Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
- 7 August 2024 (qualification)
10 August 2024 (final)
![]() | Hamish Kerr | ![]() | |
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![]() | Shelby McEwen | ![]() | |
![]() | Mutaz Essa Barshim | ![]() |
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The men's high jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.
Background
The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.
Record | Athlete (Nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() | 2.45[1] | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2.39 | Atlanta, United States | 28 July 1996 |
World leading | ![]() | 2.37[2] | Rome, Italy | 11 June 2024 |
Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Height (m) |
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Africa (records) | ![]() | 2.38 |
Asia (records) | ![]() | 2.43 |
Europe (records) | ![]() | 2.42 |
![]() | 2.42 i | |
North, Central America and Caribbean (records) | ![]() | 2.45 WR |
Oceania (records) | ![]() | 2.36 |
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![]() | 2.36 i | |
South America (records) | ![]() | 2.33 |
Qualification
For the men's high jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 2.33 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[4]
Results
Qualification
The qualification is being held on 7 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[5][6] All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard 2.29 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[7]
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.29 | Height | Notes |
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1 | A | Shelby McEwen | ![]() | o | – | o | o | r | 2.27 | q |
2 | B | Hamish Kerr | ![]() | o | xxo | xo | o | r | 2.27 | q |
3 | A | Mutaz Barsham | ![]() | o | o | o | xo | r | 2.27 | q |
A | Woo Sang-hyeok | ![]() | o | o | o | xo | r | 2.27 | q | |
5 | A | Ryoichi Akamatsu | ![]() | o | o | xxo | xo | r | 2.27 | q, SB |
6 | A | Stefano Sottile | ![]() | o | o | o | xxx | 2.24 | q | |
B | Gianmarco Tamberi | ![]() | – | o | o | xxx | 2.24 | q | ||
8 | B | Romaine Beckford | ![]() | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.24 | q | |
9 | A | Brian Raats | ![]() | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.24 | q | |
A | Jan Štefela | ![]() | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.24 | q | ||
11 | B | Oleh Doroshchuk | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.24 | q | |
12 | B | Tihomir Ivanov | ![]() | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.24 | q | |
13 | B | Brandon Starc | ![]() | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.24 | SB | |
14 | A | Luis Zayas | ![]() | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 | ||
15 | A | Luis Castro | ![]() | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | |||
B | Fernando Ferreira | ![]() | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
B | Erick Portillo | ![]() | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
A | Edgar Rivera | ![]() | o | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
19 | B | Thomas Carmoy | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
B | JuVaughn Harrison | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
A | Wang Zhen | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
22 | A | Alperen Acet | ![]() | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
23 | B | Yual Reath | ![]() | o | xxo | 2.20 | ||||
B | Tomohiro Shinno | ![]() | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
25 | B | Sarvesh Kushare | ![]() | o | xxx | 2.15 | ||||
A | Vladyslav Lavskyy | ![]() | o | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
27 | B | Joel Baden | ![]() | xo | xxx | 2.15 | ||||
28 | A | Vernon Turner | ![]() | xxo | xxx | 2.15 | ||||
A | Donald Thomas | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||||
B | Tobias Potye | ![]() | xxx | NM | ||||||
B | Andriy Protsenko | ![]() | xxx | NM |
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Final
The final was held on 10 August, starting at 19:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[5][6]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Main competition | Jump-off | Height | Notes | ||||||||
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2.17 | 2.22 | 2.27 | 2.31 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.38 | 2.38 | 2.36 | 2.34 | |||||
![]() | Hamish Kerr | ![]() | o | o | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | x | x | o | 2.36 | =AR |
![]() | Shelby McEwen | ![]() | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | x | x | x | 2.36 | PB |
![]() | Mutaz Barsham | ![]() | – | o | o | o | o | xx- | x | 2.34 | SB | |||
4 | Stefano Sottile | ![]() | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.34 | PB | ||||
5 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | ![]() | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.31 | PB | |||||
6 | Oleh Doroshchuk | ![]() | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.31 | PB | |||||
7 | Woo Sang-hyeok | ![]() | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.27 | |||||||
8 | Tihomir Ivanov | ![]() | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.27 | SB | ||||||
9 | Jan Štefela | ![]() | xxo | o | xxx | 2.22 | ||||||||
10 | Romaine Beckford | ![]() | o | xo | xxx | 2.22 | ||||||||
11 | Gianmarco Tamberi | ![]() | – | xxo | xxx | 2.22 | ||||||||
12 | Brian Raats | ![]() | o | xxx | 2.17 |
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References
- ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – High jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Records – High jump men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Men's High Jump Qualification Results". Olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's High Jump - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's High Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.