2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Arena Birmingham | |||||||
| Dates | 1 March | |||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 10 nations | |||||||
| Winning height | 2.36 | |||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||
| ||||||||
4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Heptathlon | men | |||
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]
The reigning outdoor world champion,
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
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]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.33 | 2.36 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Danil Lysenko |  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) |
o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.36 | |
 |
Mutaz Essa Barshim |
Qatar (QAT) |
o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.33 | |
 |
Mateusz Przybylko |  Germany (GER) |
xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | ||
| 4 | Erik Kynard |  United States (USA) |
o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.29 | ||
| 5 | Sylwester Bednarek |  Poland (POL) |
xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||
| 6 | Maksim Nedasekau |  Belarus (BLR) |
o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 6 | Donald Thomas |
 Bahamas (BAH) |
o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 6 | Wang Yu |
 China (CHN) |
o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 9 | Tihomir Ivanov |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 9 | Jamal Wilson | Bahamas (BAH) |
xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 9 | Robbie Grabarz |  Great Britain (GBR) |
xxo | xxx | 2.20 |
References
- ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- ^ Start list
- ^ 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.
- ^ Final results