The men's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13–15 August.Start list
With 18 over , it took a first attempt clearance and one miss to make it into the final.
In the final, three remained perfect to , with Mutaz Essa Barshim just one miss behind, while Donald Thomas passed his personal best. But Barshim seized the lead with a first attempt clearance at . Thomas and home team favorite Ivan Ukhov couldn't make the height, while Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record clearing on his second attempt. World leader Bohdan Bondarenko confidently passed the height knowing it would require him to equal his world leading jump from the previous month and to break Javier Sotomayor's championship record. On his second attempt at , he made it to take the lead. Drouin took his three attempts and settled for bronze. Already above his personal best, Barshim passed to , 1 cm below the world record, to try for the win but couldn't get it. Bondarenko watched, then took three attempts at Sotomayor's world record.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record2.45Salamanca, Spain27 July 1993Championship record2.40Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993World leading2.41Lausanne, Switzerland4 July 2013African record2.38Oudtshoorn, South Africa5 March 2005Asian record2.40Eugene, United States1 June 2013North, Central American and Caribbean record2.45Salamanca, Spain27 July 1993South American record2.33APereira, Colombia17 October 1994European record2.42Stockholm, Sweden30 June 1987Oceanian record2.36Melbourne, Australia2 March 1997
Qualification standards A resultB result 2.31 2.28
Schedule Date Time Round13 August 2013 09:50 Qualification15 August 2013 19:00 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.Qualification Results
Rank Group Name Nationality 2.17 2.22 2.26 2.29 Mark Notes 1 A Robert Grabarz o o o o 2.29 q 1 A Aleksandr Shustov o o o o 2.29 q 1 B Bohdan Bondarenko – o – o 2.29 q 1 B Ivan Ukhov o o o o 2.29 q 5 A Donald Thomas o o xxo o 2.29 q 6 A Mutaz Essa Barshim o o o xxo 2.29 q 6 B Zhang Guowei o o o xxo 2.29 q 8 B Derek Drouin o o xo xxo 2.29 q 9 B Ryan Ingraham o o o xxx 2.26 q 9 A Konstadinos Baniotis o o o xo 2.26 q 11 A Erik Kynard o xo o xxx 2.26 q 11 A Kabelo Kgosiemang xo o o xxx 2.26 q 13 B Adónios Mástoras xxo o o xxx 2.26 14 B Mickaël Hanany o o xo xxx 2.26 14 A Jaroslav Bába o o xo xxx 2.26 16 A Mihai Donisan o xo xo xxx 2.26 16 B Dusty Jonas xo o xo xxx 2.26 16 B Silvano Chesani xo o xo xxx 2.26 19 B Yuriy Krymarenko o o xxx 2.22 19 A Wang Yu o o xxx 2.22 21 B Majed Al-Din Ghazal xo o xxx 2.22 SB 22 B Edgar Rivera o xo xxx 2.22 23 B Jesse Williams o xxo xxx 2.22 23 A Andriy Protsenko o xxo xxx 2.22 25 A Rožle Prezelj o xxx 2.17 25 A Michael Mason o xxx 2.17 25 A Douwe Amels o xxx 2.17 25 A Diego Ferrín o xR 2.17 25 B Ali Mohd Younes Idriss o xxx 2.17 25 B Aleksey Dmitrik o xxx 2.17 25 B Szymon Kiecana o xxx 2.17 25 B Brandon Starc o xxx 2.17 A Bi Xiaoliang xxx A Keith Moffatt xxx
Final The final was started at 19:00.Final Results
Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.38 2.41 2.44 2.46 Mark Notes Bohdan Bondarenko – – o – o – xo – xxx 2.41 CR, =NR Mutaz Essa Barshim o o o xo o o x- xx 2.38 Derek Drouin o o o o o xo xxx 2.38 NR Erik Kynard o o o xo xxx 2.32 Donald Thomas xo o o xo – xxx 2.32 SB Robert Grabarz o o xo xxx 2.29 Zhang Guowei o xxo xo xxx 2.29 8 Kabelo Kgosiemang o o xxx 2.25 8 Ryan Ingraham o o xxx 2.25 8 Konstadinos Baniotis o o xxx 2.25 Ivan Ukhov Aleksandr Shustov
When the event took place, Ukhov and Shustov placed 4th and 7th respectively. However, in 2019 and 2020 these athletes had their results disqualified after receiving retrospective anti-doping bans.
References
External links High jump results at IAAF website