Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	9 April (qualifying round) 11 April (final)
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Winning height	2.32 m
Medalists
Brandon Starc    Australia   Jamal Wilson    Bahamas   Django Lovett    Canada

The men's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 11 April 2018.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	Salamanca, Spain	23 July 1993
Games record	Clarence Saunders (BER)	2.36 m	Auckland, New Zealand	1 February 1990

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Monday 9 April 2018	10:20	Qualification
Wednesday 11 April 2018	20:05	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who cleared 2.27 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Jamal Wilson (BAH)	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
	B	Chris Baker (ENG)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
	B	Django Lovett (CAN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
4	A	David Smith (SCO)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	o	2.21	=SB	q
	A	Brandon Starc (AUS)	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	2.21		q
6	B	Robbie Grabarz (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	2.21		q
7	A	Lee Hup Wei (MAS)	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	2.21		q
	B	Allan Smith (SCO)	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	2.21		q
9	A	Tejaswin Shankar (IND)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	2.21		q
	B	Donald Thomas (BAH)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21		q
11	A	Manjula Kumara (SRI)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	2.21		q
	A	Michael Mason (CAN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21		q
13	B	Nauraj Singh Randhawa (MAS)	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	xxo	2.21		q
14	A	Tom Gale (ENG)	–	–	–	xxo	xxo	o	xxx	2.18
15	A	Breyton Poole (RSA)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.18
16	B	Mathieu Sawe (KEN)	–	–	o	o	o	xxx		2.15
17	B	Joel Baden (AUS)	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx		2.15
18	B	Vasilios Konstantinou (CYP)	–	–	–	o	xx–	x		2.10
19	B	Kivarno Handfield (TCA)	–	o	o	xo	xxx			2.10
–	A	Malakai Kaiwalu (FIJ)	–	xxx						NM

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

Rank	Athlete	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	2.30	2.32	2.34	Result	Notes
	Brandon Starc (AUS)	o	o	xo	xo	xo	o	xr	2.32	PB
	Jamal Wilson (BAH)	o	o	xo	o	o	xx–	x	2.30	SB
	Django Lovett (CAN)	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxr		2.30	PB
4	Donald Thomas (BAH)	o	o	xo	xo	xxx			2.27
5	Allan Smith (SCO)	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx			2.27	SB
6	Michael Mason (CAN)	o	xo	o	xxx				2.24
	Tejaswin Shankar (IND)	xo	o	o	xxx				2.24
8	Lee Hup Wei (MAS)	xo	o	xxx					2.21
9	Chris Baker (ENG)	xxo	xo	xxx					2.21
10	Nauraj Singh Randhawa (MAS)	o	xxx						2.18
	David Smith (SCO)	o	xxx						2.18
12	Robbie Grabarz (ENG)	xo	xxx						2.18
–	Manjula Kumara (SRI)	xxx							NM