1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the [|final] held on Wednesday 1997-08-06.
Medalists
Results
Qualifying round
4 AugustQualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.19 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.28 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Gilmar Mayo | o | o | o | o | o | 2.28 | Q, PB | |
| 1 | A | Lee Jin-taek | – | o | – | o | o | 2.28 | Q | |
| 1 | B | Artur Partyka | – | o | – | o | o | 2.28 | Q | |
| 1 | B | Javier Sotomayor | – | – | o | o | o | 2.28 | Q | |
| 1 | B | Steinar Hoen | – | – | o | – | o | 2.28 | Q | |
| 6 | A | Lambros Papakostas | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.28 | Q | |
| 7 | A | Martin Buß | o | xo | o | xo | xo | 2.28 | Q | |
| 8 | B | Tim Forsyth | o | – | – | o | xxo | 2.28 | Q | |
| 9 | B | Konstantin Matusevich | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | 2.28 | Q | |
| 10 | B | Dalton Grant | – | xo | o | xxo | xxo | 2.28 | Q, SB | |
| 11 | B | Jan Janků | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.26 | q | |
| 12 | B | Sergey Klyugin | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | 2.26 | q | |
| 13 | A | Charles Austin | – | o | – | xo | xxx | 2.26 | ||
| 14 | B | Steve Smith | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | 2.26 | ||
| 15 | A | Staffan Strand | o | – | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 15 | A | Charles Lefrançois | – | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 15 | B | Didier Detchenique | o | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 15 | B | Stevan Zorić | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | – | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | ||
| 15 | B | Brian Brown | o | – | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 20 | B | Dimitrios Kokotis | xxo | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 20 | B | Mustapha Raifak | xxo | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 22 | A | Jarosław Kotewicz | o | – | xo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 22 | A | Mark Boswell | – | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 22 | A | Mark Mandy | o | o | xo | xx– | x | 2.23 | ||
| 22 | A | Dragutin Topić | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | o | – | xo | – | xxx | 2.23 | |
| 26 | A | Elvir Krehmić | xxo | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 27 | A | Brendan Reilly | – | o | xxo | xx– | x | 2.23 | ||
| 28 | A | Arturo Ortíz | – | o | – | xxx | 2.19 | |||
| 28 | A | Tomáš Janků | o | o | xxx | 2.19 | ||||
| 30 | A | Randy Jenkins | xxo | xxo | – | xxx | 2.19 | |||
| 31 | A | Konstantinos Liapis | o | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 31 | B | Glenn Howard | o | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 31 | B | Julio Luciano | o | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 34 | B | Michiya Onoue | xo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 35 | B | Khemraj Naiko | xxo | xxx | 2.15 |