# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Andrei Churyla Belarus | Falk Wendrich Germany | Ryan Ingraham Bahamas |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Dragutin Topić (YUG) | 2.37 m | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 |
| World Junior Record | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 m | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| Championship Record | Dragutin Topić (YUG) | 2.37 m | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 |
| Championship Record | Steve Smith (GBR) | 2.37 m | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Ryan Ingraham (BAH) | 2.27 m | Nassau, Bahamas | 12 May 2012 |
| World Junior Leading | Andrei Churyla (BLR) | 2.27 m | Brest, Belarus | 29 May 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 2.19 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.17 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Ryan Ingraham | Bahamas | – | – | – | o | o | 2.17 | q |
| 2 | B | Falk Wendrich | Germany | o | o | o | o | o | 2.17 | q |
| 3 | B | Ilya Ivanyuk | Russia | o | o | o | xo | o | 2.17 | q |
| 4 | A | Andrei Churyla | Belarus | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.17 | q |
| 5 | B | Péter Bakosi | Hungary | – | o | o | xo | xo | 2.17 | q |
| 6 | A | Dmitry Kroytor | Israel | – | – | o | o | xxo | 2.17 | q |
| 7 | A | Yuriy Dergachev | Kazakhstan | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.17 | q |
| 8 | B | Sahabettin Karabulut | Turkey | – | o | o | o | xxx | 2.14 | q |
| 9 | B | Brandon Starc | Australia | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.14 | q |
| 10 | A | Mariusz Baszczyński | Poland | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.14 | q |
| 11 | B | M. Milan Dissanayake | Sri Lanka | – | – | xo | o | xxx | 2.14 | q, SB |
| 12 | B | Pavel Kipra | Belarus | xo | xo | xo | o | xxx | 2.14 | q |
| 13 | A | Ziqi He | China | xo | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.14 | |
| 14 | A | Muamer Aissa Barsham | Qatar | o | o | o | xxo | | 2.14 | |
| 15 | B | Eure Yáñez | Venezuela | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.14 | |
| 16 | B | Yun Seung-hyun | South Korea | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.14 | |
| 17 | B | Hsiang Chun-Hsien | Chinese Taipei | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.14 | |
| 18 | A | Ignacio Vigo | Spain | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.10 | |
| 19 | A | Gaël Rotardier | France | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.10 | |
| 20 | A | Park Sang-won | South Korea | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.10 | |
| 21 | A | Dartis Willis | United States | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.10 | |
| 22 | A | Harshith Shashidhar | India | xo | xo | o | xxx | | 2.10 | SB |
| 23 | B | Josué da Costa | Brazil | xo | o | xo | xxx | | 2.10 | |
| 24 | B | Mohammadreza Vazifehdoost | Iran | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.10 | SB |
| 25 | A | Christoff Bryan | Jamaica | – | xxo | xxo | xxx | | 2.10 | |
| 26 | A | Almir dos Santos | Brazil | o | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 27 | A | Tomáš Veselý | Czech Republic | o | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 28 | B | Taisuhiko Taira | Japan | o | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 29 | B | Trey McRae | United States | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 30 | A | Alberto Gasparin | Italy | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 31 | B | Maciej Kiendzierski | Poland | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.05 | |
| 32 | A | Ladislav Bašo | Slovakia | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.00 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.03 | 2.08 | 2.13 | 2.17 | 2.21 | 2.24 | 2.26 | Result |
| | Andrei Churyla | Belarus | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.24 |
| | Falk Wendrich | Germany | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 |
| | Ryan Ingraham | Bahamas | – | – | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 |
| 4 | Dmitry Kroytor | Israel | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.21 |
| 4 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Russia | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.21 |
| 6 | Brandon Starc | Australia | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.17 |
| 7 | M. Milan Dissanayake | Sri Lanka | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.17 |
| 8 | Péter Bakosi | Hungary | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.13 |
| 9 | Yuriy Dergachev | Kazakhstan | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 2.13 |
| 10 | Sahabettin Karabulut | Turkey | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.13 |
| 11 | Pavel Kipra | Belarus | xxx | o | xxx | | | | | 2.08 |
| 12 | Mariusz Baszczyński | Poland | xo | xxx | | | | | | 2.03 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Brazil (2)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Iran (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Poland (2)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)