamas	2.25
12	Dimitrios Chondrokoukis	Cyprus	2.25
13	Luis Joel Castro	Puerto Rico	2.25
14	Jaroslav Baba	Czech Republic	2.20
15	Brandon Starc	Australia	2.20

And here's an overview of the updated medal count, which continues to feature the United States in the top spot: 

American Erik Kynard Jr. entered Tuesday night looking to secure a spot on the podium once again after capturing silver at the 2012 Olympics in London, and the 25-year-old said he was feeling calmer on the grand international stage in the run-up to the event final. 

"I’m [a] little more comfortable and [a] little more stable now," Kynard Jr. said, per the Wichita Eagle's Chris Kudialis. "I know how to take care of business."

And while Kynard Jr. missed his first two attempts on 2.33 meters, he averted disaster on his final attempt and moved into the final six jumpers after experiencing a major scare. 

However, Kynard's gold medal aspirations were ultimately squashed when the bar was raised to 2.36 meters. Because even though his form was strong on all three attempts, Kynard couldn't elevate enough and summon the shape necessary to advance to the toughest portion of the night's proceedings. 

WTVG-TV's Joe Nugent put Kynard's performance in perspective: 

Elsewhere, Bulgaria's Tihomir Ivanov was among those who impressed throughout the early stages of Tuesday's action. After clearing 2.20 meters on his first attempt and 2.25 meters on his second attempt, the 22-year-old standout set a personal best with a clearance of 2.29 meters that kept him bunched atop the standings. 

But after Ivanov proved incapable of getting up and over 2.33 meters, the spotlight was there for Drouin, Bondarenko and Barshim to bask in. 

All three cruised through the first four rounds without a moment of tension, and a great showdown unfolded as each man cleared 2.33 meters with ease and separated themselves from a talented pack entering the evening's most grueling stages. 

With his unorthodox style, Drouin was the most captivating jumper of the night without question.

The Canadian superstar made each of the evening's first five jumps look elementary, and he cleared 2.38 meters with surprising ease to put the pressure on Barshim and Bondarenko after they were the final three jumpers remaining. 

And as it turned out, Drouin's near-Olympic record jump was enough to put him in prime gold-medal position for good as Barshim just barely nicked the bar on his third and final attempt at 2.38. 

Bondarenko had an opportunity to extend the meet at 2.38 meters, but he had just one chance to clear the mark after using a pass on 2.36 meters and failed to do so. 

The 26-year-old Drouin won bronze in 2012 and looked like a rising star in London, and he moved into a coveted place in the athletics world with a performance that consisted of zero misses during his first six rounds of competition. 

Post-Event Reaction

"It doesn't matter that I was world champion coming in today," Drouin said, per CBC Sports' Benjamin Blum. "In my eyes, everyone was on even playing ground right from the start."

"We've had a pretty good tradition in high jump, so myself and my teammates are just trying to keep re-writing it," Drouin added, per Blum. 

Meanwhile, Barshim was ecstatic that he was able to improve upon his bronze finish in 2012 with a silver on Tuesday. 

"My country only has three Olympic bronze medals in our history," he said, according to the Olympic News Service on Twitter. "It's amazing to get silver."