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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 7 August 2024 (qualification)
    10 August 2024 (final)
Winning height2.36 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hamish Kerr  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shelby McEwen  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar
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Background

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The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m) Location Date
World record   Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45[1] Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
Olympic record   Charles Austin (USA) 2.39 Atlanta, United States 28 July 1996
World leading   Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2.37[2] Rome, Italy 11 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[3]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m)
Africa (records)   Jacques Freitag (RSA) 2.38
Asia (records)   Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.43
Europe (records)   Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) 2.42
  Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) 2.42 i
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records) 		  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45 WR
Oceania (records)   Tim Forsyth (AUS) 2.36
  Brandon Starc (AUS)
  Hamish Kerr (NZL) 2.36 i
South America (records)   Gilmar Mayo (COL) 2.33

Qualification

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Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification § Men's high jump

For the men's high jump event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 2.33 m or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[4]

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification is being held on 7 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[5][6] All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard 2.29 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[7]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 2.15 2.20 2.24 2.27 2.29 Height Notes
1 A Shelby McEwen   United States o – o o r 2.27 q
2 B Hamish Kerr   New Zealand o xxo xo o r 2.27 q
3 A Mutaz Barsham   Qatar o o o xo r 2.27 q
A Woo Sang-hyeok   South Korea o o o xo r 2.27 q
5 A Ryoichi Akamatsu   Japan o o xxo xo r 2.27 q, SB
6 A Stefano Sottile   Italy o o o xxx 2.24 q
B Gianmarco Tamberi   Italy – o o xxx 2.24 q
8 B Romaine Beckford   Jamaica o xo o xxx 2.24 q
9 A Brian Raats   South Africa o xxo o xxx 2.24 q
A Jan Štefela   Czech Republic o xxo o xxx 2.24 q
11 B Oleh Doroshchuk   Ukraine o o xo xxx 2.24 q
12 B Tihomir Ivanov   Bulgaria o xo xo xxx 2.24 q
13 B Brandon Starc   Australia xxo xo xo xxx 2.24 SB
14 A Luis Zayas   Cuba o o xxo xxx 2.24
15 A Luis Castro   Puerto Rico o o xxx 2.20
B Fernando Ferreira   Brazil o o xxx 2.20
B Erick Portillo   Mexico o o xxx 2.20
A Edgar Rivera   Mexico o o xxx 2.20
19 B Thomas Carmoy   Belgium o xo xxx 2.20
B JuVaughn Harrison   United States o xo xxx 2.20
A Wang Zhen   China o xo xxx 2.20
22 A Alperen Acet   Turkey xxo xo xxx 2.20
23 B Yual Reath   Australia o xxo 2.20
B Tomohiro Shinno   Japan o xxo xxx 2.20
25 B Sarvesh Kushare   India o xxx 2.15
A Vladyslav Lavskyy   Ukraine o xxx 2.15
27 B Joel Baden   Australia xo xxx 2.15
28 A Vernon Turner   United States xxo xxx 2.15
A Donald Thomas   Bahamas xxx NM
B Tobias Potye   Germany xxx NM
B Andriy Protsenko   Ukraine xxx NM

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Final

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The final was held on 10 August, starting at 19:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[5][6]

Rank Athlete Nation Main competition Jump-off Height Notes
2.17 2.22 2.27 2.31 2.34 2.36 2.38 2.38 2.36 2.34
  Hamish Kerr   New Zealand o o o xxo o o xxx x x o 2.36 =AR
  Shelby McEwen   United States o o o o xxo o xxx x x x 2.36 PB
  Mutaz Barsham   Qatar – o o o o xx- x 2.34 SB
4 Stefano Sottile   Italy o o o xo o xxx 2.34 PB
5 Ryoichi Akamatsu   Japan o o xo o xxx 2.31 PB
6 Oleh Doroshchuk   Ukraine o o xo xo xxx 2.31 PB
7 Woo Sang-hyeok   South Korea o o xo xxx 2.27
8 Tihomir Ivanov   Bulgaria xo o xo xxx 2.27 SB
9 Jan Štefela   Czech Republic xxo o xxx 2.22
10 Romaine Beckford   Jamaica o xo xxx 2.22
11 Gianmarco Tamberi   Italy – xxo xxx 2.22
12 Brian Raats   South Africa o xxx 2.17

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References

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  1. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – High jump men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – High jump men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Records – High jump men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  7. ^ "Men's High Jump Qualification Results". Olympics.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Men's High Jump - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's High Jump - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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