# 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the men's high jump event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with the qualifying with two groups held on 12 August 1983 and the final held on 13 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Tyke Peacock United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Zhu Jianhua China (CHN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 12.08.1983 – ??:??h | 12.08.1983 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 13.08.1983 – ??:??h ||

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Zhu Jianhua (CHN) | 2.37 m | June 11, 1983 | Beijing, PR China |
| Event Record | New event | New event | New event | New event |

## Results
### Qualifying round

* Held on Friday 1983-08-12
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Leo Williams | United States | 2.21 | q |
| 2 | A | Francisco Centelles | Cuba | 2.21 | q |
| 3 | A | Takao Sakamoto | Japan | 2.18 | |
| 4 | A | Takashi Katamine | Japan | 2.18 | |
| 5 | A | Othmane Belfaa | Algeria | 2.15 | |
| 5 | A | Moussa Sagna Fall | Senegal | 2.15 | |
| 7 | A | Eugen-Cristian Popescu | Romania | 2.15 | |
| 8 | A | Roberto Cabrejas | Spain | 2.15 | |
| 8 | A | Clarence Saunders | Bermuda | 2.15 | |
| 8 | A | Wolfgang Tschirk | Austria | 2.15 | |
| 11 | A | Jouko Kilpi | Finland | 2.10 | |
| 11 | A | Constantin Militaru | Romania | 2.10 | |
| 13 | A | Gianni Davito | Italy | 2.10 | |
| 13 | A | Alain Metellus | Canada | 2.10 | |
| 15 | A | Liu Chin-chiang | Chinese Taipei | 2.00 | |
| 16 | A | Alphonse Gaglozoun | Benin | 1.95 | |
| 16 | A | France-Henry Lisette | Mauritius | 1.95 | |
| | A | Ardeshir Ghandoomi | Iran | NM | |
| | A | Joseph Rajo | Sudan | DNS | |
| 1 | B | Igor Paklin | Soviet Union | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | B | Milton Ottey | Canada | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | B | Zhu Jianhua | China | 2.24 | Q |
| 4 | B | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | 2.21 | q |
| 4 | B | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | Soviet Union | 2.21 | q |
| 4 | B | Sorin Matei | Romania | 2.21 | q |
| 4 | B | Valeriy Sereda | Soviet Union | 2.21 | q |
| 4 | B | Dwight Stones | United States | 2.21 | q |
| 4 | B | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 2.21 | q |
| 10 | B | Jacek Wszoła | Poland | 2.21 | q |
| 10 | B | Luca Toso | Italy | 2.21 | q |
| 12 | B | Paul Frommeyer | West Germany | 2.21 | q |
| 13 | B | Eddy Annys | Belgium | 2.21 | q |
| 14 | B | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 2.21 | q |
| 15 | B | Tyke Peacock | United States | 2.21 | q |
| 16 | B | Roland Dalhäuser | Switzerland | 2.15 | |
| 17 | B | Dariusz Biczysko | Poland | 2.15 | |
| 18 | B | Franck Verzy | France | 2.10 | |
| 18 | B | Stephen Wray | Bahamas | 2.10 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.19 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | Result |
| | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | Soviet Union | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.32 |
| | Tyke Peacock | United States | – | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.32 |
| | Zhu Jianhua | China | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.29 |
| 4 | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | – | o | o | xo | – | o | xxx | | 2.29 |
| 4 | Igor Paklin | Soviet Union | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.29 |
| 6 | Dwight Stones | United States | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.29 |
| 7 | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | – | o | o | o | o | – | xxx | | 2.26 |
| 8 | Valeriy Sereda | Soviet Union | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 2.26 |
| 9 | Milton Ottey | Canada | – | xo | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.26 |
| 10 | Luca Toso | Italy | o | xo | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.26 |
| 11 | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | – | o | x– | o | xxx | | | | 2.23 |
| 12 | Leo Williams | United States | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 2.23 |
| 13 | Jacek Wszoła | Poland | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxx | | | 2.23 |
| 14 | Eddy Annys | Belgium | – | – | o | xxx | | | | | 2.19 |
| 15 | Francisco Centelles | Cuba | – | – | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.19 |
| 16 | Paul Frommeyer | West Germany | xo | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.19 |
| 17 | Sorin Matei | Romania | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.15 |