2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump


The men's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.
In the trials, only nine were able to get over 2.31, so they took perfect to 2.29 to fill out the field. In the final, only seven were able to make 2.29 and at the next height 2.33 they were down to four, Derek Drouin, Bohdan Bondarenko, Zhang Guowei and Mutaz Essa Barshim all on their first attempt. In fact all but Barshim were perfect to that point. Nobody could make 2.36, which left a three way tie for first and Barshim, the odd man out. They did a fourth, jumpoff attempt at 2.36, nobody made it. The next step lowered the bar to 2.34. Drouin cleared it, putting do or die pressure on the others. Neither made it giving Drouin the gold and leaving a tie for silver.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record2.45Salamanca, Spain27 July 1993
Championship record2.41Moscow, Russia15 August 2013
World leading2.41Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2015
African record2.38Oudtshoorn, South Africa5 March 2005
Asian record2.43Brussels, Belgium5 September 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record2.45Salamanca, Spain27 July 1993
South American record2.33Pereira, Colombia17 October 1994
European record2.42Stockholm, Sweden30 June 1987
European recordNew York City, United States14 June 2014-
Oceanian record2.36Melbourne, Australia2 March 1997

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.31 m or at least 12 best performers.
RankGroupNameNationality2.172.222.262.292.31MarkNotes
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3B–o–xoo2.31
3A–ooxoo2.31
5Aooxxoxxoo2.31,
6Aooooxxo2.31
7Boooxoxxo2.31
8Boooxxoxxo2.31,
8Aooxoxoxxo2.31,
10Booooxx–2.29
10Boooox–2.29
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10Aooooxxx2.29
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15Booxooxxx2.29
16Axxooooxxx2.29
17Aoxoxoxoxxx2.29
18Boooxxx2.26
18A–ooxxx2.26
18AWang Yuoooxxx2.26
21Boxooxxx2.26
22Aooxoxxx2.26
22Aooxoxxx2.26
24Aoxoxoxxx2.26
25Bxxo–xoxxx2.26
25Aoxxoxoxxx2.26
27Bxooxxoxxx2.26
28Booxxx2.22
28Aooxxx2.22
28Aooxxx2.22
28Aooxxx2.22
32BHsiang Chun-Hsienxxoo–xxx2.22
33Boxoxxx2.22
33Aoxoxxx2.22
35Boxxx2.17
35Aoxxx2.17
37Bxoxxx2.17
37Bxoxxx2.17
39Bxxoxxx2.17
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Final

The final was started at 18:30
RankNameNationality2.202.252.292.332.362.362.34MarkNotes
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11oxoxxx2.25
12oxxoxxx2.25
12oxxoxxx2.25
14xoxxx2.20