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{{Infobox multi-sport competition event
|event = Men's high jump
|competition = 2019 World Championships
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|venue = [[Khalifa International Stadium]]
|dates = 1 October (qualification)<br>4 October (final)
|competitors = 31
|nations = 21
|win_label= Winning height
|win_value = 2.37
|gold = [[Mutaz Essa Barshim]]
|goldNOC= QAT
|silver = [[Mikhail Akimenko]]
|silverNOC= ANA
|bronze = [[Ilya Ivanyuk]]
|bronzeNOC= ANA
|longnames=ys
|prev = [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|2017]]
|next = [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump|2022]]
}}
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{{2019 World Athletics Championships}}
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HJ-M-q----.SL2.pdf|title=High Jump Men − Qualification − Start List|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|date=30 September 2019|access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref>

==Summary==
When Qatari officials put together the bid to host these championships, Doha born [[Mutaz Essa Barshim]] was a 23 year old already with a [[2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics#Field|World Junior Championship]], [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|Olympic bronze]] and [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|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 (athlete)|Luis Zayas]] and [[Michael Mason (high jumper)|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 {{T&Fcalc|2.37}}, Nedasekau missed.  Next up, on his first attempt, Barshim made it, and no else was able to clear the height.

==Records==
Before the competition records were as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/jumps/high-jump/outdoor/men| title=High Jump Men − Records| website = [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]| access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>

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

==Qualification standard==
The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 2.30 m.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competition/standards/2019|title=Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019|publisher=iaaf.org|date=2 August 2019}}</ref> 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 (sports)|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:
*[[Douwe Amels]], 2.28 m (q)
*[[Adrijus Glebauskas]], 2.28 m (q)
*[[Luis Castro (athlete)|Luis Castro]], 2.28 m (q)
*[[Mathew Sawe]], [[2018 African Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump|ACh]], 2.28 m (Q)
*[[Keenon Laine]], 2.28 m indoor (q) [2.26] (2018)
*[[Lee Hup Wei]], BCA, 2.27 m in Kuala Lumpur (31 Mar 2019)
*[[Ryo Sato (high jumper)|Ryo Sato]], 2.27 m (q)

==Schedule==
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:<ref name=Timetable>{{cite web|title=Decathlon Men − Timetable|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/timetable/bydiscipline/men/decathlon|website=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
|1 October || 16:50 || [[#Qualification|Qualification]]
|-style=background:lemonchiffon
|4 October || 20:15 || [[#Final|Final]]
|}

