# 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Charles Austin United States | Labros Papakostas Greece | Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Charles Austin | United States | – | – | o | – | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 2 | A | Steinar Hoen | Norway | – | – | o | o | xxo | xxo | 2.29 | Q |
| 3 | A | Steve Smith | Great Britain | – | xxo | – | xxo | o | xxo | 2.29 | Q |
| 4 | A | Wolfgang Kreißig | Germany | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | A | Didier Detchénique | France | – | xo | o | o | o | xxx | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | B | Stefan Holm | Sweden | – | o | o | xo | o | – | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | B | Charles Lefrançois | Canada | – | o | xo | o | o | – | 2.27 | q, PB |
| 8 | B | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | – | o | o | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 8 | B | Labros Papakostas | Greece | – | – | o | o | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 10 | B | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | – | o | – | xo | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 11 | B | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | – | o | xxo | o | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 12 | A | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.27 | q |
| 13 | A | Konstantinos Liapis | Greece | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.27 | |
| 14 | A | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 14 | B | Brian Brown | United States | – | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 16 | B | Tim Forsyth | Australia | – | – | o | xo | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 17 | B | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 18 | A | Kwaku Boateng | Canada | – | – | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 18 | A | Ian Thompson | Bahamas | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 20 | A | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | – | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 20 | A | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 22 | A | Mark Mandy | Ireland | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 22 | A | Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xx– | x | | 2.20 | |
| 24 | B | Itai Margalit | Israel | – | o | xxo | | | | 2.20 | |
| 25 | B | Gustavo Becker | Spain | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 25 | B | István Kovács | Hungary | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 27 | A | Marko Turban | Estonia | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 28 | B | Shigeki Toyoshima | Japan | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 29 | A | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | o | xxx | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 29 | B | Hervé Ndi Ndi | France | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.10 | |
| 31 | B | Elvir Krehmić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.10 | |
| | B | Jean-Claude Rabbath | Lebanon | | | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Christian Rhoden | Germany | | | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.41 | Result | Notes |
| | Charles Austin | United States | – | o | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.35 | |
| | Labros Papakostas | Greece | – | xo | – | o | xo | xxx | | 2.32 | SB |
| | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | – | – | xo | – | xxo | xxx | | 2.32 | |
| 4 | Charles Lefrançois | Canada | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.29 | PB |
| 5 | Wolfgang Kreißig | Germany | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.29 | |
| 6 | Steve Smith | Great Britain | – | – | o | – | xx– | x | | 2.25 | |
| 6 | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 8 | Steinar Hoen | Norway | – | o | xo | x– | xx | | | 2.25 | |
| 8 | Stefan Holm | Sweden | o | o | xo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 10 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | x– | xo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 11 | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | o | xo | xxo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 12 | Didier Detchénique | France | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.20 | |