The men's high jump at the

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was held at the

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on 11 and 13 August.

Summary

After winning Olympic gold, then setting the world decathlon best in the high jump, defending champion

Derek Drouin Derek Drouin (born March 6, 1990) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. He also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 P ...

(CAN) could not return due to a nagging injury. Olympic silver medalist

Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim ( ar, معتز عيسى برشم, Muʿtazz ʿĪsā Baršim; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the current Olympic Champion (2020). He is also the current World Champion ...

(BHR) was perfect through the automatic qualifier in the preliminaries and up to 2.29 m in the final. Danil Lysenko, competing as an

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and

Majd Eddin Ghazal Majd Eddin Ghazal ( ar, مجد الدين غزال; born 21 April 1987) is a Syrian high jumper. He utilizes the Fosbury Flop style, jumping off his left leg. He was the national flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2016 Summer Ol ...

(SYR), who trains in war ravaged Damascus both cleared with one miss. Both Edgar Rivera (MEX) and

Mateusz Przybylko Mateusz Przybylko (born 9 March 1992) is a German high jumper of Polish descent. He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, 2018 European Championships. Career A member of Germany's track and field squad at the 2015 Worl ...

(GER) cleared on their final attempt to stay alive, while returning silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 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: 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 (UTC+1), is as follows:

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 ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 19:00. The results were as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2017 World Championships in Athletics - Men's high jump High jump High jump at the World Athletics Championships