Olympic High Jump Gold Medalists. In the 2016 rio olympics, canada’s penny oleksiak and the u.s.’ simone manuel swam the same 52.7 seconds in women’s 100m freestyle and both went home with a gold medal. Gold medalists gianmarco tamberi of italy and mutaz essa barshim of qatar shared the podium after the men's high jump at the tokyo 2020 olympic games at olympic stadium.

Friends, colleagues and olympic rivals, mutaz essa barshim of qatar and italy’s gianmarco tamberi, were both awarded gold medals on sunday night in one of the summer games’ most special moments. An incredible olympic high jump final ended with both qatar’s mutaz essa barshim and italy’s gianmarco tamberi taking gold medals.