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2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates1 October (qualification)
4 October (final)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning height2.37
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Video on YouTube
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The men's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October.[1]

Summary

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When Qatari officials put together the bid to host these championships, Doha born Mutaz Essa Barshim was a 23 year old already with a World Junior Championship, Olympic bronze and World Championship silver to his name. Qatari officials could see the potential. This was the day they were waiting for, when a now 28 year old was jumping at home. Now there was a bonus, he was defending champion.

The finals pared down to 7 over 2.30m. At 2.33m, Mikhail Akimenko got over on his first attempt to maintain a clean round and Maksim Nedasekau also was over on his first attempt. Shudder, Barshim, who had a clean series going so far, missed along with five others (veteran Gianmarco Tamberi saved attempts after missing 2.30m once). On the second attempt, everyone missed again. Tamberi eliminated, that trend started the third round of attempts as Luis Zayas and Michael Mason missed and were eliminated. Then it was Barshim's last attempt. He got over it and sighs of relief could be heard all over Qatar. Next up, Brandon Starc missed, then Ilya Ivanyuk also made it to leave four over 2.33m, with Akimenko holding the advantage.

Moving up to 2.35m, Nedasekau missed, then Barshim, Akimenko and Ivanyuk all made it on their first attempts. Akimenko still had a clean series. With three earlier misses, vs two each for Barshim and Ivanyuk, Nedasekau could see he was off the podium and passed. At 2.37 m (7 ft 9+14 in), Nedasekau missed. Next up, on his first attempt, Barshim made it, and no else was able to clear the height.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

World record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
Championship record  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.41 m Moscow, Russia 15 August 2013
World Leading  Maksim Nedasekau (BLR) 2.35 m Minsk, Belarus 9 September 2019
African Record  Jacques Freitag (RSA) 2.38 m Oudtshoorn, South Africa 5 March 2005
Asian Record  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.43 m Brussels, Belgium 5 September 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
South American Record  Gilmar Mayo (COL) 2.33 m Pereira, Colombia 17 October 1994
European Record  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 2.42 m Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 1987
Oceanian record  Tim Forsyth (AUS) 2.36 m Melbourne, Australia 2 March 1997
 Brandon Starc (AUS) Eberstadt, Germany 26 August 2018

Qualification standard

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The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 2.30 m.[3] for a quota number of 32 athletes.

Only 24 high jumpers reached 2.30 m during the qualification period (2018-2019), indoors and outdoors. The final entries were made by completing to 31 athletes, including the defending world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim (wild card, only 2.27 m before the competition) and 1 Best country athlete, Lee Hup Wei.

The qualifiers with less than 2.30 m are:

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
1 October 16:50 Qualification
4 October 20:15 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[5][6]

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.17 2.22 2.26 2.29 Mark Notes
1 B Mikhail Akimenko  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o o 2.29 q
A Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar (QAT) o o o o 2.29 q, SB
A Ilya Ivanyuk  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o o 2.29 q
4 A Brandon Starc  Australia (AUS) o o xo o 2.29 q
A Luis Zayas  Cuba (CUB) o o xo o 2.29 q
6 B Michael Mason  Canada (CAN) o o o xo 2.29 q
7 B Wang Yu  China (CHN) o o xo xo 2.29 q
8 B Jeron Robinson  United States (USA) o o xxo xo 2.29 q
9 B Lee Hup Wei  Malaysia (MAS) o o o xxo 2.29 q, PB
10 B Gianmarco Tamberi  Italy (ITA) o o xo xxo 2.29 q
11 A Luis Castro  Puerto Rico (PUR) o o xo xxx 2.26 q
A Maksim Nedasekau  Belarus (BLR) o o xo xxx 2.26 q
13 A Shelby McEwen  United States (USA) xxo o xo xxx 2.26
14 B Naoto Tobe  Japan (JPN) o o xxo xxx 2.26
B Andriy Protsenko  Ukraine (UKR) o o xxo xxx 2.26
16 A Tihomir Ivanov  Bulgaria (BUL) o xo xxo xxx 2.26
A Stefano Sottile  Italy (ITA) xo o xxo xxx 2.26
18 B Dzmitry Nabokau  Belarus (BLR) o xxo xxo xxx 2.26
19 B Douwe Amels  Netherlands (NED) o o xxx 2.22
A Donald Thomas  Bahamas (BAH) o o xxx 2.22
21 A Adrijus Glebauskas  Lithuania (LTU) o xo xxx 2.22
22 A Ryo Sato  Japan (JPN) xxo xo xxx 2.22
23 A Django Lovett  Canada (CAN) o xxo xxx 2.22
B Hamish Kerr  New Zealand (NZL) o xxo xr 2.22
25 B Takashi Eto  Japan (JPN) o xxx 2.17
B Joel Baden  Australia (AUS) o xxx 2.17
B Keenon Laine  United States (USA) o xxx 2.17
A Majd Eddine Ghazal  Syria (SYR) o xxx 2.17
29 B Mathew Sawe  Kenya (KEN) xo xxx 2.17
30 B Mateusz Przybylko  Germany (GER) xxo xxx 2.17
A Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine (UKR) xr NH

Final

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The final was started on 4 October at 20:15.[7]

Rank Name Nationality 2.19 2.24 2.27 2.30 2.33 2.35 2.37 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar (QAT) o o o o xxo o o 2.37 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikhail Akimenko  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o o o o xxx 2.35 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ilya Ivanyuk  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) o o o o xxo o xxx 2.35 PB
4 Maksim Nedasekau  Belarus (BLR) o xo xo xo o x– xx 2.33
5 Luis Zayas  Cuba (CUB) o o o o xxx 2.30 PB
6 Brandon Starc  Australia (AUS) o xo xxo o xxx 2.30 SB
7 Michael Mason  Canada (CAN) o o o xxo xxx 2.30
8 Lee Hup Wei  Malaysia (MAS) o o xo xxx 2.27
8 Gianmarco Tamberi  Italy (ITA) o o xo x– xx 2.27
10 Wang Yu  China (CHN) o o xxx 2.24
11 Jeron Robinson  United States (USA) xo o xxx 2.24
12 Luis Castro  Puerto Rico (PUR) o xxx 2.19

References

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  1. ^ "High Jump Men − Qualification − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ "High Jump Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Decathlon Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Qualification summary" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF).