# 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 14 July.

## Records

| World U20 Record | Dragutin Topić (YUG) | 2.37 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 |
| World U20 Record | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| Championship Record | Dragutin Topić (YUG) | 2.37 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 |
| Championship Record | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World U20 Leading | Roberto Vílches (MEX) | 2.26 | Queretaro, Mexico | 28 April 2018 |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 12 July, in two groups, both starting at 19:44. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.17 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.15 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Breyton Poole | South Africa | – | o | o | o | o | 2.15 | q |
| 1 | B | Jasmin Halili | Serbia | o | o | – | o | o | 2.15 | q, SB |
| 3 | A | Naoki Higashi | Japan | o | o | xo | o | o | 2.15 | q |
| 3 | A | Nathan Ismar | France | – | o | xo | o | o | 2.15 | q |
| 3 | B | JuVaughn Blake | United States | – | xo | o | o | o | 2.15 | q |
| 6 | B | Luca Meinke | Germany | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.15 | q |
| 7 | B | Thomas Carmoy | Belgium | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | 2.15 | q |
| 8 | A | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.15 | q |
| 8 | A | Roberto Vílches | Mexico | – | – | o | o | xxo | 2.15 | q |
| 10 | B | Maid Redžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | o | o | xxo | xo | xxo | 2.15 | q |
| 11 | A | Antonios Merlos | Greece | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | q |
| 11 | B | Filip Mrčić | Croatia | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | q |
| 11 | B | Kyohei Tomori | Japan | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | q |
| 14 | B | Vladyslav Lavskyy | Ukraine | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | |
| 15 | A | Aleksey Fadeyev | Authorised Neutral Athletes | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 15 | A | Andu Nuh | Qatar | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 17 | B | Noel Vanderzee | Canada | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 18 | B | Jyles Etienne | Bahamas | – | o | xo | xxx | | 2.09 | SB |
| 19 | A | Daniel Claxton | United States | o | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 19 | A | Kyle Alcine | Bahamas | – | o | – | xxx | | 2.05 | |
| 19 | A | Pablo López | Spain | – | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 22 | A | Lucas Mihota | Germany | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| | A | Aliaksandr Kisialiou | Belarus | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

The final was held on 14 July at 10:40.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.07 | 2.12 | 2.16 | 2.19 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.25 | Mark | Notes |
| | Antonios Merlos | Greece | o | xo | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | PB |
| | Roberto Vílches | Mexico | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | |
| | JuVaughn Blake | United States | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | PB |
| | Breyton Poole | South Africa | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | SB |
| 5 | Luca Meinke | Germany | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.21 | PB |
| 6 | Nathan Ismar | France | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 2.19 | PB |
| 7 | Kyohei Tomori | Japan | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | 2.19 | PB |
| 8 | Thomas Carmoy | Belgium | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.19 | SB |
| 9 | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.16 | SB |
| 10 | Naoki Higashi | Japan | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.16 | |
| 11 | Jasmin Halili | Serbia | o | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.12 | |
| 12 | Maid Redžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.12 | |
| 13 | Filip Mrčić | Croatia | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |