# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships is being held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 22 August 2023.

## Summary

Including the fabled win at home in 2019, Mutaz Barsham came in as a three time defending champion. He had also famously shared the 2020 Olympic gold with Gianmarco Tamberi who was also here.
Returning silver medalist Woo Sang-hyeok had a perfect round going to 2.29m. JuVaughn Harrison was also perfect and maintained that status to the next height of 2.33m putting him into the lead. Woo could go no higher, but five others did get over, all but Tobias Potye on their first attempt, leaving Potye in fifth. For Luis Enrique Zayas, it was a new personal best. The next height was 2.36 m (7 ft 8+3⁄4 in). After watching everyone miss their first attempt, Tamberi cleared it cleanly to take the lead. On his second attempt, Harrison also cleared cleanly. When the remaining competitors failed, Barshim with one earlier miss took bronze over Zayas who had three. Both Tamberi and Harrison took attempts at 2.38m but neither could negotiate it on this night. That one miss at 2.36m costing Harrison the gold, leaving it to Tamberi.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| Championship record | Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) | 2.41 m | Moscow, Russia | 15 August 2013 |
| World Leading | Mutaz Barsham (QAT) | 2.36 m | Chorzów, Poland | 16 July 2023 |
| African Record | Jacques Freitag (RSA) | 2.38 m | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | 5 March 2005 |
| Asian Record | Mutaz Barsham (QAT) | 2.43 m | Brussels, Belgium | 5 September 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 m | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| South American Record | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.33 m | Pereira, Colombia | 17 October 1994 |
| European Record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42 m | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987 |
| Oceanian record | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.36 m | Melbourne, Australia | 2 March 1997 |
| Oceanian record | Brandon Starc (AUS) | 2.36 m | Eberstadt, Germany | 26 August 2018 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.32 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 20 August | 10:35 | Qualification |
| 22 August | 19:58 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 2.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.14 | 2.18 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.28 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | JuVaughn Harrison | United States (USA) | – | o | o | o | o | 2.28 | q |
| 1 | B | Mutaz Barsham | Qatar (QAT) | – | – | o | o | o | 2.28 | q |
| 1 | A | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Japan (JPN) | o | o | o | o | o | 2.28 | q |
| 4 | A | Woo Sang-hyeok | South Korea (KOR) | o | o | o | xo | o | 2.28 | q |
| 5 | A | Oleh Doroshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | o | xo | xo | 2.28 | q, PB |
| 6 | B | Andrii Protsenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | o | xxo | xo | 2.28 | q |
| 6 | A | Marco Fassinotti | Italy (ITA) | xo | xo | o | xo | xo | 2.28 | q, SB |
| 8 | B | Tobias Potye | Germany (GER) | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.28 | q |
| 9 | A | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy (ITA) | – | – | o | xo | xxo | 2.28 | q |
| 10 | B | Brandon Starc | Australia (AUS) | o | xo | xo | o | xxo | 2.28 | q |
| 11 | A | Shelby McEwen | United States (USA) | xo | o | xxo | o | xxo | 2.28 | q, SB |
| 12 | B | Luis Enrique Zayas | Cuba (CUB) | – | xxo | o | xxo | xxo | 2.28 | q |
| 12 | B | Norbert Kobielski | Poland (POL) | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | 2.28 | q, SB |
| 14 | B | Edgar Rivera | Mexico (MEX) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 15 | A | Thomas Carmoy | Belgium (BEL) | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 16 | B | Fernando Ferreira | Brazil (BRA) | o | xxo | xxo | o | xxx | 2.25 | SB |
| 16 | A | Donald Thomas | Bahamas (BAH) | xo | xo | xxo | o | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 18 | B | Naoto Hasegawa | Japan (JPN) | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | SB |
| 19 | B | Hamish Kerr | New Zealand (NZL) | - | o | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 20 | A | Douwe Amels | Netherlands (NED) | xo | o | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 20 | B | Sarvesh Anil Kushare | India (IND) | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 22 | A | Romaine Beckford | Jamaica (JAM) | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 23 | A | Alperen Acet | Turkey (TUR) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 23 | B | Slavko Stević [de] | Serbia (SRB) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 25 | B | Luis Castro | Puerto Rico (PUR) | xo | xo | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 26 | B | Stefano Sottile | Italy (ITA) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 27 | B | Django Lovett | Canada (CAN) | xo | o | xo | x- | xx | 2.22 | SB |
| 28 | A | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.18 | |
| 28 | A | Erik Portillo | Mexico (MEX) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.18 | |
| 28 | A | Tihomir Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.18 | |
| 31 | B | Tomohiro Shinno | Japan (JPN) | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.18 | |
| 32 | A | Gergely Török [de] | Hungary (HUN) | o | xxx | | | | 2.14 | |
| 32 | A | Hichem Bouhanoun [fr] | Algeria (ALG) | o | xxx | | | | 2.14 | |
| 32 | A | Joel Baden | Australia (AUS) | o | xxx | | | | 2.14 | |
| 32 | B | Vernon Turner | United States (USA) | o | – | xxx | | | 2.14 | |
| – | B | Carlos Layoy | Argentina (ARG) | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

The final was started on 22 August at 19:58.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.33 | 2.36 | 2.38 | 2.40 | Mark | Notes |
| | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy (ITA) | - | xo | o | o | o | xx- | x | 2.36 | =WL |
| | JuVaughn Harrison | United States (USA) | - | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.36 | =WL |
| | Mutaz Barsham | Qatar (QAT) | - | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 2.33 | |
| 4 | Luis Enrique Zayas | Cuba (CUB) | xo | xo | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.33 | PB |
| 5 | Tobias Potye | Germany (GER) | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.33 | |
| 6 | Woo Sang-hyeok | South Korea (KOR) | o | o | o | x- | xx | | | 2.29 | |
| 7 | Shelby McEwen | United States (USA) | o | xo | xxo | xx- | x | | | 2.29 | SB |
| 8 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Japan (JPN) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 8 | Brandon Starc | Australia (AUS) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 10 | Norbert Kobielski | Poland (POL) | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 11 | Andrii Protsenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 12 | Marco Fassinotti | Italy (ITA) | xo | xxx | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 13 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.20 | |