1.   Coachman cleared the height on her first try.

2.   Four years ago, he failed to clear a height at the Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain.

3.   Four years ago, the failure to clear a height had kept him off the Olympic team.

4.   He needed to clear a height as much for his confidence as for his point total.

5.   He insists he told his coach and others that if by some chance he did clear the height, someone should quickly knock the bar off.

6.   Lawrence Johnson of the United States experienced even more disappointment when he failed to clear a height in the pole vault qualifying.

7.   Okkert Brits of South Africa, a medal favorite, failed to clear a height.

8.   The Bulgarian cleared the height at her second attempt and watched Bakogianni fail three times.

9.   Both cleared that height, but Sotomayor, competing despite a tender left ankle, had fewer misses.

10.   George cleared that height on her second attempt at Olympic Park, bettering the mark she set last month in Auckland, New Zealand.