# 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 8 March 2025. This will be the 38th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The qualifying round is scheduled for 6 March during the morning session. The final is scheduled for 8 March during the evening session.

## Background

The men's high jump was contested 37 times before 2025, held every time since the first edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Javier Sotomayor is the world record holder in the event, with a height of 2.43 m, set in 1989. Carlo Thränhardt is the European record holder, with a height of 2.42 m, set in 1988. The championship record was set at the 2005 championships by Stefan Holm.
Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
| World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.43 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 March 1989 |
| European record | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.42 | Berlin, West Germany | 26 February 1988 |
| Championship record | Stefan Holm (SWE) | 2.40 | Madrid, Spain | 6 March 2005 |
| World leading | Oleh Doroshchuk (UKR) | 2.32 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 22 February 2025 |
| European leading | Oleh Doroshchuk (UKR) | 2.32 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 22 February 2025 |

## Qualification

For the men's high jump, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 2.30 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 18 athletes.

## Rounds
### Qualification

The qualifying round is scheduled for 6 March, starting at 18:20 (UTC+1) in the evening. Qualification rule: All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 2.26 m or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Results of the qualification round :
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 2.08 | 2.13 | 2.18 | 2.23 | Result | Notes | PB |
| 1 | Manuel Lando | Italy | – | o | o | o | 2.23 | q | 2.26 |
| 2 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Ukraine | o | o | xo | o | 2.23 | q | 2.32 |
| 2 | Matteo Sioli | Italy | – | o | xo | o | 2.23 | q | 2.28 |
| 4 | Jan Štefela | Czech Republic | – | – | o | xo | 2.23 | q | 2.30 |
| 5 | Daniel Kosonen | Finland | o | xo | o | xxo | 2.23 | q, SB | 2.24 |
| 5 | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xxo | 2.23 | q | 2.28 |
| 7 | Alperen Acet | Turkey | o | o | o | xxx | 2.18 | q, =SB | 2.30 |
| 8 | Tobias Potye | Germany | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.18 | q | 2.34 |
| 9 | Eugenio Meloni | Italy | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.18 | | 2.21 |
| 10 | Tihomir Ivanov | Bulgaria | – | xo | xo | xxx | 2.18 | | 2.31 |
| 10 | Vadym Kravchuk | Ukraine | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.18 | | 2.25 |
| 12 | Thomas Carmoy | Belgium | – | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.18 | | 2.29 |
| 13 | Antonios Merlos | Greece | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.18 | | 2.24 |
| 14 | Dániel Jankovics | Hungary | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.18 | | 2.24 |
| 15 | Douwe Amels | Netherlands | o | o | xxx | | 2.13 | | 2.31 |
| 16 | Melwin Lycke Holm | Sweden | xo | o | xxx | | 2.13 | | 2.20 |
| 16 | Yonathan Kapitolnik | Israel | xo | o | xxx | | 2.13 | | 2.31 |
| 18 | Fabian Delryd | Sweden | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.13 | | 2.33 |

### Final

The final is scheduled for 8 March, starting at 20:09 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Results of the final :
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 2.17 | 2.22 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | Result | Notes |
| | Oleh Doroshchuk | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | o | o | 2.34 | WL, PB |
| | Jan Štefela | Czech Republic | o | o | xxo | o | xx– | x | 2.29 | |
| | Matteo Sioli | Italy | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | 2.29 | PB |
| 4 | Manuel Lando | Italy | o | o | o | xx– | x | | 2.26 | =PB |
| 5 | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.26 | |
| 6 | Tobias Potye | Germany | o | xxx | | | | | 2.17 | |
| 7 | Alperen Acet | Turkey | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.17 | |
| 7 | Daniel Kosonen | Finland | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.17 | |