Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The Men's High Jump Competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 27 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the [|final] took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. There were two bronze medals awarded.Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The following Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Height | OR | WR |
| September 25, 1988 | Final | | 2.38m | OR | |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.19 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.28 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Dietmar Mögenburg | | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 1 | A | Igor Paklin | | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 3 | A | Geoff Parsons | | – | – | o | – | – | xo | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 4 | A | Clarence Saunders | | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 5 | A | Dalton Grant | | – | – | – | o | – | xo | xo | 2.28 | Q |
| 5 | A | Hollis Conway | | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xo | 2.28 | Q |
| 7 | A | Arturo Ortiz | | o | – | o | – | xo | xo | xo | 2.28 | Q |
| 8 | B | Patrik Sjöberg | | – | – | – | o | o | o | – | 2.25 | q |
| 9 | A | Robert Ruffini | | – | – | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| 9 | B | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | | – | – | – | xo | o | o | – | 2.25 | q |
| 9 | B | Brian Stanton | | – | – | o | o | xo | o | – | 2.25 | q |
| 12 | B | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | | – | – | o | – | xxo | o | – | 2.25 | q |
| 13 | B | Carlo Thränhardt | | – | – | – | o | – | xo | – | 2.25 | q |
| 13 | B | Jim Howard | | – | o | o | – | o | xo | – | 2.25 | q |
| 15 | B | Krzysztof Krawczyk | | – | – | o | – | xo | xo | – | 2.25 | q |
| 16 | A | Luca Toso | | – | – | o | xo | – | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| 17 | B | Milton Ottey | | – | – | – | xo | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 18 | B | Cho Hyun-wook | | – | o | o | – | xxo | – | xxx | 2.22 | |
| 19 | B | Brian Marshall | | – | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 20 | A | Troy Kemp | | – | – | o | o | – | – | xxx | 2.19 | |
| 20 | A | Sorin Matei | | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | | 2.19 | |
| 20 | B | Artur Partyka | | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.19 | |
| 23 | B | Zhu Jianhua | | – | o | – | xo | xxx | | | 2.19 | |
| 24 | A | Floyd Manderson | | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.19 | |
| 25 | A | Paul Ngadjadoum | | o | o | o | r | | | | 2.15 | |
| 26 | B | Fernando Pastoriza | | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.10 | |
| B | Cheick Seynou | | xxx | | | | | | | | |
Final
Javier Sotomayor
Gerd Wessig