2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump explained

The men's High Jump at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8–9 March 2014.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mutaz Essa Barshim	Andriy Protsenko	Erik Kynard

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		2.43	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
Championship record		2.43	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
World Leading		2.42	Prague, Czech Republic	25 February 2014
African record		2.32	Patras, Greece	15 February 2000
Asian record		2.37	Hangzhou, China	19 February 2012
			Moscow, Russia	3 February 2013
European record		2.42	Berlin, Germany	26 February 1988
			Prague, Czech Republic	25 February 2014
North and Central American and Caribbean record		2.43	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
Oceanian Record		2.33	Balingen, Germany	16 February 1997
South American record		2.27	Piraeus, Greece	24 February 1999
Records broken during the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Asian record		2.38	Sopot, Poland	9 March 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 8, 2014	12:05	Qualification
March 9, 2014	16:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.31 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.16	2.21	2.25	2.28	Result	Notes
1			o	o	o	o	2.28	q
1			o	o	o	o	2.28	q
3			o	o	xo	o	2.28	q
3			xo	o	o	o	2.28	q
5			o	o	o	xo	2.28	q, SB
6			o	xo	o	xo	2.28	q
7		Italy	o	o	o	xxx	2.25	q
7			o	–	o	–	2.25	q
9			o	xo	o	xxx	2.25
10			o	o	xo	xxx	2.25	SB
11			xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.25
12			o	o	xxo	xxx	2.25
13			o	o	xxx		2.21
13			o	o	xxx		2.21
15			o	xxo	xxx		2.21
			xxx
			xxx

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.34	2.36	2.38	2.40	Result	Notes
			o	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.38	AR
			o	o	o	xxo	x–	o	xxx		2.36	PB
			o	o	o	xo	o	x–	xx		2.34	SB
4			o	o	o	xo	x–	xx			2.32
5		Italy	o	o	o	xxx					2.29
6			xo	xxo	xo	xxx					2.29	SB
7			o	o	xxx						2.25
			o	–	o	–	o	–	xxo	xxx		DQ

Notes and References

1. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-HJ-M-q----.RS6.pdf?v=-1330620063 Qualification results
2. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-HJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1708242736 Final results