Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	9 April (qualifying round) 11 April (final)
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Winning height	2.32 m
Medalists
Brandon Starc    Australia   Jamal Wilson    Bahamas   Django Lovett    Canada
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The men's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 11 April 2018. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^[2]

World record	Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)	2.45 m	Salamanca, Spain	23 July 1993
Games record	Clarence Saunders  (BER)	2.36 m	Auckland, New Zealand	1 February 1990

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 9 April 2018	10:20	Qualification
Wednesday 11 April 2018	20:05	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who cleared 2.27 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. ^[3]

Rank	Group	Athlete	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Jamal Wilson  (BAH)	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
	B	Chris Baker  (ENG)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
	B	Django Lovett  (CAN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
4	A	David Smith  (SCO)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	o	2.21	=SB	q
	A	Brandon Starc  (AUS)	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	2.21		q
6	B	Robbie Grabarz  (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	2.21		q
7	A	Lee Hup Wei  (MAS)	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	2.21		q
	B	Allan Smith  (SCO)	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	2.21		q
9	A	Tejaswin Shankar  (IND)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	2.21		q
	B	Donald Thomas  (BAH)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21		q
11	A	Manjula Kumara  (SRI)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	2.21		q
	A	Michael Mason  (CAN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21		q
13	B	Nauraj Singh Randhawa  (MAS)	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	xxo	2.21		q
14	A	Tom Gale  (ENG)	–	–	–	xxo	xxo	o	xxx	2.18
15	A	Breyton Poole  (RSA)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.18
16	B	Mathieu Sawe  (KEN)	–	–	o	o	o	xxx		2.15
17	B	Joel Baden  (AUS)	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx		2.15
18	B	Vasilios Konstantinou  (CYP)	–	–	–	o	xx–	x		2.10
19	B	Kivarno Handfield  (TCA)	–	o	o	xo	xxx			2.10
–	A	Malakai Kaiwalu  (FIJ)	–	xxx						NM

Final

The medals were determined in the final. ^[2]

Rank	Athlete	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	2.30	2.32	2.34	Result	Notes
	Brandon Starc  (AUS)	o	o	xo	xo	xo	o	xr	2.32	PB
	Jamal Wilson  (BAH)	o	o	xo	o	o	xx–	x	2.30	SB
	Django Lovett  (CAN)	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxr		2.30	PB
4	Donald Thomas  (BAH)	o	o	xo	xo	xxx			2.27
5	Allan Smith  (SCO)	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx			2.27	SB
6	Michael Mason  (CAN)	o	xo	o	xxx				2.24
	Tejaswin Shankar  (IND)	xo	o	o	xxx				2.24
8	Lee Hup Wei  (MAS)	xo	o	xxx					2.21
9	Chris Baker  (ENG)	xxo	xo	xxx					2.21
10	Nauraj Singh Randhawa  (MAS)	o	xxx						2.18
	David Smith  (SCO)	o	xxx						2.18
12	Robbie Grabarz  (ENG)	xo	xxx						2.18
–	Manjula Kumara  (SRI)	xxx							NM

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's high jump". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Athletics | Men's High Jump - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. Athletics | Men's High Jump - Qualification (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 69–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.