2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates21 March
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning height2.31 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Woo Sang-hyeok  Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg   Hamish Kerr  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Raymond Richards  Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
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The men's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The final took place on 21 March during the morning session.

Background

The men's high jump was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45 Salamanca, Spain27 July 1993
Championship record [2] 2.43 Budapest, Hungary4 March 1989
World leading [3] Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleh Doroshchuk  (UKR)2.34 Apeldoorn, Netherlands8 March 2025

Qualification

For the men's high jump, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 2.34 m. [5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 12 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was held on 21 March, starting at 18:30 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] [7] [8]

RankAthleteNationality2.142.202.242.282.31ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Woo Sang-hyeok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea ooxooo2.31 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Hamish Kerr Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand ooxooxxx2.28
Bronze medal icon.svg Raymond Richards Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica oooxoxxx2.28
4 Elijah Kosiba Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ooxoxoxxx2.28 SB
5 Oleh Doroshchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine oooxxoxxx2.28
6 Manuel Lando Flag of Italy.svg  Italy ooxxoxxx2.24
7 Naoto Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan oxoxxx2.20 SB
8 Jonathan Kapitolnik Flag of Israel.svg  Israel xoxxoxxx2.20
9 Romaine Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica oxxx2.14
9 Luis Castro Rivera Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico oxxx2.14
9 Dmytro Nikitin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine oxxx2.14
9 Jan Štefela Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic oxxx2.14
13 Souta Haraguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan xoxxx2.14 SB

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists - Senior - High Jump". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "1989 World Athletics Indoor Championships - High Jump Men - Final results". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – High Jump men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Start List / High Jump Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "High Jump Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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