# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 22 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Luis Zayas Cuba |
| Silver | Darius Carbin United States |
| Bronze | Mohamat Allamine Hamdi Qatar |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
| World Junior Record | Dragutin Topić (YUG) | 2.37 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 |
| World Junior 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 Junior Leading | Jah-Nhai Perinchief (BER) | 2.26 | Wichita, United States | 16 April 2016 |
| World Junior Leading | Oleksandr Barannikov (UKR) | 2.26 | Berdychiv, Ukraine | 25 June 2016 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 2.18 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 2.13 | 2.16 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Oleksandr Barannikov | Ukraine | – | o | o | o | o | 2.16 | q |
| 1 | A | Mohamat Allamine Hamdi | Qatar | o | o | o | o | o | 2.16 | q |
| 3 | B | Yuji Hiramatsu | Japan | – | – | o | xo | o | 2.16 | q |
| 4 | A | Alperen Acet | Turkey | – | o | o | xxo | o | 2.16 | q, PB |
| 5 | B | Tom Gale | Great Britain | o | o | o | o | xo | 2.16 | q |
| 5 | B | Maksim Nedasekau | Belarus | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.16 | q |
| 7 | A | Luis Zayas | Cuba | – | o | o | xxo | xo | 2.16 | q |
| 7 | B | Joshua Connolly | Australia | o | o | o | xxo | xo | 2.16 | q, PB |
| 9 | A | Darius Carbin | United States | – | o | o | o | xxo | 2.16 | q |
| 9 | B | Christopher Moleya | South Africa | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.16 | q |
| 9 | B | Jah-Nhai Perinchief | Bermuda | – | o | o | o | xxo | 2.16 | q |
| 12 | B | Roberto Vílches | Mexico | o | – | xo | o | xxo | 2.16 | q, PB |
| 13 | A | John Dodds | Australia | – | xo | o | xo | xxo | 2.16 | q |
| 14 | B | Hussein Al-Ibraheemi | Iraq | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.13 | |
| 15 | A | Jermaine Francis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | xo | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.13 | |
| 16 | B | Roman Kuzminov | Ukraine | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.13 | |
| 17 | A | Maciej Grynienko | Poland | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.13 | |
| 18 | A | Stefano Sottile | Italy | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 18 | B | Igor Kopala | Poland | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 20 | A | Rory Dwyer | Great Britain | xo | o | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 20 | A | Keitaro Fujita | Japan | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 20 | B | Michael Burke II | United States | xo | o | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 23 | A | Sven van Merode | Netherlands | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 24 | B | Metin Doğu | Turkey | – | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.18 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.25 | 2.27 | 2.29 | Result | Note |
| | Luis Zayas | Cuba | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xx | 2.27 | WU20L |
| | Darius Carbin | United States | o | o | o | xo | o | xxo | xxo | xx– | x | 2.25 | PB |
| | Mohamat Allamine Hamdi | Qatar | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.23 | PB |
| 4 | Oleksandr Barannikov | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.21 | |
| 5 | John Dodds | Australia | o | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | | | | 2.21 | PB |
| 6 | Yuji Hiramatsu | Japan | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.21 | |
| 7 | Jah-Nhai Perinchief | Bermuda | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 2.18 | |
| 8 | Maksim Nedasekau | Belarus | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.18 | |
| 9 | Tom Gale | Great Britain | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.18 | PB |
| 9 | Roberto Vílches | Mexico | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.18 | PB |
| 11 | Christopher Moleya | South Africa | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.18 | |
| 12 | Alperen Acet | Turkey | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.14 | |
| | Joshua Connolly | Australia | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM | |