2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the 2022 World Championships | |||||||
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| Venue | Hayward Field | ||||||
| Dates | 15 July (qualification) 18 July (final) | ||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 22 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The men's high jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships will be held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, from 15 to 18 July.[1]
Summary
Vorschau
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
| World record |  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
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2.45 m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| Championship record |  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)
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2.41 m | Moscow, Russia | 15 August 2013 |
| World Leading |  Ilya Ivanyuk (ANA)
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2.34 m | Moscow, Russia | 7 June 2022 |
| African Record |  Jacques Freitag (RSA)
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2.38 m | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | 5 March 2005 |
| Asian Record |  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
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2.43 m | Brussels, Belgium | 5 September 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
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2.45 m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| South American Record |  Gilmar Mayo (COL)
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2.33 m | Pereira, Colombia | 17 October 1994 |
| European Record |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)
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2.42 m | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987 |
| Oceanian record |  Tim Forsyth (AUS)
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2.36 m | Melbourne, Australia | 2 March 1997 |
| Brandon Starc (AUS)
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Eberstadt, Germany | 26 August 2018 |
Qualification standard
The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 2.33 m, with a qualification period from 28 June 2021 to 26 June 2022, for a quota number of 32 athletes.[3]
Only 6 high jumpers reached 2.33 m during the qualification period (2021-2022), indoors and outdoors (Barshim, Tamberi, Woo, Starc, Harrison and McEwen). 2 jumpers were selected by finishing position at designated competitions (Ferreira and Kerr, area champions). The final entries were made by completing to 32 athletes, including the defending world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim (wild card), and the Diamond League winner Gianmarco Tamberi, (wild card), both defending Olympic Champions in Tokyo 2020.
Neither the 2022 world leader, Ilya Ivanyuk, nor Russian or Belarusian athletes, as Maksim Nedasekau, 3rd in Ranking, are admitted, even under ANA status.
Naoto Tobe, qualified by ranking, withdrawn.[4]
World Athletics Ranking
Before the 2022 World Championships:
- Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 1404 points, High Jump [incl. High Jump indoor]
- Woo Sang-hyeok KOR 1376 pts High Jump [High Jump ind.]
- Maksim Nedasekau BLR 1354 pts High Jump
- Django Lovett CAN 1334 pts High Jump
- Ilya Ivanyuk ANA 1318 pts High Jump
- JuVaughn Harrison USA 1305 pts High Jump [High Jump ind.]
- Mikhail Akimenko RUS 1295 pts High Jump [High Jump ind.]
- Andriy Protsenko UKR 1294 pts High Jump
- Hamish Kerr NZL 1292 pts High Jump [High Jump ind.]
- Brandon Starc AUS 1291 pts High Jump
- Shelby McEwen USA 1270 pts High Jump
- Norbert Kobielski POL 1261 pts High Jump [High Jump ind.]
Zeitplan
The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), is as follows:[5]
| Date | Zeit | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 15 July | 10:10 | Qualification |
| 18 July | 17:45 | Final |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 2.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[6]
Final
The final will start on 18 July at 17:45.