Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's high jump

The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Derek Drouin from Canada.

Men's high jump at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 9
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning height	2.30
Medalists
Luis Zayas   Cuba   Michael Mason   Canada   Roberto Vilches   Mexico
«2015 2023»

Summary

Four men made it over 2.26m; Luis Zayas, Michael Mason and Roberto Vílches, on their second try and Fernando Ferreira on his third. Zayas and Vilches had an earlier miss each, putting Mason into the lead. Zayas cleared 2.28 to take the lead, Mason got over on his second attempt. Vilches was left with bronze when he and Ferreira couldn't make the height. At 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in), Zayas made his personal best on his second attempt. Mason then passed to try to make 2.32m, 1 cm below his best, for the win.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45	Salamanca, Spain	July 27, 1993
Pan American Games record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.40	Mar del Plata, Argentine	March 25, 1995

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 9, 2019	16:50	Final

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.26	2.28	2.30	2.32	Mark	Notes
	Luis Zayas	Cuba	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	o	xo	x-	2.30	PB
	Michael Mason	Canada	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	x-	xx	2.28
	Roberto Vílches	Mexico	–	o	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx			2.26
4	Fernando Ferreira	Brazil	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			2.26	SB
5	Keenon Laine	United States	–	–	o	o	xxo	o	xxx				2.24
6	Jeron Robinson	United States	–	–	o	xo	o	xxx					2.21
7	Eure Yáñez	Venezuela	–	o	xxo	–	xo	xxx					2.21
8	Luis Castro	Puerto Rico	–	o	–	xxo	xxx						2.18
9	Arturo Chávez	Peru	o	xo	o	xxx							2.15	=SB
9	Edgar Rivera	Mexico	–	xo	o	xxx							2.15
11	Carlos Layoy	Argentina	–	xxo	xxx								2.10
11	Donald Thomas	Bahamas	–	xxo	–	x-	xx						2.10
13	Jermaine Francis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	xxo	xxo	xxx								2.10	=SB
	Jamal Wilson	Bahamas	–	–	xxx								NM