# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' high jump

The boys' high jump at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea | Bai Jiaxu China | Christoff Bryan Jamaica |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.33 | Havana, Cuba | 19 May 1984 |
| Championship Record | Huang Haiqiang (CHN) | 2.27 | Marrakech, Morocco | 16 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Randall Cunningham (USA) | 2.21 | Las Vegas, United States | 18 May 2013 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: 2.09 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.04 | 2.07 | 2.09 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Christoff Bryan | Jamaica | – | – | o | o | o | 2.09 | Q |
| 1 | A | Filippo Lari | Italy | o | o | o | o | o | 2.09 | Q, PB |
| 1 | A | Woo Sang-hyeok | South Korea | – | – | o | o | o | 2.09 | Q |
| 4 | A | Ilya Spitsyn | Russia | o | xo | o | o | o | 2.09 | Q, PB |
| 5 | A | Bai Jiaxu | China | o | xo | o | xo | o | 2.09 | Q |
| 6 | A | LaQuan Nairn | Bahamas | – | o | o | o | xo | 2.09 | Q |
| 6 | A | Paul Galas | Canada | o | o | o | o | xo | 2.09 | Q, PB |
| 8 | B | Oskar Lundqvist | Sweden | o | o | xo | o | xo | 2.09 | Q, PB |
| 8 | A | David Cussen | Ireland | o | xo | o | o | xo | 2.09 | Q |
| 8 | A | Oleksandr Barannikov | Ukraine | o | o | o | xo | xo | 2.09 | Q, PB |
| 11 | A | Henrik Thoms | Sweden | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.09 | Q, PB |
| 12 | B | Jan Westreicher | Peru | xo | xo | o | o | xxo | 2.09 | Q |
| 13 | B | Simon Lange | Germany | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.07 | |
| 14 | B | Vladyslav Mazur | Ukraine | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.07 | |
| 15 | A | Tiaan Steenkamp | South Africa | o | xxo | xxo | o | xxx | 2.07 | |
| 16 | B | Jonas Kløjgård Jensen | Denmark | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.07 | PB |
| 17 | B | Pavel Seliverstau | Belarus | o | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.07 | PB |
| 18 | B | Petr Pícha | Czech Republic | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.07 | |
| 19 | A | Ricardo Valdez | Mexico | xxo | xxo | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.07 | PB |
| 20 | B | Michael Monroe | United States | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.04 | |
| 21 | B | Aleksey Krupnov | Russia | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.04 | |
| 21 | B | Roman Loshkarev | Kazakhstan | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.04 | |
| 23 | B | James Elson | Canada | xxo | xxo | xo | xxx | | 2.04 | PB |
| 24 | B | Yang Lubang | China | – | o | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 24 | B | Simon Asare | Austria | o | o | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 26 | A | Simon Asare | Czech Republic | xxo | o | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 27 | A | Adrián Sobrino | Spain | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 27 | A | Dorian Tharaud | France | – | xo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 27 | B | Federico Ayres Da Motta | Italy | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 27 | B | Lenny Meerschaert | France | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 31 | A | Alasgar Mammadov | Azerbaijan | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 31 | B | Mohamed Fodil | Algeria | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 33 | B | Filip Kossmann | Poland | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 33 | B | Miguel Chávez | Mexico | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 35 | A | Anton Senft | Germany | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 35 | B | Juan López | Spain | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.00 | |
| 37 | A | Samir Hodžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | |
| 37 | A | Tunahan Durmaz | Turkey | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.95 | |
| | A | Dmitriy Melsitov | Uzbekistan | xxx | | | | | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.97 | 2.02 | 2.07 | 2.11 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.18 | 2.20 | 2.23 | Result | Notes |
| | Woo Sang-hyeok | South Korea | – | o | xo | o | o | o | o | o | x– | 2.20 | PB |
| | Bai Jiaxu | China | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | | 2.18 | PB |
| | Christoff Bryan | Jamaica | – | – | o | – | o | o | xxx | | | 2.16 | |
| 4 | Oleksandr Barannikov | Ukraine | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.16 | PB |
| 5 | LaQuan Nairn | Bahamas | – | o | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | | 2.16 | PB |
| 6 | Ilya Spitsyn | Russia | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.11 | PB |
| 7 | Paul Galas | Canada | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.11 | PB |
| 8 | Oskar Lundqvist | Sweden | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 9 | David Cussen | Ireland | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 10 | Jan Westreicher | Peru | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.07 | |
| 11 | Henrik Thoms | Sweden | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 2.02 | |
| 11 | Filippo Lari | Italy | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 2.02 | |