# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vyacheslav Voronin Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Mark Boswell Canada (CAN) |
| Bronze | Martin Buß Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 21.08.1999 – 19:10h | 21.08.1999 – 19:10h |
| Final Round ||
| 23.08.1999 – 19:25h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Results
### Qualifying round

* Held on Saturday 21 August 1999
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Kwaku Boateng | Canada | – | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 1 | A | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | o | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 1 | A | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | o | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 4 | A | Charles Austin | United States | o | – | o | xo | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 4 | B | Mark Boswell | Canada | o | – | xo | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 4 | B | Stefan Holm | Sweden | o | o | – | xo | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 7 | A | Martin Buß | Germany | – | xxo | o | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 8 | A | Staffan Strand | Sweden | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | Q |
| 9 | A | Wilbert Pennings | Netherlands | o | o | – | xo | xo | 2.29 | Q |
| 9 | B | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | o | o | – | xo | xo | 2.29 | Q |
| 11 | A | Abderahmane Hammad | Algeria | xxo | o | xo | xxo | xxo | 2.29 | Q |
| 12 | B | Brendan Reilly | Ireland | o | o | – | o | xxx | 2.26 | q |
| 12 | B | Steve Smith | Great Britain | – | o | – | o | x– | 2.26 | q |
| 14 | B | Wolfgang Kreissig | Germany | – | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.26 | |
| 15 | B | Tim Forsyth | Australia | o | – | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.26 | |
| 16 | B | Dejan Miloševic | Slovenia | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 17 | B | Sergey Dymchenko | Ukraine | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 18 | B | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 2.23 | |
| 19 | A | Gilmar Mayo | Colombia | o | o | xxo | x– | xx | 2.23 | |
| 20 | A | Anthony Idiata | Nigeria | o | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 20 | A | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | o | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 22 | A | Elvir Krehmić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | xo | o | – | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 23 | B | Jean-Claude Rabbath | Lebanon | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 24 | B | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 25 | A | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 25 | B | Henry Patterson | United States | o | xxo | – | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 27 | A | Andriy Sokolovskyy | Ukraine | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 27 | B | Charles Clinger | United States | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 29 | A | Lambros Papakostas | Greece | xo | – | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 29 | B | Takahiro Kimino | Japan | xo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| | A | Metin Dormushev | Turkey | xxx | | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.37 | 2.40 | Result |
| | Vyacheslav Voronin | Russia | o | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.37 |
| | Mark Boswell | Canada | o | – | xxo | – | o | xxx | | 2.35 |
| | Martin Buß | Germany | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.32 |
| 4 | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.32 |
| 5 | Staffan Strand | Sweden | o | – | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 |
| 6 | Kwaku Boateng | Canada | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 |
| 6 | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 |
| 8 | Charles Austin | United States | o | – | xxo | xx– | x | | | 2.29 |
| 8 | Brendan Reilly | Ireland | – | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.29 |
| 10 | Wilbert Pennings | Netherlands | o | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 10 | Abderahmane Hammad | Algeria | o | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 10 | Stefan Holm | Sweden | o | o | x– | xx | | | | 2.25 |
| | Steve Smith | Great Britain | – | – | – | – | x– | xx | | NM |