2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump


The men's high jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August.

Summary

After winning Olympic gold, then setting the world decathlon best in the high jump, defending champion Derek Drouin could not return due to a nagging injury. Olympic silver medalist Mutaz Essa Barshim was perfect through the automatic qualifier in the preliminaries and up to 2.29 m in the final. Danil Lysenko, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete and Majd Eddin Ghazal, who trains in war ravaged Damascus both cleared with one miss. Both Edgar Rivera and Mateusz Przybylko cleared on their final attempt to stay alive, while returning silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist Bohdan Bondarenko passed the height.
At 2.32 m Barshim remained perfect, while Lysenko also cleared on his first attempt. Nobody else was able to clear, leaving Ghazal with the bronze. At Barshim again remained perfect, while Lysenko couldn't get over a new personal best, leaving him with silver, Barshim a perfectly clean competition to the gold medal. Barshim moved the bar up to 2.40 m when he finally missed three times.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World2.45Javier Sotomayor27 Jul 1993Salamanca, Spain
Championship2.41Bohdan BondarenkoMoscow, Russia
World leading2.38Mutaz Essa Barshim15 Jun 2017Oslo, Norway
African2.38Jacques Freitag5 Mar 2005Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Asian2.43Mutaz Essa Barshim5 Sep 2014Brussels, Belgium
NACAC2.45Javier Sotomayor27 Jul 1993Salamanca, Spain
South American2.33Gilmar Mayo17 Oct 1994Pereira, Colombia
European2.42Patrik Sjöberg30 Jun 1987Stockholm, Sweden
EuropeanBohdan Bondarenko14 Jun 2014New York City, United States-
Oceanian2.36Tim Forsyth2 Mar 1997Melbourne, Australia

No records were set at the competition.

[|Qualification] standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.30 metres.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, is as follows:
DateTimeRound
11 August11:15Qualification
13 August19:00Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 August, in two groups, both starting at 11:15. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.31 metres or at least the 12 best performers qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
RankGroupNameNationality2.172.222.262.292.31MarkNotes
1AMutaz Essa Barshim–oooo2.31
2ABohdan Bondarenko–o–xoo2.31
3BDanil Lysenkoooooxo2.31
4ATihomir Ivanovooxoxoxo2.31,
4BMateusz Przybylkoooxoxoxo2.31
6ARobbie Grabarz–ooxoxxo2.31,
7AIlya Ivanyukooooxxx2.29
7BMajd Eddin Ghazalooooxxx2.29
7ABryan McBrideooooxxx2.29
10AEike Onnenxoxoooxxx2.29
11AEdgar Riveraooxxooxxx2.29
12AWang Yuoxooxoxxx2.29
13BAndriy Protsenkoxooxoxoxxx2.29
14BGianmarco Tamberioxoxoxoxxx2.29
15ATalles Frederico Silvaooxxoxoxxx2.29
16ARicky Robertsonooxoxxoxxx2.29
17BFernando Ferreiraxoxoxoxxoxxx2.29
18BMichael Masonoooxxx2.26
19BEure Yáñezxoxxooxxx2.26
20ASylwester Bednarekooxoxxx2.26
20ANauraj Singh Randhawaooxoxxx2.26
22BTakashi Etooxoxxx2.22
22ADonald Thomasoxoxxx2.22
24BZhang Guoweixoxoxxx2.22
25BWoo Sang-hyeokxoxxoxxx2.22
26BJeron Robinsonxoxxx2.17
BErik Kynardxr

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 19:00. The results were as follows:
RankNameNationality2.202.252.292.322.352.40MarkNotes
Mutaz Essa Barshimoooooxxx2.35
Danil Lysenkoooxooxxx2.32
Majd Eddin Ghazalooxoxxx2.29
Edgar Riveraooxxoxxx2.29
Mateusz Przybylkooxoxxoxxx2.29
Robbie Grabarzooxxx2.25
Ilya Ivanyukooxxx2.25
Bryan McBrideoxoxxx2.25
Bohdan Bondarenko–xxo–xxx2.25
Eike Onnenxxoxxx2.20
Tihomir Ivanovxr
Wang Yu