# 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andra Manson United States |
| Silver | Zhu Wannan China |
| Bronze | Germaine Mason Jamaica |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Andra Manson | United States | 2.31 |
| | Zhu Wannan | China | 2.23 |
| | Germaine Mason | Jamaica | 2.21 |
| 4 | Pavel Chetvertakov | Russia | 2.21 |
| 4 | Jesse Williams | United States | 2.21 |
| 6 | Sergey Ivanov | Belarus | 2.18 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Plisko | Belarus | 2.18 |
| 8 | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic | 2.18 |
| 9 | Manjula Kumara | Sri Lanka | 2.14 |
| 10 | Martyn Bernard | United Kingdom | 2.14 |
| 11 | Thomas Bipella | Sweden | 2.10 |
| 12 | Peter Horák | Slovakia | 2.10 |
| 13 | Michał Bieniek | Poland | 2.05 |
| 14 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Russia | 2.05 |

### Qualifications

17 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Manjula Kumara | Sri Lanka | 2.18 | Q |
| 2 | Michał Bieniek | Poland | 2.18 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Horák | Slovakia | 2.18 | Q |
| 4 | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic | 2.18 | Q |
| 5 | Jesse Williams | United States | 2.18 | Q |
| 6 | Zhu Wannan | China | 2.18 | Q |
| 7 | Thomas Bipella | Sweden | 2.18 | Q |
| 8 | Aleksandr Plisko | Belarus | 2.18 | Q |
| 9 | Pavel Chetvertakov | Russia | 2.18 | Q |
| 10 | Mickaël Hanany | France | 2.15 | |
| 11 | Kyriakos Ioannou | Cyprus | 2.12 | |
| 12 | Kim Jong-Pyo | South Korea | 2.12 | |
| 13 | Mark Crowley | United Kingdom | 2.12 | |
| 14 | Andrea Lemmi | Italy | 2.12 | |
| 15 | Tim Riedel | Germany | 2.12 | |
| 16 | Artyom Kozbanov | Ukraine | 2.12 | |
| 17 | Olutola Fakehinde | Jamaica | 2.04 | |
| 18 | Panayiótis Filippopoulos | Greece | 2.04 | |
| | Michael Reiher | Kiribati | NH | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Sergey Ivanov | Belarus | 2.18 | Q |
| 1 | Germaine Mason | Jamaica | 2.18 | Q |
| 1 | Andra Manson | United States | 2.18 | Q |
| 4 | Martyn Bernard | United Kingdom | 2.18 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Russia | 2.18 | Q |
| 6 | Stanislav Sajdok | Czech Republic | 2.15 | |
| 7 | Linus Thörnblad | Sweden | 2.15 | |
| 8 | Park Jun-Hwan | South Korea | 2.12 | |
| 8 | Wojciech Sibiga | Poland | 2.12 | |
| 10 | Hervé Paris | France | 2.12 | |
| 11 | James Watson | Australia | 2.12 | |
| 12 | Mark Dillon | Canada | 2.12 | |
| 13 | Stefan Häfner | Germany | 2.08 | |
| 14 | Davorin Sluga | Slovenia | 2.08 | |
| 15 | Damon Thompson | Barbados | 2.08 | |
| 15 | Rainer Piirimets | Estonia | 2.08 | |
| 17 | Yu Inoue | Japan | 2.00 | |
| 18 | Marios Iacovou | Cyprus | 2.00 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Estonia (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kiribati (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)