2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the 2023 World Championships
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates20 August (qualification)
22 August (final)
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning height2.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
  2022
2025  

The men's high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships is being held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 21 and 23 August 2023.

Contents

Summary

Including the fabled win at home in 2019, Mutaz Essa Barshim came in as a three time defending champion. He had also famously shared the 2020 Olympic gold with Gianmarco Tamberi who was also here.

Returning silver medalist Woo Sang-hyeok had a perfect round going to 2.29m. JuVaughn Harrison was also perfect and maintained that status to the next height of 2.33m putting him into the lead. Woo could go no higher, but five others did get over, all but Tobias Potye on their first attempt, leaving Potye in fifth. For Luis Enrique Zayas, it was a new personal best. The next height was 2.36 m (7 ft 8+34 in). After watching everyone miss their first attempt, Tamberi cleared it cleanly to take the lead. On his second attempt, Harrison also cleared cleanly. When the remaining competitors failed, Barshim with one earlier miss took bronze over Zayas who had three. Both Tamberi and Harrison took attempts at 2.38m but neither could negotiate it on this night. That one miss at 2.36m costing Harrison the gold, leaving it to Tamberi.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [1]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
Championship record Flag of Ukraine.svg  Bohdan Bondarenko  (UKR)2.41 m Moscow, Russia 15 August 2013
World LeadingFlag of Qatar.svg  Mutaz Essa Barshim  (QAT)2.36 m Chorzów, Poland 16 July 2023
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Jacques Freitag  (RSA)2.38 m Oudtshoorn, South Africa 5 March 2005
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Mutaz Essa Barshim  (QAT)2.43 m Brussels, Belgium 5 September 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45 mSalamanca, Spain27 July 1993
South American Record Flag of Colombia.svg  Gilmar Mayo  (COL)2.33 m Pereira, Colombia 17 October 1994
European Record Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Sjöberg  (SWE)2.42 m Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 1987
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Tim Forsyth  (AUS)2.36 m Melbourne, Australia 2 March 1997
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brandon Starc  (AUS) Eberstadt, Germany 26 August 2018

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.32 m. [2]


Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:

DateTimeRound
20 August10:35 Qualification
22 August19:58 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [3]

RankGroupNameNationality2.142.182.222.252.282.30MarkNotes
1A JuVaughn Harrison Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oooo2.28q
1B Mutaz Essa Barshim Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)ooo2.28q
1A Ryoichi Akamatsu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)ooooo2.28q
4A Woo Sang-hyeok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)oooxoo2.28q
5A Oleh Doroshchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oooxoxo2.28q, PB
6B Andrii Protsenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxooxxoxo2.28q
6A Marco Fassinotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)xoxooxoxo2.28q, SB
8B Tobias Potye Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)ooooxxo2.28q
9A Gianmarco Tamberi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)oxoxxo2.28q
10B Brandon Starc Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)oxoxooxxo2.28q
11A Shelby McEwen Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xooxxooxxo2.28q, SB
12B Luis Enrique Zayas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)xxooxxoxxo2.28q
12B Norbert Kobielski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)ooxxoxxoxxo2.28q, SB
14B Edgar Rivera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)ooooxxx2.25
15A Thomas Carmoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)oxxoxooxxx2.25
16B Fernando Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)oxxoxxooxxx2.25 SB
16A Donald Thomas Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)xoxoxxooxxx2.25
18B Naoto Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)ooxxoxxoxxx2.25 SB
19B Hamish Kerr Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)-ooxxx2.22
20A Douwe Amels Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)xoooxxx2.22
20B Sarvesh Anil Kushare Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)oxooxxx2.22
22A Romaine Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)oxxooxxx2.22
23A Alperen Acet Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)ooxoxxx2.22
23B Slavko Stević  [ de ]Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)ooxoxxx2.22
25B Luis Castro Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)xoxoxoxxx2.22
26B Stefano Sottile Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)ooxxoxxx2.22
27B Django Lovett Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)xooxox-xx2.22 SB
28A Dmytro Nikitin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)ooxxx2.18
28A Erik Portillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)ooxxx2.18
28A Tihomir Ivanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)ooxxx2.18
31B Tomohiro Shinno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)xooxxx2.18
32A Gergely Török  [ de ]Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)oxxx2.14
32A Hichem Bouhanoun  [ fr ]Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)oxxx2.14
32A Joel Baden Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)oxxx2.14
32B Vernon Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oxxx2.14
B Carlos Layoy Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)xxx NM

Final

The final was started on 22 August at 19:58. [4]

RankNameNationality2.202.252.292.332.362.382.40MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gianmarco Tamberi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)-xooooxx-x2.36=WL
Silver medal icon.svg JuVaughn Harrison Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)-oooxoxxx2.36=WL
Bronze medal icon.svg Mutaz Essa Barshim Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)-xoooxxx2.33
4 Luis Enrique Zayas Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)xoxoxooxxx2.33 PB
5 Tobias Potye Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)oxooxoxxx2.33
6 Woo Sang-hyeok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)ooox-xx2.29
7 Shelby McEwen Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)oxoxxoxx-x2.29 SB
8 Ryoichi Akamatsu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)ooxxx2.25
8 Brandon Starc Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)ooxxx2.25
10 Norbert Kobielski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)oxoxxx2.25
11 Andrii Protsenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)oxxoxxx2.25
12 Marco Fassinotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)xoxxx2.20
13 Oleh Doroshchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)xxoxxx2.20

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