# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Dimitrios Chondrokoukis Greece | Andrey Silnov Russia | Ivan Ukhov Russia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.43 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 March 1989 |
| Championship record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.43 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 March 1989 |
| World Leading | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.37 | Hangzhou, China | 19 February 2012 |
| African record | Anthony Idiata (NGR) | 2.32 | Patras, Greece | 15 February 2000 |
| Asian record | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.37 | Hangzhou, China | 19 February 2012 |
| European record | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.42 | Berlin, Germany | 26 February 1988 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.43 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 March 1989 |
| Oceanian record | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.33 | Balingen, Germany | 16 February 1997 |
| South American record | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.27 | Piraeus, Greece | 24 February 1999 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 2.29

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 10, 2012 | 11:25 | Qualification |
| March 11, 2012 | 15:30 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification standard: 2.32 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 19 athletes from 15 countries participated. The qualification round started at 11:25 and ended at 13:01.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.18 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Raúl Spank | Germany | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q |
| 1 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Greece | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q, SB |
| 1 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q |
| 4 | Zhang Guowei | China | o | o | xo | o | 2.29 | q, SB |
| 5 | Trevor Barry | Bahamas | o | o | xxo | o | 2.29 | q |
| 6 | Robert Grabarz | Great Britain | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q |
| 6 | Jesse Williams | United States | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q |
| 8 | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | o | o | xo | xo | 2.29 | q |
| 9 | Andrey Silnov | Russia | o | o | xxo | xo | 2.29 | q |
| 10 | Konstadinos Baniotis | Greece | o | xo | o | xxo | 2.29 | q |
| 11 | Viktor Ninov | Bulgaria | o | o | o | xxx | 2.26 | |
| 12 | Majed Aldin Ghazal | Syria | xxo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.26 | NR |
| 13 | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic | o | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 13 | Samson Oni | Great Britain | o | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 15 | Donald Thomas | Bahamas | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 15 | Silvano Chesani | Italy | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 15 | Mihai Donisan | Romania | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 15 | Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 19 | Diego Ferrín | Ecuador | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.22 | SB |

### Final

The final started at 15:31 and ended at 17:10.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.28 | 2.31 | 2.33 | 2.35 | Result | Notes |
| | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Greece | o | o | xo | xo | o | xx | 2.33 | PB |
| | Andrey Silnov | Russia | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.33 | |
| | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | 2.31 | |
| 4 | Zhang Guowei | China | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 2.31 | =NR |
| 4 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Greece | o | o | xo | xo | xx- | x | 2.31 | SB |
| 6 | Robert Grabarz | Great Britain | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.31 | |
| 6 | Jesse Williams | United States | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.31 | |
| 8 | Trevor Barry | Bahamas | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.31 | SB |
| 9 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.28 | |
| 9 | Raul Spank | Germany | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.28 | |