# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Steve Smith United Kingdom |
| Silver | Tim Forsyth Australia |
| Bronze | Takahiro Kimino Japan |

## Results
### Final

20 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Steve Smith | United Kingdom | 2.37 | =WJR |
| | Tim Forsyth | Australia | 2.31 | |
| | Takahiro Kimino | Japan | 2.29 | |
| 4 | Kim Tae Young | South Korea | 2.23 | |
| 5 | Sergey Klyugin | Commonwealth of Independent States | 2.20 | |
| 5 | Kristofer Lamos | Germany | 2.20 | |
| 7 | Tomáš Janků | Czechoslovakia | 2.17 | |
| 8 | Coenraad Roux | South Africa | 2.17 | |
| 9 | Clayton Pugh | Australia | 2.17 | |
| 10 | Xu Xiaodong | China | 2.14 | |
| 10 | Sven Ootjers | Netherlands | 2.14 | |
| 12 | Mirko Zanotti | Italy | 2.14 | |
| 13 | Clifford van Reed | United States | 2.14 | |
| 14 | Dejan Miloševic | Slovenia | 2.10 | |
| 15 | Hugo Muñoz | Peru | 2.10 | |
| 16 | Stanley Osuide | United Kingdom | 2.05 | |
| 16 | Kostas Liapis | Greece | 2.05 | |
| 16 | Kim Tae-hoi | South Korea | 2.05 | |
| 19 | Antoine Burke | Ireland | 2.00 | |

### Qualifications

18 Sep

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Forsyth | Australia | 2.16 | Q |
| 1 | Takahiro Kimino | Japan | 2.16 | Q |
| 3 | Xu Xiaodong | China | 2.16 | Q |
| 3 | Clifford van Reed | United States | 2.16 | Q |
| 5 | Sven Ootjers | Netherlands | 2.16 | Q |
| 6 | Stanley Osuide | United Kingdom | 2.13 | q |
| 6 | Kristofer Lamos | Germany | 2.13 | q |
| 6 | Antoine Burke | Ireland | 2.13 | q |
| 6 | Coenraad Roux | South Africa | 2.13 | q |
| 10 | Kim Tae-hoi | South Korea | 2.13 | q |
| 11 | Dejan Miloševic | Slovenia | 2.13 | q |
| 12 | Kostas Liapis | Greece | 2.13 | q |
| 13 | Hugo Muñoz | Peru | 2.13 | q |
| 14 | Giorgio Florindi | Italy | 2.05 | |
| 15 | Oskari Frösén | Finland | 2.05 | |
| 16 | Ignacio Pérez | Spain | 2.00 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Sergey Klyugin | Commonwealth of Independent States | 2.16 | Q |
| 1 | Steve Smith | United Kingdom | 2.16 | Q |
| 1 | Kim Tae Young | South Korea | 2.16 | Q |
| 4 | Clayton Pugh | Australia | 2.16 | Q |
| 5 | Mirko Zanotti | Italy | 2.13 | q |
| 5 | Tomáš Janků | Czechoslovakia | 2.13 | q |
| 7 | Jochen Schmälzle | Germany | 2.10 | |
| 7 | Olivier Paroz | Switzerland | 2.10 | |
| 9 | Neophytos Kalogerou | Cyprus | 2.10 | |
| 10 | Erik Mueller | United States | 2.10 | |
| 11 | Niki Grundner | Austria | 2.10 | |
| 12 | Enrique Berruezo | Spain | 2.10 | |
| 13 | Erik Nys | Belgium | 2.05 | |
| 13 | Toshihiro Koyama | Japan | 2.05 | |
| 15 | Primoz Moljk | Slovenia | 2.05 | |
| 16 | Andrés Leal | Cuba | 2.00 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* China (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Peru (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)