# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Wednesday 1997-08-06.

## Medalists

| Gold | Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB) |
| Silver | Artur Partyka Poland (POL) |
| Bronze | Tim Forsyth Australia (AUS) |

## Results
### Qualifying round

4 August
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.19 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.28 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | o | o | o | o | o | 2.28 | Q, PB |
| 1 | A | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | – | o | – | o | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 1 | B | Artur Partyka | Poland | – | o | – | o | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 1 | B | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | – | – | o | o | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 1 | B | Steinar Hoen | Norway | – | – | o | – | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 6 | A | Lambros Papakostas | Greece | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.28 | Q |
| 7 | A | Martin Buß | Germany | o | xo | o | xo | xo | 2.28 | Q |
| 8 | B | Tim Forsyth | Australia | o | – | – | o | xxo | 2.28 | Q |
| 9 | B | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | 2.28 | Q |
| 10 | B | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | xo | o | xxo | xxo | 2.28 | Q, SB |
| 11 | B | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.26 | q |
| 12 | B | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | 2.26 | q |
| 13 | A | Charles Austin | United States | – | o | – | xo | xxx | 2.26 | |
| 14 | B | Steve Smith | Great Britain | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | 2.26 | |
| 15 | A | Staffan Strand | Sweden | o | – | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 15 | A | Charles Lefrançois | Canada | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 15 | B | Didier Detchénique | France | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 15 | B | Stevan Zorić | Yugoslavia | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 15 | B | Brian Brown | United States | o | – | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 20 | B | Dimitrios Kokotis | Greece | xxo | o | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 20 | B | Mustapha Raifak | France | xxo | o | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 22 | A | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | o | – | xo | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 22 | A | Mark Boswell | Canada | – | o | xo | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 22 | A | Mark Mandy | Ireland | o | o | xo | xx– | x | 2.23 | |
| 22 | A | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | o | – | xo | – | xxx | 2.23 | |
| 26 | A | Elvir Krehmić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | xxo | o | xo | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 27 | A | Brendan Reilly | Great Britain | – | o | xxo | xx– | x | 2.23 | |
| 28 | A | Arturo Ortíz | Spain | – | o | – | xxx | | 2.19 | |
| 28 | A | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | o | o | xxx | | | 2.19 | |
| 30 | A | Randy Jenkins | United States | xxo | xxo | – | xxx | | 2.19 | |
| 31 | A | Konstantinos Liapis | Greece | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 31 | B | Glenn Howard | New Zealand | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 31 | B | Julio Luciano | Dominican Republic | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 34 | B | Michiya Onoue | Japan | xo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 35 | B | Khemraj Naiko | Mauritius | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.37 | 2.39 | Result | Notes |
| | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | – | xo | – | o | o | xo | – | 2.37 | WL |
| | Artur Partyka | Poland | o | – | o | – | xo | xx– | x | 2.35 | SB |
| | Tim Forsyth | Australia | o | – | xo | o | xo | x– | xx | 2.35 | |
| 4 | Steinar Hoen | Norway | – | o | o | o | xx– | x | | 2.32 | |
| 4 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | – | – | o | xxx | | | 2.32 | SB |
| 6 | Lambros Papakostas | Greece | – | o | o | xo | xx– | x | | 2.32 | SB |
| 7 | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 | |
| 8 | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 | |
| 9 | Martin Buß | Germany | xxo | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 | |
| 10 | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 2.29 | |
| 11 | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | xo | xo | xxo | r | | | | 2.29 | |
| 12 | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 | |