Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's high jump


The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Derek Drouin from Canada.

Summary

Four men made it over 2.26m; Luis Zayas, Michael Mason and Roberto Vílches, on their second try and Fernando Ferreira on his third. Zayas and Vilches had an earlier miss each, putting Mason into the lead. Zayas cleared 2.28 to take the lead, Mason got over on his second attempt. Vilches was left with bronze when he and Ferreira couldn't make the height. At, Zayas made his personal best on his second attempt. Mason then passed to try to make 2.32m, 1 cm below his best, for the win.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record2.45Salamanca, SpainJuly 27, 1993
Pan American Games record2.40Mar del Plata, ArgentineMarch 25, 1995

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in meters.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

The results were as follows
RankNameNationality2.052.102.152.182.212.242.262.282.302.32MarkNotes
Luis Zayas––oooxoxooxox-2.30PB
Michael Mason–oooooxoxox-xx2.28
Roberto Vílches–oooxooxoxxx2.26
4Fernando Ferreira–ooooxoxxoxxx2.26SB
5Keenon Laine––ooxxooxxx2.24
6Jeron Robinson––oxooxxx2.21
7Eure Yáñez–oxxo–xoxxx2.21
8Luis Castro–o–xxoxxx2.18
9Arturo Chávezoxooxxx2.15=SB
9Edgar Rivera–xooxxx2.15
11Carlos Layoy–xxoxxx2.10
11Donald Thomas–xxo–x-xx2.10
13Jermaine Francisxxoxxoxxx2.10=SB
Jamal Wilson––xxx