Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb with the final on 19 July 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
James Lott United States	Sašo Apostolovski Yugoslavia	Sorin Matei Romania

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.09	2.13	2.17	2.20	Result	Notes
?	?	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	2.20	Q
?	?	Geoff Parsons	Great Britain	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	2.20	Q
?	?	Sašo Apostolovski	Yugoslavia	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.20	Q
?	?	Zhu Jianhua	China	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	–	o	2.20	Q
?	?	Jean-Charles Gicquel	France	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	x	2.20	Q
?	?	Kosmas Mikhalopoulos	Greece	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	o		2.20	Q
?	?	Miguel Moral	Spain	–	–	–	xo	xo	–	o	o	x	2.17
?	?	Marc Howard	Australia	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xxo		2.17
?	?	Gustavo Adolfo Becker	Spain	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	x		2.13

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.20	2.24	2.27	2.30	Result	Notes
	James Lott	United States	–	–	o	o	xo	o	2.30
	Sašo Apostolovski	Yugoslavia							2.30
	Sorin Matei	Romania							2.30
4	Rudolf Povarnitsyn	Soviet Union							2.27
5	Zhu Jianhua	China							2.27
6	Krzysztof Krawczyk	Poland							2.24
6	Geoff Parsons	Great Britain							2.24
8	Luca Toso	Italy							2.24
9	Igor Paklin	Soviet Union							2.24
10	Mark Reed	United States							2.24
11	Evgeni Peev	Bulgaria							2.18
12	Matthias Grebenstein	East Germany							2.18
13	Jean-Charles Gicquel	France							2.15
13	Kosmas Mikhalopoulos	Greece							2.15
13	Dariusz Zielke	Poland							2.15