2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump explained

The Men's high jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1.

It took a clean round up to 2.28 just to get into the final. In the final, seven competitors cleared 2.32, with only Jesse Williams and Trevor Barry maintaining a clean record. At 2.35, Williams maintained that clean streak, clearing on his first attempt, which ultimately won the gold medal. Only Aleksey Dmitrik was able to match that height, but it was on his second attempt as were all of his last three clearances in the competition.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Jesse Williams	Aleksey Dmitrik	Trevor Barry

Records

World record		2.45		27 July 1993
Championship record		2.40	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
World Leading		2.37	Eugene, United States	26 June 2011
African record		2.38	Oudtshoorn, South Africa	5 March 2005
Asian record		2.39		10 June 1984
North, Central American and Caribbean record		2.45	Salamanca, Spain	27 July 1993
South American record		2.33	Pereira, Colombia	17 October 1994
European record		2.42	Stockholm, Sweden	30 June 1987
Oceanian record		2.36	Melbourne, Australia	2 March 1997

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 30, 2011	10:10	Qualification
September 1, 2011	19:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.16	2.21	2.25	2.28	2.31	Result	Notes
1	B			o	o	o	o	o	2.31	Q
2	A			o	o	xo	o	o	2.31	Q, NR
2	B			o	o	o	xo	o	2.31	Q
4	B			o	o	xo	xo	o	2.31	Q
5	A			–	o	o	o	xo	2.31	Q
6	B			o	o	xo	o	xo	2.31	Q
7	A			xo	o	xxo	o	xo	2.31	Q
8	A			–	o	o	o	xxo	2.31	Q
9	B			o	o	o	xo	xxo	2.31	Q, PB
10	A			o	xo	o	xo	xxo	2.31	Q
11	A			o	o	o	o	xxx	2.28	q
11	B			o	o	o	o	xxx	2.28	q
11	B			–	o	o	o	xxx	2.28	q
14	A			o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.28
15	A			o	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.28
15	A			o	xo	o	xo	xxx	2.28
15	A			o	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.28
18	B			o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.28
19	A			o	xo	xo	xxx		2.25
20	A			o	o	xxo	xxx		2.25
21	A			o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.25
22	B			xo	xxo	xxo	xxx		2.25
23	A			o	o	xxx			2.21
23	B			o	o	xxx			2.21
25	B			xxo	o	xxx			2.21
26	A			o	xo	xxx			2.21
27	B			xo	xo	xxx			2.21
28	A			o	xxo	xxx			2.21
29	B			xxo	xxo	xxx			2.21
30	B			o	xxx				2.16
31	B			xxo	xxx				2.16
31	B			xxo	xxx				2.16
	A			xxx
	B

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.37	Result	Notes
			o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.35
			o	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.35
			o	o	–	o	xxx		2.32	PB
			o	o	xxo	o	xxx		2.32
			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.32	PB
			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.32
			o	xo	xo	xxo	xxx		2.32
			o	xo	o	xxx			2.29
			o	o	xo	xxx			2.29
10			xo	o	xxx				2.25
11			o	xxx					2.20
12			xo	xxx					2.20
12			xo	xxx					2.20

External links

• High jump results at IAAF website