# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 11 and 13 August.

## Summary

After winning Olympic gold, then setting the world decathlon best in the high jump, defending champion Derek Drouin (CAN) could not return due to a nagging injury. Olympic silver medalist Mutaz Essa Barshim (BHR) was perfect through the automatic qualifier in the preliminaries and up to 2.29 m in the final. Danil Lysenko, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete and Majd Eddin Ghazal (SYR), who trains in war ravaged Damascus both cleared with one miss. Both Edgar Rivera (MEX) and Mateusz Przybylko (GER) cleared on their final attempt to stay alive, while returning silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) passed the height.
At 2.32 m Barshim remained perfect, while Lysenko also cleared on his first attempt. Nobody else was able to clear, leaving Ghazal with the bronze. At 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Barshim again remained perfect, while Lysenko couldn't get over a new personal best, leaving him with silver, Barshim a perfectly clean competition to the gold medal. Barshim moved the bar up to 2.40 m when he finally missed three times.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 2.45 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 27 Jul 1993 | Salamanca, Spain |
| Championship | 2.41 | Bohdan Bondarenko | UKR | 15 Aug 2013 | Moscow, Russia |
| World leading | 2.38 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | QAT | 15 Jun 2017 | Oslo, Norway |
| African | 2.38 | Jacques Freitag | RSA | 5 Mar 2005 | Oudtshoorn, South Africa |
| Asian | 2.43 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | QAT | 5 Sep 2014 | Brussels, Belgium |
| NACAC | 2.45 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 27 Jul 1993 | Salamanca, Spain |
| South American | 2.33A | Gilmar Mayo | COL | 17 Oct 1994 | Pereira, Colombia |
| European | 2.42 | Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 30 Jun 1987 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| European | 2.42 | Bohdan Bondarenko | UKR | 14 Jun 2014 | New York City, United States |
| Oceanian | 2.36 | Tim Forsyth | AUS | 2 Mar 1997 | Melbourne, Australia |
No records were set at the competition.

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.30 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August | 11:15 | Qualification |
| 13 August | 19:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 11 August, in two groups, both starting at 11:15. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.31 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.17 | 2.22 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.31 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | – | o | o | o | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 2 | A | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | – | o | – | xo | o | 2.31 | Q |
| 3 | B | Danil Lysenko | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | o | o | xo | 2.31 | Q |
| 4 | A | Tihomir Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.31 | Q, PB |
| 4 | B | Mateusz Przybylko | Germany (GER) | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.31 | Q |
| 6 | A | Robbie Grabarz | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | – | o | o | xo | xxo | 2.31 | Q, SB |
| 7 | A | Ilya Ivanyuk | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 7 | B | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Syria (SYR) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 7 | A | Bryan McBride | United States (USA) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 10 | A | Eike Onnen | Germany (GER) | xo | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 11 | A | Edgar Rivera | Mexico (MEX) | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 12 | A | Wang Yu | China (CHN) | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.29 | q |
| 13 | B | Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine (UKR) | xo | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 14 | B | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy (ITA) | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | SB |
| 15 | A | Talles Frederico Silva | Brazil (BRA) | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 16 | A | Ricky Robertson | United States (USA) | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 17 | B | Fernando Ferreira | Brazil (BRA) | xo | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.29 | |
| 18 | B | Michael Mason | Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 19 | B | Eure Yáñez | Venezuela (VEN) | xo | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 20 | A | Sylwester Bednarek | Poland (POL) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 20 | A | Nauraj Singh Randhawa | Malaysia (MAS) | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.26 | |
| 22 | B | Takashi Eto | Japan (JPN) | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 22 | A | Donald Thomas | Bahamas (BAH) | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 24 | B | Zhang Guowei | China (CHN) | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 25 | B | Woo Sang-hyeok | South Korea (KOR) | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.22 | |
| 26 | B | Jeron Robinson | United States (USA) | xo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| | B | Erik Kynard | United States (USA) | xr | | | | | NH | |

### Final

The final took place on 13 August at 19:00. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.40 | Mark |
| | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.35 |
| | Danil Lysenko | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.32 |
| | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Syria (SYR) | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.29 |
| 4 | Edgar Rivera | Mexico (MEX) | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.29 |
| 5 | Mateusz Przybylko | Germany (GER) | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.29 |
| 6 | Robbie Grabarz | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 6 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 8 | Bryan McBride | United States (USA) | o | xo | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 9 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | – | xxo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 |
| 10 | Eike Onnen | Germany (GER) | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.20 |
| | Tihomir Ivanov | Bulgaria (BUL) | xr | | | | | | NH |
| | Wang Yu | China (CHN) | | | | | | | DNS |