The men's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14 and 16 September 2025. Summary

Records Before the competition records were as follows: RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record 2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993 Championship record 2.41 m Moscow, Russia 15 August 2013 World Leading 2.35 m Brest, Belarus 13 July 2025 African Record 2.38 m Oudtshoorn, South Africa 5 March 2005 Asian Record 2.43 m Brussels, Belgium 5 September 2014 European Record 2.42 m Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 1987 North, Central American and Caribbean record 2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993Oceanian record 2.36 m Melbourne, Australia 2 March 1997 Eberstadt, Germany 26 August 2018Paris, France10 August 2024 South American Record 2.33 m Pereira, Colombia 17 October 1994

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.33 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:

Date Time Round 14 September 09:00 Qualification 16 September 21:01 Final Results

Qualification All athletes over 2.30 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A Place Athlete Nation 2.16 2.21 2.25 2.28 2.30 Mark Notes 1 Oleh Doroshchuk o o o 2.25 m 2 Hamish Kerr o o xo 2.25 m 3 Tyus Wilson o o xxo 2.25 m 4 Thomas Carmoy xo xxo xxo 2.25 m 5 Romaine Beckford xxo xxo xxo 2.25 m 6 Fu Chao-hsuan o o xxx 2.21 m 6 Jonathan Kapitolnik o o xxx 2.21 m 6 Tomohiro Shinno o o xxx 2.21 m 9 Erick Portillo o xo xxx 2.21 m 10 Shelby Mcewen o xxo xxx 2.21 m 10 Donald Thomas o xxo xxx 2.21 m 12 Manuel Lando o xxx 2.16 m 12 Stefano Sottile o xxx 2.16 m 14 Vadym Kravchuk xo xxx 2.16 m 14 Brandon Starc xo xxx 2.16 m 16 Roman Anastasios xxo xxx 2.16 m — Luis Castro Rivera xxx

Group B Place Athlete Nation 2.16 2.21 2.25 2.28 2.30 Mark Notes 1 Ryoichi Akamatsu o o o 2.25 m 2 Woo Sang-hyeok xo o o 2.25 m 3 Yuto Seko xo xxo o 2.25 m 4 JuVaughn Harrison o o xo 2.25 m 4 Yual Reath o o xo 2.25 m , 4 Jan Štefela o o xo 2.25 m 7 Sarvesh Kushare xo xo xo 2.25 m 7 Matteo Sioli o xxo xo 2.25 m 9 Edgar Rivera o o xxx 2.21 m 10 Dmytro Nikitin xo xxo xxx 2.21 m 11 Juozas Baikštys o xxx 2.16 m 11 Tihomir Ivanov o xxx 2.16 m 11 Tobias Potye o xxx 2.16 m 11 Raymond Richards o xxx 2.16 m 11 Gianmarco Tamberi o xxx 2.16 m 16 Mateusz Kołodziejski xo xxx 2.16 m 16 Thiago Moura xo xxx 2.16 m — Brian Raats xxx

Final Place Athlete Nation 2.20 2.24 2.28 2.31 2.34 2.36 2.38 Mark Notes Hamish Kerr o o o xxo xxo o x 2.36 m Woo Sang-hyeok o o xo xo xxo x– xx 2.34 m Jan Štefela o o xxo xo xxx 2.31 m 4 Oleh Doroshchuk o o o xxo xxx 2.31 m 5 JuVaughn Harrison o o o xxx 2.28 m 6 Sarvesh Kushare o xo xxo xxx 2.28 m 6 Tyus Wilson xo o xxo xxx 2.28 m 8 Matteo Sioli o xo xxx 2.24 m 8 Ryoichi Akamatsu o xo xxx 2.24 m 10 Yuto Seko xo xxx 2.20 m 11 Yual Reath xxo xxx 2.20 m 11 Thomas Carmoy xxo xxx 2.20 m — Romaine Beckford xxx

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