# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The Men's High Jump event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuriy Krymarenko Ukraine (UKR) |
| Silver | Víctor Moya Cuba (CUB) |
| Silver | Yaroslav Rybakov Russia (RUS) |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 2.29 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.27 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Stefan Holm | Sweden | – | o | o | o | 2.27 | q |
| 1 | B | Víctor Moya | Cuba | o | o | o | o | 2.27 | q |
| 3 | A | Nicola Ciotti | Italy | o | xo | xxo | o | 2.27 | q |
| 3 | A | Dragutin Topić | Serbia and Montenegro | o | xxo | xo | o | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | A | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic | – | o | o | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | A | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | o | o | o | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 7 | B | Mark Boswell | Canada | o | – | xo | xo | 2.27 | q, SB |
| 7 | B | Kyriakos Ioannou | Cyprus | o | o | xo | xo | 2.27 | q, SB |
| 9 | A | Andriy Sokolovskyy | Ukraine | o | xxo | o | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 10 | A | Matt Hemingway | United States | – | o | xxo | xxo | 2.27 | q, SB |
| 11 | B | Yuriy Krymarenko | Ukraine | o | xxo | xo | xxo | 2.27 | q |
| 12 | A | Oskari Frösén | Finland | o | o | o | xxx | 2.24 | q |
| 12 | B | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | o | o | o | xxx | 2.24 | q |
| 14 | A | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | – | xo | o | xxx | 2.24 | |
| 15 | A | Jesse Williams | United States | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.24 | |
| 16 | B | Mickaël Hanany | France | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 | |
| 16 | B | Andrea Bettinelli | Italy | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 | |
| 18 | A | Grzegorz Sposób | Poland | o | o | x– | | 2.20 | |
| 18 | B | Jacques Freitag | South Africa | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 18 | B | Kyle Lancaster | United States | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 21 | B | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | o | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 22 | B | Naoyuki Daigo | Japan | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 23 | A | László Boros | Hungary | o | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 23 | A | Jean-Claude Rabbath | Lebanon | o | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 23 | A | Andrey Tereshin | Russia | o | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 23 | A | Manjula Kumara Wijesekara | Sri Lanka | o | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 27 | A | Gennadiy Moroz | Belarus | xxo | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| | B | Alessandro Talotti | Italy | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Ştefan Vasilache | Romania | xxx | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | Result | Notes |
| | Yuriy Krymarenko | Ukraine | o | o | xo | o | xxo | 2.32 | |
| | Víctor Moya | Cuba | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | PB |
| | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 4 | Mark Boswell | Canada | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.29 | SB |
| 5 | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 5 | Nicola Ciotti | Italy | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 7 | Stefan Holm | Sweden | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 8 | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 9 | Dragutin Topić | Serbia and Montenegro | xo | o | o | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 10 | Kyriakos Ioannou | Cyprus | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 11 | Oskari Frösén | Finland | – | xo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 11 | Matt Hemingway | United States | – | xo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 13 | Andriy Sokolovskyy | Ukraine | – | xxo | – | xxx | | 2.20 | |