2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 14 July.^[1]

Men's high jump at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	12 July (qualification) 14 July (final)
Competitors	23 from 18 nations
Winning height	2.23 m
Medalists
Antonios Merlos    Greece   Roberto Vílches    Mexico   JuVaughn Blake    United States   Breyton Poole    South Africa
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Records

World U20 Record	Dragutin Topić (YUG)	2.37	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	12 August 1990
	Steve Smith (GBR)		Seoul, South Korea	20 September 1992
Championship Record	Dragutin Topić (YUG)	2.37	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	12 August 1990
	Steve Smith (GBR)		Seoul, South Korea	20 September 1992
World U20 Leading	Roberto Vílches (MEX)	2.26	Queretaro, Mexico	28 April 2018

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 12 July, in two groups, both starting at 19:44. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.17 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.00	2.05	2.09	2.12	2.15	Mark	Notes
1	B	Breyton Poole	South Africa	–	o	o	o	o	2.15	q
	B	Jasmin Halili	Serbia	o	o	–	o	o	2.15	q, SB
3	A	Naoki Higashi	Japan	o	o	xo	o	o	2.15	q
	A	Nathan Ismar	France	–	o	xo	o	o	2.15	q
	B	JuVaughn Blake	United States	–	xo	o	o	o	2.15	q
6	B	Luca Meinke	Germany	o	o	xo	xo	xo	2.15	q
7	B	Thomas Carmoy	Belgium	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	2.15	q
8	A	Dmytro Nikitin	Ukraine	o	o	o	o	xxo	2.15	q
	A	Roberto Vílches	Mexico	–	–	o	o	xxo	2.15	q
10	B	Maid Redžić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	o	o	xxo	xo	xxo	2.15	q
11	A	Antonios Merlos	Greece	–	o	o	xo	xxx	2.12	q
	B	Filip Mrčić	Croatia	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.12	q
	B	Kyohei Tomori	Japan	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.12	q
14	B	Vladyslav Lavskyy	Ukraine	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	2.12
15	A	Aleksey Fadeyev	Authorised Neutral Athletes	o	o	o	xxx		2.09
	A	Andu Nuh	Qatar	o	o	o	xxx		2.09
17	B	Noel Vanderzee	Canada	o	xo	o	xxx		2.09
18	B	Jyles Etienne	Bahamas	–	o	xo	xxx		2.09	SB
19	A	Daniel Claxton	United States	o	o	xxx			2.05
	A	Kyle Alcine	Bahamas	–	o	–	xxx		2.05
	A	Pablo López	Spain	–	o	xxx			2.05
22	A	Lucas Mihota	Germany	xo	o	xxx			2.05
	A	Aliaksandr Kisialiou	Belarus	xxx					NM

Final

The final was held on 14 July at 10:40.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.07	2.12	2.16	2.19	2.21	2.23	2.25	Mark	Notes
	Antonios Merlos	Greece	o	xo	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.23	PB
	Roberto Vílches	Mexico	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx	2.23
	JuVaughn Blake	United States	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.23	PB
	Breyton Poole	South Africa	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.23	SB
5	Luca Meinke	Germany	xo	o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.21	PB
6	Nathan Ismar	France	o	xo	o	o	xxx			2.19	PB
7	Kyohei Tomori	Japan	o	o	xxo	o	xxx			2.19	PB
8	Thomas Carmoy	Belgium	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			2.19	SB
9	Dmytro Nikitin	Ukraine	xo	o	o	xxx				2.16	SB
10	Naoki Higashi	Japan	o	xo	xxo	xxx				2.16
11	Jasmin Halili	Serbia	o	o	–	xxx				2.12
12	Maid Redžić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	o	xo	xxx					2.12
13	Filip Mrčić	Croatia	o	xxx						2.07