Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

  • 7 August 2024 (qualification)
    10 August 2024 (final)
Winning height2.36 mMedalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hamish Kerr  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shelby McEwen  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar
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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.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m) Location Date
World record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45[1] Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
Olympic record  Charles Austin (USA) 2.39 Atlanta, United States 28 July 1996
World leading  Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2.37[2] Rome, Italy 11 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[3]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m)
Africa (records)  Jacques Freitag (RSA) 2.38
Asia (records)  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.43
Europe (records)  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 2.42
 Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.42 i
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records) 		 Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 WR
Oceania (records)  Tim Forsyth (AUS) 2.36
 Brandon Starc (AUS)
 Hamish Kerr (NZL) 2.36 i
South America (records)  Gilmar Mayo (COL) 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
1 A Shelby McEwen  United States o – o o r 2.27 q
2 B Hamish Kerr  New Zealand o xxo xo o r 2.27 q
3 A Mutaz Barsham  Qatar o o o xo r 2.27 q
A Woo Sang-hyeok  South Korea o o o xo r 2.27 q
5 A Ryoichi Akamatsu  Japan o o xxo xo r 2.27 q, SB
6 A Stefano Sottile  Italy o o o xxx 2.24 q
B Gianmarco Tamberi  Italy – o o xxx 2.24 q
8 B Romaine Beckford  Jamaica o xo o xxx 2.24 q
9 A Brian Raats  South Africa o xxo o xxx 2.24 q
A Jan Štefela  Czech Republic o xxo o xxx 2.24 q
11 B Oleh Doroshchuk  Ukraine o o xo xxx 2.24 q
12 B Tihomir Ivanov  Bulgaria o xo xo xxx 2.24 q
13 B Brandon Starc  Australia xxo xo xo xxx 2.24 SB
14 A Luis Zayas  Cuba o o xxo xxx 2.24
15 A Luis Castro  Puerto Rico o o xxx 2.20
B Fernando Ferreira  Brazil o o xxx 2.20
B Erick Portillo  Mexico o o xxx 2.20
A Edgar Rivera  Mexico o o xxx 2.20
19 B Thomas Carmoy  Belgium o xo xxx 2.20
B JuVaughn Harrison  United States o xo xxx 2.20
A Wang Zhen  China o xo xxx 2.20
22 A Alperen Acet  Turkey xxo xo xxx 2.20
23 B Yual Reath  Australia o xxo 2.20
B Tomohiro Shinno  Japan o xxo xxx 2.20
25 B Sarvesh Kushare  India o xxx 2.15
A Vladyslav Lavskyy  Ukraine o xxx 2.15
27 B Joel Baden  Australia xo xxx 2.15
28 A Vernon Turner  United States xxo xxx 2.15
A Donald Thomas  Bahamas xxx NM
B Tobias Potye  Germany xxx NM
B Andriy Protsenko  Ukraine 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
2.17 2.22 2.27 2.31 2.34 2.36 2.38 2.38 2.36 2.34
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hamish Kerr  New Zealand o o o xxo o o xxx x x o 2.36 =AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shelby McEwen  United States o o o o xxo o xxx x x x 2.36 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mutaz Barsham  Qatar – o o o o xx- x 2.34 SB
4 Stefano Sottile  Italy o o o xo o xxx 2.34 PB
5 Ryoichi Akamatsu  Japan o o xo o xxx 2.31 PB
6 Oleh Doroshchuk  Ukraine o o xo xo xxx 2.31 PB
7 Woo Sang-hyeok  South Korea o o xo xxx 2.27
8 Tihomir Ivanov  Bulgaria xo o xo xxx 2.27 SB
9 Jan Štefela  Czech Republic xxo o xxx 2.22
10 Romaine Beckford  Jamaica o xo xxx 2.22
11 Gianmarco Tamberi  Italy – xxo xxx 2.22
12 Brian Raats  South Africa o xxx 2.17

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References

  1. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – High jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Records – High jump men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  7. ^ "Men's High Jump Qualification Results". Olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Men's High Jump - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's High Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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