2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump


The men's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October.

Summary

When Qatari officials put together the bid to host these championships, Doha born Mutaz Essa Barshim was a 23 year old already with a World Junior Championship, Olympic bronze and World Championship silver to his name. Qatari officials could see the potential. This was the day they were waiting for, when a now 28 year old was jumping at home. Now there was a bonus, he was defending champion.
The finals pared down to 7 over 2.30m. At 2.33m, Mikhail Akimenko got over on his first attempt to maintain a clean round and Maksim Nedasekau also was over on his first attempt. Shudder, Barshim, who had a clean series going so far, missed along with five others. On the second attempt, everyone missed again. Tamberi eliminated, that trend started the third round of attempts as Luis Zayas and Michael Mason missed and were eliminated. Then it was Barshim's last attempt. He got over it and sighs of relief could be heard all over Qatar. Next up, Brandon Starc missed, then Ilya Ivanyuk also made it to leave four over 2.33m, with Akimenko holding the advantage.
Moving up to 2.35m, Nedasekau missed, then Barshim, Akimenko and Ivanyuk all made it on their first attempts. Akimenko still had a clean series. With three earlier misses, vs two each for Barshim and Ivanyuk, Nedasekau could see he was off the podium and passed. At, Nedasekau missed. Next up, on his first attempt, Barshim made it. Now the pressure was on everyone else and nobody else was able to clear the height. Qatar was in celebration. Their home town hero had won the World Championships at home.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
World record2.45 mSalamanca, Spain27 July 1993
Championship record2.41 mMoscow, Russia15 August 2013
World Leading2.35 mMinsk, Belarus9 September 2019
African Record2.38 mOudtshoorn, South Africa5 March 2005
Asian Record2.43 mBrussels, Belgium5 September 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record2.45 mSalamanca, Spain27 July 1993
South American Record2.33 mPereira, Colombia17 October 1994
European Record2.42 mStockholm, Sweden30 June 1987
Oceanian record2.36 mMelbourne, Australia2 March 1997
Oceanian record2.36 mEberstadt, Germany26 August 2018

[|Qualification] standard

The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 2.30 m. for a quota number of 32 athletes.
Only 24 high jumpers reached 2.30 m during the qualification period, indoors and outdoors. The final entries were made by completing to 31 athletes, including the defending world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim and 1 Best country athlete, Lee Hup Wei.
The qualifiers with less than 2.30 m are:
The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
1 October16:50Qualification
4 October20:15Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.31 m or at least 12 best performers.
RankGroupNameNationality2.172.222.262.29MarkNotes
1BMikhail Akimenkooooo2.29
1AMutaz Essa Barshimoooo2.29,
1AIlya Ivanyukoooo2.29
4ABrandon Starcooxoo2.29
4ALuis Zayasooxoo2.29
6BMichael Masonoooxo2.29
7BWang Yuooxoxo2.29
8BJeron Robinsonooxxoxo2.29
9BLee Hup Weioooxxo2.29,
10BGianmarco Tamberiooxoxxo2.29
11ALuis Castroooxoxxx2.26
11AMaksim Nedasekauooxoxxx2.26
13AShelby McEwenxxooxoxxx2.26
14BNaoto Tobeooxxoxxx2.26
14BAndriy Protsenkoooxxoxxx2.26
16ATihomir Ivanovoxoxxoxxx2.26
16AStefano Sottilexooxxoxxx2.26
18BDzmitry Nabokauoxxoxxoxxx2.26
19BDouwe Amelsooxxx2.22
19ADonald Thomasooxxx2.22
21AAdrijus Glebauskasoxoxxx2.22
22ARyo Satoxxoxoxxx2.22
23ADjango Lovettoxxoxxx2.22
23BHamish Kerroxxoxr2.22
25BTakashi Etooxxx2.17
25BJoel Badenoxxx2.17
25BKeenon Laineoxxx2.17
25AMajd Eddine Ghazaloxxx2.17
29BMathew Sawexoxxx2.17
30BMateusz Przybylkoxxoxxx2.17
ABohdan Bondarenkoxr

Final

The final was started on 4 October at 20:15.
RankNameNationality2.192.242.272.302.332.352.37MarkNotes
Mutaz Essa Barshimooooxxooo2.37
Mikhail Akimenkoooooooxxx2.35
Ilya Ivanyukooooxxooxxx2.35
4Maksim Nedasekauoxoxoxoox–xx2.33
5Luis Zayasooooxxx2.30
6Brandon Starcoxoxxooxxx2.30
7Michael Masonoooxxoxxx2.30
8Lee Hup Weiooxoxxx2.27
8Gianmarco Tamberiooxox–xx2.27
10Wang Yuooxxx2.24
11Jeron Robinsonxooxxx2.24
12Luis Castrooxxx2.19