The men's

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was held at the

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from 1 to 4 October.

Summary

When Qatari officials put together the bid to host these championships, Doha born

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 Champio ...

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 Mikhail Sergeyevich Akimenko (russian: Михаи́л Сергее́вич Акиме́нко; born 6 December 1995) is a Russian high jumper. He won the title, with a personal best of 2.24 m, at the 2014 World Junior Championships. He ju ...

got over on his first attempt to maintain a clean round and

Maksim Nedasekau Maksim Yuryevich Nedasekau ( be, Максім Юр’евіч Недасекаў; born 21 January 1998) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the high jump. He was the bronze medallist at the 2020 Olympic Games. He also won the gold medals at th ...

also was over on his first attempt. Shudder, Barshim, who had a clean series going so far, missed along with five others (veteran

Gianmarco Tamberi Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (2020 Summer Olympics) and World indoor champion (2016). He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this ...

saved attempts after missing 2.30m once). 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 Brandon Starc (born 24 November 1993) is a professional Australian high jumper. Starc currently trains in Sydney, Australia, under the guidance of his coach Alex Stewart. As a national representative and high achieving athlete, Starc is support ...

missed, then

Ilya Ivanyuk Ilya Dmitriyevich Ivanyuk (russian: Илья Дмитриевич Иванюк; born 9 March 1993) is a Russian athlete specialising in the high jump. He competed at the 2017 World Championships as an authorised neutral athlete finishing sixt ...

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, and no else was able to clear the height.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

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 (2018-2019), indoors and outdoors. The final entries were made by completing to 31 athletes, including the defending world champion

( wild card, only 2.27 m before the competition) and 1 Best country athlete,

Lee Hup Wei Lee Hup Wei (Chinese: 李合偉; born 5 May 1987 in Kajang) is a Malaysian high jumper and Royal Malaysia Navy officer. At the 2019 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, Lee became the first ever Malaysian track and field athlete to reac ...

. The qualifiers with less than 2.30 m are: *

Douwe Amels Douwe Jorn Amels (born 16 September 1991) is a Dutch track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first Dutchman ever to win gold in the event and the ...

, 2.28 m (q) * Adrijus Glebauskas, 2.28 m (q) * Luis Castro, 2.28 m (q) *

Mathew Sawe Mathew Sagwe (born 2 July 1988) is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He holds a personal best of , which is the Kenyan record for the event. He reached international level in 2012 and competed in two events at the ...

, ACh, 2.28 m (Q) * Keenon Laine, 2.28 m indoor (q) .26(2018) *

, BCA, 2.27 m in Kuala Lumpur (31 Mar 2019) * Ryo Sato, 2.27 m (q)

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).

Final

The final was started on 4 October at 20:15.

References

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High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

High jump at the World Athletics Championships