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 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at

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in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018. The reigning outdoor world champion,

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 ...

of Qatar, led the field of eleven entries that year with his jump of , set while winning the Asian indoor title. The previous world indoor champion, Italy's

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 ...

, was not present to defend his title, though both minor medallists were present in Great Britain's

Robert Grabarz Robert Karl Grabarz (born 3 October 1987) is a retired British high jumper. Active during the 2010s, with his greatest success coming in two periods between 2012 and 2017. He was the 2012 European champion, the 2012 Diamond League high jump cha ...

and American

Erik Kynard Erik Kynard Jr. (born February 3, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as a 21-year-old, he won a silver medal in the men's high jump. His silver me ...

. With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the men shared center stage with the women's high jump.

Summary

In a straight final format, the overall performance of the field was low, with six of the eleven athletes failing to clear more than the opening height of (Grabarz and former world champion Donald Thomas being the most prominent casualties). Poland's

Sylwester Bednarek Sylwester Bednarek ( ; born 28 April 1989) is a Polish high jumper. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and gold at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. Life and career Bednarek was born in Łódź. He finished fourth ...

failed at the third height of , leaving just Barshim, Kynard,

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 ...

and Danil Lysenko in contention. Lysenko and Barshim led with clean scorecards up to the height of . Kynard and Przybylko both failed to achieve that height and the German athlete secured the bronze on countback – his first senior international medal. Lysenko and Barshim each failed their first two attempts at and after a third failure by Barshim, Lysenko cleared the height on his final attempt to become world champion. It was the first world title for the Russian, competing as an

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here, and reversed the positions the two had shared at the 2017 World Championships final the previous summer.

Records

Results

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References

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High jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2018 in men's athletics