The men's
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 ...
at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
The city of Budapes ...
is being held at the
National Athletics Centre in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
on 20 and 22 August 2023.
Summary
Including the fabled
win at home in 2019,
Mutaz Barsham came in as a three time defending champion. He had also famously shared the
2020 Olympic gold with
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 ...
who was also here.
Returning silver medalist
Woo Sang-hyeok had a perfect round going to 2.29m.
JuVaughn Harrison
JuVaughn Krishna Harrison (né Blake; born April 30, 1999) is an American high jumper and long jumper. He won the silver medal in the high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Career Youth
Harrison attended Columbia high school in Hun ...
was also perfect and maintained that status to the next height of 2.33m putting him into the lead. Woo could go no higher, but five others did get over, all but
Tobias Potye
Tobias Potye (born 16 March 1995 in Munich) is a German athlete specialising in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships. At the European Athletics Championships of Munich he won a silver medal in high jump.
...
on their first attempt, leaving Potye in fifth. For
Luis Enrique Zayas, it was a new personal best. The next height was . After watching everyone miss their first attempt, Tamberi cleared it cleanly to take the lead. On his second attempt, Harrison also cleared cleanly. When the remaining competitors failed, Barshim with one earlier miss took bronze over Zayas who had three. Both Tamberi and Harrison took attempts at 2.38m but neither could negotiate it on this night. That one miss at 2.36m costing Harrison the gold, leaving it to Tamberi.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.32 m.
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 2.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
Final
The final was started on 22 August at 19:58.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2023 World Championships in Athletics - Men's high jump
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