# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.
In the trials, only nine were able to get over 2.31, so they took perfect to 2.29 to fill out the field. In the final, only seven were able to make 2.29 and at the next height 2.33 they were down to four, Derek Drouin, Bohdan Bondarenko, Zhang Guowei and Mutaz Essa Barshim all on their first attempt. In fact all but Barshim were perfect to that point. Nobody could make 2.36, which left a three way tie for first and Barshim, the odd man out. They did a fourth, jumpoff attempt at 2.36, nobody made it. The next step lowered the bar to 2.34. Drouin cleared it, putting do or die pressure on the others. Neither made it giving Drouin the gold and leaving a tie for silver.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| Championship record | Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) | 2.41 | Moscow, Russia | 15 August 2013 |
| World leading | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.41 | Eugene, OR, United States | 30 May 2015 |
| African record | Jacques Freitag (RSA) | 2.38 | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | 5 March 2005 |
| Asian record | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.43 | Brussels, Belgium | 5 September 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| South American record | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | 2.33A | Pereira, Colombia | 17 October 1994 |
| European record | Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) | 2.42 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987 |
| European record | Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) | 2.42 | New York City, United States | 14 June 2014 |
| Oceanian record | Tim Forsyth (AUS) | 2.36 | Melbourne, Australia | 2 March 1997 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 2.28

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 August 2015 | 09:45 | Qualification |
| 30 August 2015 | 18:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.17 | 2.22 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.31 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Derek Drouin | Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | o | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 1 | B | Zhang Guowei | China (CHN) | o | o | o | o | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 3 | B | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | – | o | – | xo | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 3 | A | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | – | o | o | xo | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 5 | A | Brandon Starc | Australia (AUS) | o | o | xxo | xxo | o | 2.31 | Q, PB |
| 6 | A | Eike Onnen | Germany (GER) | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.31 | Q |
| 7 | B | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Cyprus (CYP) | o | o | o | xo | xxo | 2.31 | Q |
| 8 | B | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | 2.31 | Q, SB |
| 8 | A | Konstadinos Baniotis | Greece (GRE) | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | 2.31 | Q, SB |
| 10 | B | Daniil Tsyplakov | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | o | xx– | 2.29 | q |
| 10 | B | Donald Thomas | Bahamas (BAH) | o | o | o | o | x– | 2.29 | q |
| 10 | B | Erik Kynard | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 10 | A | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy (ITA) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 10 | A | Trevor Barry | Bahamas (BAH) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q, SB |
| 15 | B | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Syria (SYR) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.29 | NR |
| 16 | A | JaCorian Duffield | United States (USA) | xxo | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 17 | A | Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 18 | B | Michael Mason | Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 18 | A | Robert Grabarz | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 18 | A | Wang Yu | China (CHN) | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 21 | B | Joel Baden | Australia (AUS) | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.26 | SB |
| 22 | A | Jesse Williams | United States (USA) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 22 | A | Mihai Donisan | Romania (ROM) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 24 | A | Ivan Ukhov | Russia (RUS) | o | xo | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 25 | B | Ryan Ingraham | Bahamas (BAH) | xxo | – | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 25 | A | Naoto Tobe | Japan (JPN) | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 27 | B | Dmytro Yakovenko | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 28 | B | Mateusz Przybylko | Germany (GER) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 28 | A | Kabelo Kgosiemang | Botswana (BOT) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 28 | A | Takashi Eto | Japan (JPN) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 28 | A | Yuriy Krymarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | o | o | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 32 | B | Hsiang Chun-Hsien | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | xxo | o | – | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 33 | B | Dmitry Kroyter | Israel (ISR) | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 33 | A | Sylwester Bednarek | Poland (POL) | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 35 | B | Yuji Hiramatsu | Japan (JPN) | o | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 35 | A | Ali Mohd Younes Idriss | Sudan (SUD) | o | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 37 | B | Eugenio Rossi | San Marino (SMR) | xo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 37 | B | Matúš Bubeník | Slovakia (SVK) | xo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 39 | B | Talles Frederico Silva | Brazil (BRA) | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| | B | Raivydas Stanys | Lithuania (LTU) | xxx | | | | | NM | |
| | B | Marco Fassinotti | Italy (ITA) | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started at 18:30
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.33 | 2.36 | 2.36 | 2.34 | Mark |
| | Derek Drouin | Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | o | 2.34 |
| | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | − | o | − | o | xxx | x | x | 2.33 |
| | Zhang Guowei | China (CHN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | x | 2.33 |
| 4 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.33 |
| 5 | Daniil Tsyplakov | Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.29 |
| 6 | Donald Thomas | Bahamas (BAH) | o | o | xo | − | xxx | | | 2.29 |
| 7 | Jaroslav Bába | Czech Republic (CZE) | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 2.29 |
| 8 | Erik Kynard | United States (USA) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 |
| 8 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy (ITA) | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 |
| 10 | Trevor Barry | Bahamas (BAH) | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 |
| 11 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Cyprus (CYP) | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.25 |
| 12 | Brandon Starc | Australia (AUS) | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.25 |
| 12 | Eike Onnen | Germany (GER) | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.25 |
| 14 | Konstadinos Baniotis | Greece (GRE) | xo | xxx | | | | | | 2.20 |