# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 18 and 19 July 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| James Lott United States | Sašo Apostolovski Yugoslavia | Sorin Matei Romania |

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 2.13 | 2.17 | 2.20 | Result | Notes |
| ? | ? | Igor Paklin | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Geoff Parsons | Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Sašo Apostolovski | Yugoslavia | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Zhu Jianhua | China | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | – | o | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Jean-Charles Gicquel | France | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | x | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Kosmas Mikhalopoulos | Greece | – | – | – | o | – | o | xo | o | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | James Lott | United States | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Sorin Matei | Romania | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Krzysztof Krawczyk | Poland | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Luca Toso | Italy | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Mark Reed | United States | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Evgeni Peev | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Matthias Grebenstein | East Germany | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Dariusz Zielke | Poland | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | Q |
| ? | ? | Miguel Moral | Spain | – | – | – | xo | xo | – | o | o | x | 2.17 | |
| ? | ? | Marc Howard | Australia | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxo | | 2.17 | |
| ? | ? | Panagiotis Kontaxakis | Greece | | | | | | | | | | 2.17 | |
| ? | ? | Hrvoje Fižuleto | Yugoslavia | | | | | | | | | | 2.17 | |
| ? | ? | Róbert Ruffini | Czechoslovakia | | | | | | | | | | 2.17 | |
| ? | ? | Gustavo Adolfo Becker | Spain | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | x | | 2.13 | |
| ? | ? | Motochika Inoue | Japan | | | | | | | | | | 2.13 | |
| ? | ? | Antonios Stavrou | Cyprus | | | | | | | | | | 2.13 | |
| ? | ? | Sivabalan Kesavan | Malaysia | | | | | | | | | | 2.05 | |
| ? | ? | Demetrios Theocharous | Cyprus | | | | | | | | | | 2.05 | |
| 26 | ? | Gustave Boukaka | Republic of the Congo | | | | | | | | | | 2.00 | |
| 27 | ? | Murat Ayaydın | Turkey | | | | | | | | | | 1.90 | |
| 28 | ? | Julio Bolanos | Guatemala | | | | | | | | | | 1.85 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.30 | Result |
| | James Lott | United States | – | – | o | o | xo | o | 2.30 |
| | Sašo Apostolovski | Yugoslavia | | | | | | | 2.30 |
| | Sorin Matei | Romania | | | | | | | 2.30 |
| 4 | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 2.27 |
| 5 | Zhu Jianhua | China | | | | | | | 2.27 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Krawczyk | Poland | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 6 | Geoff Parsons | Great Britain | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 8 | Luca Toso | Italy | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 9 | Igor Paklin | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 10 | Mark Reed | United States | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 11 | Evgeni Peev | Bulgaria | | | | | | | 2.20 |
| 12 | Matthias Grebenstein | East Germany | | | | | | | 2.20 |
| 13 | Jean-Charles Gicquel | France | | | | | | | 2.15 |
| 13 | Kosmas Mikhalopoulos | Greece | | | | | | | 2.15 |
| 15 | Dariusz Zielke | Poland | | | | | | | 2.15 |