# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The Men's high jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1.
It took a clean round up to 2.28 just to get into the final. In the final, seven competitors cleared 2.32, with only Jesse Williams and Trevor Barry maintaining a clean record. At 2.35, Williams maintained that clean streak, clearing on his first attempt, which ultimately won the gold medal. Only Aleksey Dmitrik was able to match that height, but it was on his second attempt as were all of his last three clearances in the competition.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jesse Williams United States (USA) | Aleksey Dmitrik Russia (RUS) | Trevor Barry Bahamas (BAH) |

## Records

| World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| Championship record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.40 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| World Leading | Jesse Williams (USA) | 2.37 | Eugene, United States | 26 June 2011 |
| African record | Jacques Freitag (RSA) | 2.38 | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | 5 March 2005 |
| Asian record | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | 2.39 | Eberstadt, West Germany | 10 June 1984 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| South American record | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.33 | Pereira, Colombia | 17 October 1994 |
| European record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987 |
| Oceanian record | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.36 | Melbourne, Australia | 2 March 1997 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 2.31 | 2.28 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 30, 2011 | 10:10 | Qualification |
| September 1, 2011 | 19:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.16 | 2.21 | 2.25 | 2.28 | 2.31 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Greece (GRE) | o | o | o | o | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 2 | A | Darvin Edwards | Saint Lucia (LCA) | o | o | xo | o | o | 2.31 | Q, NR |
| 2 | B | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | o | o | o | xo | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 4 | B | Ivan Ukhov | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xo | xo | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 5 | A | Jesse Williams | United States (USA) | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.31 | Q |
| 6 | B | Aleksandr Shustov | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xo | o | xo | 2.31 | Q |
| 7 | A | Donald Thomas | Bahamas (BAH) | xo | o | xxo | o | xo | 2.31 | Q |
| 8 | A | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic (CZE) | – | o | o | o | xxo | 2.31 | Q |
| 9 | B | Zhang Guowei | China (CHN) | o | o | o | xo | xxo | 2.31 | Q, PB |
| 10 | A | Dmytro Dem'yanyuk | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | 2.31 | Q |
| 11 | A | Aleksey Dmitrik | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.28 | q |
| 11 | B | Trevor Barry | Bahamas (BAH) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.28 | q |
| 11 | B | Raúl Spank | Germany (GER) | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.28 | q |
| 14 | A | Erik Kynard | United States (USA) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 15 | A | Eike Onnen | Germany (GER) | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 15 | A | Konstadinos Baniotis | Greece (GRE) | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 15 | A | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 18 | B | Viktor Ninov | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 19 | A | Tom Parsons | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 20 | A | Raivydas Stanys | Lithuania (LTU) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 21 | A | Rožle Prezelj | Slovenia (SLO) | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 22 | B | Silvano Chesani | Italy (ITA) | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 23 | A | Majed Aldin Ghazal | Syria (SYR) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 23 | B | Diego Ferrín | Ecuador (ECU) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 25 | B | Kabelo Kgosiemang | Botswana (BOT) | xxo | o | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 26 | A | Edgar Rivera | Mexico (MEX) | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 27 | B | Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 28 | A | Víctor Moya | Cuba (CUB) | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 29 | B | Martyn Bernard | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.21 | |
| 30 | B | Dusty Jonas | United States (USA) | o | xxx | | | | 2.16 | |
| 31 | B | Osku Torro | Finland (FIN) | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.16 | |
| 31 | B | Dmitry Kroyter | Israel (ISR) | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.16 | |
| | A | Yun Ye-hwan | South Korea (KOR) | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Kyriakos Ioannou | Cyprus (CYP) | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.37 | Result | Notes |
| | Jesse Williams | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.35 | |
| | Aleksey Dmitrik | Russia (RUS) | o | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.35 | |
| | Trevor Barry | Bahamas (BAH) | o | o | – | o | xxx | | 2.32 | PB |
| 4 | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.32 | |
| 5 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Greece (GRE) | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.32 | PB |
| 5 | Ivan Ukhov | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.32 | |
| 7 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.32 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Shustov | Russia (RUS) | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.29 | |
| 9 | Raúl Spank | Germany (GER) | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.29 | |
| 10 | Zhang Guowei | China (CHN) | xo | o | xxx | | | | 2.25 | |
| 11 | Donald Thomas | Bahamas (BAH) | o | xxx | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 12 | Darvin Edwards | Saint Lucia (LCA) | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 12 | Dmytro Dem'yanyuk | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.20 | |