2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018.[1][2]

Men's high jump
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates1 March
Competitors11 from 10 nations
Winning height2.36
Medalists
 Danil Lysenko   Authorised Neutral Athletes
 Mutaz Essa Barshim   Qatar
 Mateusz Przybylko   Germany
2018 IAAF World
Indoor Championships
Track events
60 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
60 m hurdlesmenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Heptathlonmen

The reigning outdoor world champion, Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, led the field of eleven entries that year with his jump of 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in), set while winning the Asian indoor title. The previous world indoor champion, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi, was not present to defend his title, though both minor medallists were present in Great Britain's Robert Grabarz and American Erik Kynard.

With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the men shared center stage with the women's high jump.

Summary

In a straight final format, the overall performance of the field was low, with six of the eleven athletes failing to clear more than the opening height of 2.20 m (7 ft 2 1⁄2 in) (Grabarz and former world champion Donald Thomas being the most prominent casualties). Poland's Sylwester Bednarek failed at the third height of 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in), leaving just Barshim, Kynard, Mateusz Przybylko and Danil Lysenko in contention. Lysenko and Barshim led with clean scorecards up to the height of 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in). Kynard and Przybylko both failed to achieve that height and the German athlete secured the bronze on countback – his first senior international medal. Lysenko and Barshim each failed their first two attempts at 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) and after a third failure by Barshim, Lysenko cleared the height on his final attempt to become world champion.[3] It was the first world title for the Russian, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete here, and reversed the positions the two had shared at the 2017 World Championships final the previous summer.

Records
Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World indoor record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.43 Budapest, Hungary 4 March 1989
Championship record  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.43 Budapest, Hungary 4 March 1989
World Leading  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.38 Tehran, Iran 1 February 2018

Results

The final was started at 18:45.[4]

RankNameNationality2.202.252.292.332.36MarkNotes
Danil Lysenko Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)ooooxxo2.36
Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar (QAT)ooooxxx2.33
Mateusz Przybylko Germany (GER)xoxxoxoxxx2.29
4Erik Kynard United States (USA)ooxxoxxx2.29
5Sylwester Bednarek Poland (POL)xooxxx2.25
6Maksim Nedasekau Belarus (BLR)oxxx2.20
6Donald Thomas Bahamas (BAH)oxxx2.20
6Wang Yu China (CHN)oxxx2.20
9Tihomir Ivanov Bulgaria (BUL)xxoxxx2.20
9Jamal Wilson Bahamas (BAH)xxoxxx2.20
9Robbie Grabarz Great Britain (GBR)xxoxxx2.20

References
  1. "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. High Jump men IAAF World Indoor Championships GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. Birmingham, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 01 MAR 2018 - 04 MAR 2018. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  4. Final results
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