==Results==
===Qualification===
Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HJ-M-q----.RS6.pdf|title=Qualification results}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HJ-M-q----.RS4.pdf|title=Qualification summary}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank !! Group !! Name !! Nationality !! 2.17 !! 2.22 !! 2.26 !! 2.29 !! Mark !! Notes
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| rowspan=3|1 || B || align=left|[[Mikhail Akimenko]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ANA}} || o || o || o || '''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| A || align=left|[[Mutaz Essa Barshim]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|QAT}} || o || o || o || '''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| A || align=left|[[Ilya Ivanyuk]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ANA}} || o || o || o || '''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| rowspan=2|4 || A || align=left|[[Brandon Starc]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|AUS}} || o || o || xo || '''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| A || align=left|[[Luis Zayas (athlete)|Luis Zayas]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CUB}} || o || o || xo || '''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 6 || B || align=left|[[Michael Mason (high jumper)|Michael Mason]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CAN}} || o || o || o || x'''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 7 || B || align=left|[[Wang Yu (athlete)|Wang Yu]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CHN}} || o || o || xo || x'''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 8 || B || align=left|[[Jeron Robinson]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|USA}} || o || o || xxo || x'''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 9 || B || align=left|[[Lee Hup Wei]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|MAS}} || o || o || o || xx'''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}, {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 10 || B || align=left|[[Gianmarco Tamberi]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ITA}} || o || o || xo || xx'''o''' || '''2.29''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| rowspan=2|11 || A || align=left|[[Luis Castro (athlete)|Luis Castro]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|PUR}} || o || o || x'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| A || align=left|[[Maksim Nedasekau]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BLR}} || o || o || x'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' || {{AthAbbr|q}}
|-
| 13 || A || align=left|[[Shelby McEwen]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|USA}} || xxo || o || x'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' ||
|-
| rowspan=2|14 || B || align=left|[[Naoto Tobe]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|JPN}} || o || o || xx'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' ||
|-
| B || align=left|[[Andriy Protsenko]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|UKR}} || o || o || xx'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |16
| A || align=left|[[Tihomir Ivanov]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BUL}} || o || xo || xx'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' || 
|-
| A || align=left|[[Stefano Sottile]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ITA}} || xo || o || xx'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' || 
|-
| 18 || B || align=left|[[Dzmitry Nabokau]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BLR}} || o || xxo || xx'''o''' || xxx || '''2.26''' ||
|-
| rowspan=2|19 || B || align=left|[[Douwe Amels]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|NED}} || o || '''o''' || xxx ||  || '''2.22''' ||
|-
| A || align=left|[[Donald Thomas (high jumper)|Donald Thomas]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BAH}} || o || '''o''' || xxx ||  || '''2.22''' || 
|-
| 21 || A || align=left|[[Adrijus Glebauskas]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|LTU}} || o || x'''o''' || xxx ||  || '''2.22''' || 
|-
| 22 || A || align=left|[[Ryo Sato (high jumper)|Ryo Sato]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|JPN}} || xxo || x'''o''' || xxx ||  || '''2.22''' ||
|-
| rowspan=2|23 || A || align=left|[[Django Lovett]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CAN}} || o || xx'''o''' || xxx ||  || '''2.22''' || 
|-
| B || align=left|[[Hamish Kerr]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|NZL}} || o || xx'''o''' || xr ||  || '''2.22''' ||
|-
| rowspan=4|25 || B || align=left|[[Takashi Eto]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|JPN}} || '''o''' || xxx ||  ||  || '''2.17''' ||
|-
| B || align=left|[[Joel Baden]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|AUS}} || '''o''' || xxx ||  ||  || '''2.17''' ||
|-
| B || align=left|[[Keenon Laine]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|USA}} || '''o''' || xxx ||  ||  || '''2.17''' ||
|-
| A || align=left|[[Majd Eddine Ghazal]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|SYR}} || '''o''' || xxx ||  ||  || '''2.17''' ||
|-
| 29 || B || align=left|[[Mathew Sawe]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|KEN}} || x'''o''' || xxx ||  ||  || '''2.17''' ||
|-
| 30 || B || align=left|[[Mateusz Przybylko]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|GER}} || xx'''o''' || xxx ||  ||  || '''2.17''' ||
|-
| {{hs|31}} || A || align=left|[[Bohdan Bondarenko]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|UKR}} || xr ||  ||  ||  || {{AthAbbr|NH}} || 
|}

===Final===
The final was started on 4 October at 20:15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Final results}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank !! Name !! Nationality !! 2.19 !! 2.24 !! 2.27 !! 2.30 !! 2.33 !! 2.35 !! 2.37 !! Mark !! Notes
|-
| {{gold01}} || align=left|[[Mutaz Essa Barshim]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|QAT|}}  || o || o || o || o || xxo || o || '''o''' || '''2.37''' || {{AthAbbr|WL}}
|-
| {{silver02}}|| align=left|[[Mikhail Akimenko]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ANA|}}  || o || o || o || o || o || '''o''' || xxx || '''2.35'''|| {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
| {{bronze03}}|| align=left|[[Ilya Ivanyuk]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ANA|}}  || o ||  o|| o || o || xxo || '''o''' || xxx || '''2.35'''|| {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
| 4 || align=left|[[Maksim Nedasekau]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|BLR|}}  || o || xo || xo || xo || '''o''' || x– || xx || '''2.33''' || 
|-
| 5 || align=left|[[Luis Zayas (athlete)|Luis Zayas]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CUB|}}  || o || o || o || '''o''' || xxx||  || || '''2.30'''|| {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|-
| 6 || align=left|[[Brandon Starc]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|AUS|}}  || o || xo || xxo || '''o''' || xxx ||  || || '''2.30''' || {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
| 7 || align=left|[[Michael Mason (high jumper)|Michael Mason]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CAN|}}  || o || o || o || xx'''o''' || xxx ||  || || '''2.30'''||
|-
| 8 || align=left|[[Lee Hup Wei]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|MAS|}}  || o || o || x'''o''' || xxx || ||  || ||'''2.27'''  || 
|-
| 8 || align=left|[[Gianmarco Tamberi]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|ITA|}}  || o || o || x'''o''' || x–||xx ||  || || '''2.27'''|| 
|-
| 10 || align=left|[[Wang Yu (athlete)|Wang Yu]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|CHN|}}  ||  o || '''o''' || xxx || || ||  || ||  '''2.24''' || 
|-
| 11 || align=left|[[Jeron Robinson]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|USA|}}  || xo || '''o''' || xxx || || ||  || || '''2.24''' || 
|-
| 12 || align=left|[[Luis Castro (athlete)|Luis Castro]] || align=left|{{flaglinkteam|PUR|}}  || '''o''' || xxx || || || ||  || || '''2.19''' ||
|}

==References==
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